And the heavens opened.....

Arrived home today from a weeks holiday in Norfolk to find that it has been as dry as a bone all week. I hurriedly watered all my wilted pots, a few hours later it started to rain. I doubt if it will be enough to have made the watering unnecessary, but will certainly help them recover.

It's stopped!

Yeah, it is raining. Proper bounce off the roof type of rain. The garden looks like a desert but hopefully it's come in time to stop the dahlias dying.

No rain here. East London.
I'll never trust the BBC again

I went to the library and when I came out it was raining. Really raining, not just drizzle. Yippee! More please.

Still torrential now here in the NW. Dog and I are soaked through and I’ve cleared the drain at the front, whilst standing in 3” of cold water!

Torrential rain at 05:30 and it’s still torrential now. I feel for the bin men!
Our dog stood by the door at 7 o’clock, but when I opened it, she took a few steps then turned back so I had to go out with her.

We had rain this morning. My husband was quite happy playing golf in it, better than intense heat for sure! Not heavy rain though, more of a steady drizzle, the garden will need a lot more to green up. Now we have our usual evening sunshine. Welcome when it's not unbearable.

No rain as yet in London. If we did have any in the night /early hours there is no sign of it.

The expression of bemusement on my cat's face when she looked out and saw wet pavement this morning was amusing. She thought about it for a couple of minutes and then decided to stay indoors and observe from a distance.

One water butt full and the adjoining one now half full……I’m thoroughly overexcited!

Georgesgran

Just left a garden centre which has a Perspex roof - the torrential rain was so bad, we couldn’t hear each other speak! We’d also had a warning on the Next Door App.

Not a single drop of rain where I am, for months now.

Just left a garden centre which has a Perspex roof - the torrential rain was so bad, we couldn’t hear each other speak! We’d also had a warning on the Next Door App.

I woke up this morning to see that we have had rain and it does seem pleasantly cool too.

At last, we have rain in south Hampshire after 60 odd days, long may it last.

FranP

Well, I spent 5 hours in A&E yesterday and did not water anything in my garden, so really grateful for just a little rain in the middle of the night, but ground was all dry this morning

Hope you feel better now and A&E solved the problem.

Some heavy showers in NE Scotland today.

Nothing here so far but I’m optimistic for possibly tonight and into tomorrow morning.

I’m not too far from Wisley where officially it hasn’t rained for 60 odd days although I would have thought it’s been more than that.

I have read that if we don’t get a wet autumn, winter and spring here in the south east, we could be in trouble next year.

Well, I spent 5 hours in A&E yesterday and did not water anything in my garden, so really grateful for just a little rain in the middle of the night, but ground was all dry this morning

10 mins of slight drizzle in the northern end of West Sussex, not happy! Fingers crossed for tonight

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I’m praying for rain in mid Wales, because there are so many wildfires, we desperately need it to help put them out. Unfortunately the forecast says we won’t get much, but every drop would help our firefighters.

A bit cooler but not a drop of rain in Warwickshire unfortunately.

Rain overnight here in Derby! We discovered it when a very wet cat came in through our bedroom window and proceeded to dry himself on our duvet! Not sure where our other two hid!! We are expecting more rain overnight - maybe - 🙏