Same. Trimmed the front garden yesterday stems looking more brown than green. Longer grass still looking healthy though. 

Last rain here was on April 27th,  so officially in a drought here. Wonder if it can hold out for the rest of May? 

Similar here, no rain since 21st April. Planning to cut lawn but may leave it as it’s not growing much 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmknz78n29o 

In some places, the last 11 months in a row have been drier than average and you have to go all the way back to May 2024 to find the last that I actually reported a properly wetter than average month for here, on this forum thus showing us yet again that it just doesn't rain here any more, and that wetter than average months are clearly something which never happen here any more.

In some parts of Fife and Angus, ground water levels are now at their lowest level on record with those records going back around 28 years. Soil Moisture levels are dry to very dry with the driest conditions being in the east and south of Scotland. River and loch levels are also very low. This is only the second time in the last 97 years that river levels on the River Dee in Aberdeenshire have been as low at this stage of the season as they are just now and you have to go all the way back to 1938 to find the last time that this actually happened.

Some models are pointing towards a possible change to wetter conditions at the end of the month but that isn't exactly something which can be relied on and in the context of the current water scarcity situation, there are still no signs of any significant rainfall in the foreseeable future according to any actual reliable forecasts.

This is clearly becoming very serious indeed and without any significant rainfall coming up, this situation is only going to deteriorate even further, especially as we head towards the actual summer itself.

Our reservoir levels are at 76% (92% the same time last year).

Yes - same here - but it has been cloudy, grey and with a surprisingly cold wind. 13C. No shirt-sleeves today! I've just put on a sweater in the house.

The field behind me is starting to turn more yellow and parched now.

I get the feeling that when the weather 'breaks', it will remain broken for a very long while. Was listening to podcast by an American Meteorologist this earlier and he spoke of how atmospheric momentum across the northern hemisphere is beginnng to speed up, if just a little, after being in a prolonged slower than average period. 

We do seem to get locked into a weather pattern much more frequently now than we used to. I mentioned a few years ago that there seem to be roughly 6 week cycles but the end of one cycle can lead to a recommencement of the same weather for the next cycle. We're close to 3 months of the mostly dry, sunny and warm weather. Is it about to break just in time for Summer?

March - 5.84mm

April - 23.62mm this was on 2 days, no recorded rain on the rest

May - 0.0mm

I have had more rain in a heavy shower than I have had in the last 2.5 months

I was at the lakes nearby earlier and the levels are falling fast. Down by about 15cm in the past few days.

I have never experienced such a long dry spell at this time of year in the UK.

A bit better here, not a million miles away:

March - 6.4mm across 8 wet days

April - 22.8mm across 5 days

May - 1.2mm on one day

The grass is now showing signs of stress (aside from the area where the dog pees - that's lush and growing fast, as I use a watering can to dilute the pee each time he goes). The ground elsewhere is as hard as I've ever known it - as an experiment, I poured some water on a random patch of grass and it just sat there, not soaking in, not doing anything much. It did, after several minutes, finally disappear.

And that means of course that the next time it rains - it'll just run straight into the drains and streams. Hopefully we'll get more than a "one hit wonder" when the pattern breaks.

March 30 mm

April 100.04 mm

May 9.02mm

Yeah, March was pretty dry overall where I live too. The only days with rain I can clearly recall here that month were over a few days during the first week (nothing especially heavy though) and then over three days heading into the final weekend of the month.

In April, our only rain was on a few days during the week leading up to Easter and then on Good Friday and Easter Monday, and then again on Sat 26th & Sun 27th April. Absolutely no rain since then, as I mentioned yesterday.

The notably dry conditions may be coming to an end quite soon and many places look as if they will see at least some rain by the end of the coming week.

https://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/GFSOPUK00_168_49.png 

The forecast rain May halt its drop 

I have been trying to find when that “lowest recorded “ was, but with no luck, was thinking that it most likely occurred end of summer, (ie no snow melt etc)so this happening in spring is certainly a notable event. Off course when it’s been raining for the next three months , all will be forgotten !! 😃💦

Edit: Funny little shower. Solid clear blue skies to my immediate SW, and dappled summer skies to my immediate N and NE, while it is raining here with some pretty loud bangs. Seems very much like a 'thin sliver' shower. 4.0mm so far. 

EDIT - spoke too soon. A small thunderstorm at about 1600, enough rain to create puddles but a long way from making up the deficit.

Yes.

So the next stab at bringing proper rain is when?

Saturday was a few days ago due to herald a significant change with proper rain but this has now gone for here at least.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2651101 

Saturday will be overcast with the odd spot of rain pushing in from the west, particularly in the afternoon and evening as it turns breezier.

The plus side for me will be the increased winds from the West or SW which will with luck break up the filthy stinky May Bloom along the coast. The recent high sunshine levels have made this year a bad year for it.