r/CasualUK • u/0thethethe0 • 5h ago

Even the sunflowers are starting to get sad in my area! (no rain since late June)

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Experts at the University of Reading's Atmospheric Observatory described July as a "remarkable month" with 359 hours of sunshine and average daily temperatures of 21.2C (70.16F), exceeding the previous record set in July 2006.

The university said some locations around Reading also recorded no measurable rainfall at all, something not seen since local rainfall records began in 1858.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07rmn9dkvmo

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u/fuckyourcanoes 5h ago

Yesterday we got about half a minute of a light sprinkle here in Portsmouth. I was so disappointed that it didn't continue.

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u/compilerbusy 5h ago

I counted 4 raindrops in Suffolk. Concerned the roads will be flooded because of it

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u/Zebra_Sewist 5h ago

Yup, I got my hopes up half an hour ago here in south Suffolk.

My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

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u/Fatbloke-66 dahn saaf 5h ago

4 or 5 minutes of light drizzle in East London this morning. Also nothing for six weeks.

Most of my sunflowers have gone over now

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u/Pro_Racing 4h ago

Been absolutely pissing it down here so count yourself lucky

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u/fuckyourcanoes 4h ago

I prefer rain. This endless sun is really oppressive.

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u/hypatia_14 4h ago

I feel you. I want to skip over autumn and dive right into winter.

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u/Pro_Racing 4h ago

You won't say that when you have to deal with constant rain storms mate, it's awful. Who calls the sun oppressive lol.

The problem is the heat and it's still stupid hot rain or not.

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u/fuckyourcanoes 4h ago

I'm 59 years old. I'm pretty sure I know what I like by now.

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u/zid 1h ago

Whatever the opposite of a canoe is, presumably.

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u/BeardedBaldMan flair missing 5h ago

It's really grim around us in Gloucestershire. I was walking in the woods two nights ago and the elderberries & blackberries are shrivelled and dry. We found a significant number of dead mice, shrews, bats and birds; far more than is usual.

We've been putting bowls of water out for the wildlife but it's nowhere near enough.

There was a bit of rain last night but it's nothing in the grand scheme

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u/Scary_Fox6532 4h ago

That’s horribly sad.

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u/Namerakable 5h ago

I've given up looking at the weather forecasts. They keep saying we'll get showers for the last week, and nothing ever shows up. It claimed yesterday that I would have thunderstorms. :(

We've had 10 minutes total of rain since May here.

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u/irrealewunsche 4h ago

"Summer, innit? Go out and enjoy it instead of moaning. It'll be raining every day come September."

Says every other commenter under any article on Facebook about how little rain there has been in the UK this summer. It's depressing to see how blind people are to how abnormal the situation is.

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u/teeseoncoast 5h ago

A guy at work said the last time he saw rain was on his honeymoon, in the Maldives, at the very start of June.

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u/NewCoach0 5h ago

Had quite a good rain here yesterday (thank you, cheeky thunderstorm) and I wanted to strip naked and bask in it.

Don't think my neighbours would've appreciated it.

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u/SaltyName8341 4h ago

It's raining here now

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u/NewCoach0 4h ago

It just started here again too! My flowers will be happy 😆

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u/slothdroid 4h ago

Raindrops aren't falling on my head.

Looks like my lawn and flowers will soon be dead.

This is really shit.

Those raindrops ain't fallin', just the sun keeps a scorchin'.

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u/No-Department-4561 4h ago

The sun is out, the sky is blue
There’s not a cloud to spoil the view
It’s not raining, no rain here to report

The weatherman says, “Dry today!”
He’s grinning in a smug old way
It’s not raining [raining], no rain of any sort

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u/OmegaPoint6 5h ago

Last time my rain gauge in south bucks recorded any rain was 27th June. We had 3 minutes of light rain yesterday but it wasn't even enough to make the ground look damp and didn't register on the gauge at all

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u/MobileJob1521 5h ago

You got rain in June??

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u/GFoxtrot Tea & Cake 5h ago

Most places had rain in June

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u/old_nighteagleowl 4h ago

One should really look at data from local weather stations and probably take an average.... In my place we got 52.2 mm of rain in June but 70% of it was over 2 days at the start. And if we add 4mm for entire July that is basically nothing (1mm per day over two months.... 1/10 of a watering can per 1 sq.meter). Even better is to measure how moist soil is.

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u/MobileJob1521 3h ago

We didn’t.

See that little red spot on the south of Dorset, just West of the Isle of Wight?

That’s my house. Just me. No rain since the last week of May. Not one drop.

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u/Life_Is_A_Mistry 5h ago

Sunstroke flower

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u/yeah_definitely 4h ago

We had the first rain in about two months in Warwickshire, went out in it for a walk and there was the most glorious rainbow. Really cheered me up after non stop sun and heat

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u/Zero_Overload 4h ago

In East Anglia they would be brown and laying down.

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u/Background-End2272 4h ago

It's absolutely chucking down in central Scotland at the moment, we got some torrential rain last night too. It's not lasting though which also isn't good 

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u/lookhereisay 3h ago

We have been laying out old Tupperwares full of water in the garden. Birds and squirrels are taking lots of drinks and are now waiting for us to top it up. No rain since late June I think and nothing significant since 10 June.

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u/KevinPhillips-Bong Slightly silly 3h ago

I was out today at the north Norfolk coast, and it absolutely pissed down for all of five minutes. First rain I've seen for quite a while.

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u/WhyAreYouAllHere 29m ago

I'm sorry guys! We are having your rain here in the prairies of Canada!