June marks the start of the peak season for beer garden furniture - weather forecasters consider the start of the month to be the beginning of the summer, while the solstice comes three weeks later and is widely thought of as the start of summer among members of the public.
This month we have already seen very mixed conditions, with warm temperatures and uninterrupted sunshine in the first week or so, turning to more humid, showery and thundery spells thereafter.
But as a business in the hospitality industry, it's important not to dwell on short-term weather, but to prepare for the sunny spells that are still likely to come before the summer is over.
In terms of sunshine, June historically sees slightly fewer hours of sun than May - and is only the third month in a row out of the six sunniest in the year.
That leaves quarter of a year of higher sunshine levels still to come, and once the European Championships are over, having plenty of good quality beer garden furniture will prove crucial in continuing to entice customers on to your premises.
July is historically the sunniest month of the year in England, with August usually on a par with June and September offering some late-season sun before the temperatures start to drop.
Throughout the summer and into the early autumn, make sure your beer garden furniture is in prime condition - not only in a good state of repair, but kept clean too, as there are few things worse for customers than heading outside to find only dirty chairs.
If your furniture isn't going to be fixed in place, stacking chairs are a handy option as they can be moved indoors or into sheltered storage when the weather is unsettled - meaning less cleaning up to do when the sun comes out again.
Be sure to invest in outdoor furniture that has been designed to cope with the conditions you normally find outside, such as heavy bases and legs to provide stability in wind, and sealed construction to prevent rainwater from finding its way inside the table top.