My experience is that of several other along the south and south coast.
In the spring I thought this would be a repeat of '76. June rather scuppered that... but every other month since lockdown has been like '76.
We've had bits and pieces of rain (so, I read, its technically neither a drought or a dry spell) and the grass is still greenish but in my book its a drought and the definitions not up to the task. Groundwater level is low and some trees like hazel, poplar and birch are shedding leaves.
Will it rain? Possibly. Will we get a serious storm? I doubt it. Will we see meaningful rain, hydrologically and vegetationally significant rain (another definition modern meteorology misses out on or can't figure out/don't get) no, I don't think it will until autumn, at the earliest.
Summer rating? Weather 7/10.
Storms rating? 2/10
'If you like summer rain' rating? 2/10
'It's been too bleedin' hot recently' rating? 10/10
'Everyone else gets better storms' rating? The usual 10/10
Summer farming rating (thanks June)? 5/10
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13 August 2020 07:14:34
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