Much of Great Britain and Ireland is dry, very dry and in fact it’s the driest since 1961 for the period between June 1 through July 16. The evidence is all around and clear to see with rock hard soils and yellow scorched grass and fields. Rivers and reservoirs are running low in many areas and water shortages are in place also.
Credit: Paul Kingston
It’s been a reversed summer pattern with dry north, wet south.
Our landscape has dramatically changed in recent weeks.
Credit: Scott From Scotland
@ScottDuncanWX
The land is driest the further south and particularly southeast you go over the UK.
This garden in Suffolk looks like it’s shifted from Britain to the Australian outback.
No rain in 2 months and this is the transformation in our garden in #Elmswell #Suffolk from April to July ???? Please rain soon ?? @metoffice @BBCLookEast @itvanglia @EDP24 @buryfree @EADT24 @danholley_ @aidanweather @AmandaHouston pic.twitter.com/JbdjdjVF5t
— Laurence (@laurencefrankl3) July 23, 2018
East Anglia has become Britain’s driest place with recent showers and thunderstorms missing much of the region this past week until early Friday morning.
Bury St Edmunds and Brooms Barn in the heart of Suffolk went through 51 consecutive days without rain before thunderstorms finally dampened the ground overnight Thursday into Friday bringing a rain total of 4.4mm.
Like the garden above, the weather station at Brooms Barn resembled a weather station in the Australian outback rather than England.
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? Brooms Barn in Suffolk has finally recorded some rain, after 51 dry days ?
4.6mm has fallen since midnight, courtesy of thunderstorms. The Met Office say that the UK record is 60 days back in 1893. In 1976, parts of SW England were dry for 45 days. ☔️— Dan Holley (@danholley_) July 27, 2018
Here it is, officially the driest place in Britain.
No #rain in 50 consecutive days.
Brooms Barn in #Suffolk#Heatwaveuk pic.twitter.com/2z1jsHbm0l— Sky Cam East (@skycameast) July 25, 2018
The dry spell has lasted longest in E Anglia and SE England. Brooms Barn, Bury St Edmunds, has had no rainfall since 5 June, 48 days ago. We actually classify a 'dry day' as less than 1.0mm of rain – several sites have had 54 consecutive 'dry days' https://t.co/5NYY91P8FN pic.twitter.com/RzaFngGBt8
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 24, 2018
This arid July follows what was a bone dry June too.
EAST – DRY JUNE: Of all the official weather stations in the region, Brooms Barn in Suffolk has been driest for longest, having recorded no rain at all since 2nd June. Writtle and Shoeburyness have both had the least amount of rain this month, with just 0.7mm: 1-2% of the average pic.twitter.com/8WXoh4bU3e
— Dan Holley (@danholley_) June 27, 2018
As well as being the driest, it’s also the hottest part of the country.
EAST: It's the warmest day of the year so far, and the warmest day since 24th August 2016 (again!)?️
33.8C Monks Wood, Marham + Bedford
33.7C High Beach
33.5C Cambridge NIAB + Santon Downham
33.4C Wittering
33.3C Cavendish
33.1C Brooms Barn + Woburn
32.7C Houghton Hall pic.twitter.com/V0IRVP644Z— Dan Holley (@danholley_) July 26, 2018
?️UPDATE: Early indications reveal that Wisley has been the hottest location today, with a top temperature of 35.1 ºC. Check out our extremes tweet later for confirmation!
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 26, 2018
The rains have lifted what was likely to be the driest July on record for East Anglia to 4th driest.
EAST: At ~2% of the average rainfall, this month was set to be the driest July on record – however, as expected thunderstorms have changed things, and now ~20% of avg puts July 2018 at ~4th driest. Here's radar-estimated totals from yesterday – probably too high, but a rough idea pic.twitter.com/7l27yWitta
— Dan Holley (@danholley_) July 28, 2018
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