If you can’t keep in mind the final time it rained, you might be in all probability not alone.
June was really wetter than common in the UK, which could come as a shock given our current run of climate, however for England and Wales the bulk of that rain got here down in the primary two weeks of the month.
Parts of Wales are now in drought after a sequence of back-to-back heatwaves and a drier than common April to June.
Most of Wales has seen lower than 25mm (1in) of rain because the center of June, nevertheless it has been notably dry in the north-east with Rhyl in Denbighshire recording solely 3mm.
Since 15 June, most of England has recorded lower than 10mm of rain with massive areas of central southern England seeing 3mm or much less. Meanwhile, Wisley in Surrey has had no rain in any respect for 36 consecutive days.
A Thames Water hosepipe ban got here into drive on Thursday, including to different bans already in place for patrons of different water corporations throughout the south of the UK, as parts of southern, central and japanese England had been declared to be close to drought.
Northern Ireland had a really moist June, recording 67% extra rain than common, and it was additionally very moist in western Scotland. However, July has been a lot drier than common in Northern Ireland and most of Scotland, although the rain has continued in the Highlands, with Aultbea already reaching the July common rainfall, and with extra on the way in which.
