Its raining!! ☔

What a lovely showery day! ?️?️. We won't have to water the garden or pots tonight. DH always waters in the evening, for the same reason given by that grumpy gardener.

Probably not far from you, gillybob, a little further south.
It poured for over an hour from just after mid-day.

Nothing here ?

It usually happens - you plan things thinking it will be lovely and sunny then have to re-think

Well the rain has arrived (I sniffed it out) I was expecting the full monty, but it's nothing too dramatic, so sorry Jalima you will just have to wait your turn. You're so right about the weather changing ready for the schools breaking up .

We could stand the inebriated out in the rain too!
Might sober them up.

Awful as it sounds I really wish we could have a good downpour to wash the pavements! I've walked into town a few times recently and been appalled at what can only be described as vomit stains on the pavements of our streets - and a lot of them. We have several pubs and wine bars in the town and it looks like people have wandered home worse for wear - quite horrid. A heavy rainstorm might just clean them up a bit (the pavements that is - not the inebriated )

The schools break up this week - and the rain will arrive!

Send some here gillybob
We were surrounded the other day by rainstorms not that far away - but we got an apology for a downpour!

I just popped my head out of the door at work and I can smell that smell you get just before the heavens open.

Just looked at the BBC forecast for Colchester and there's no significant chance of rain for the next fortnight....that'll be nigh on 2 months!
Weatherman this morning said that you can't compare to 1976 as then we had 15 straight days with temperatures over 30. Temperatures have been yoyoing here....hot today, cooler tomorrow.

We need rain, the garden is a crisp, and the local Ford is just a trickle. It hasn’t rained for weeks now

I am not longing for rain but I like it as cool as it is now, my ideal temperature are those we have in September

We’ve been promised rain here in the NE today . Fingers crossed it arrives as the poor lawn is choking for a drink .

I think I heard we last had rain end of May and still not a spot here in the sunny east
I love it but the gardens don’t for sure

Raining in the North West this morning.
Can almost hear the garden sign with relief

I neglected to cut my lawn before the hot weather truly arrived and it's not looking too bad. Pleased my laziness paid off for once

It’s raining in Glasgow? hopefully throughout the day as the forecast predicts.

How strange that so many of us are hoping for rain in the UK. This must be a first! ☔️?

I know the feeling..........it looks as though we are living in a forgotten wasteland!!!

I’ve forgotten what grass looks like

I've forgotten what a puddle looks like!

Would love some rain here in Teddington, it usually manages to miss us,something to do with the bend in the river I'm told. Hard work watering our allotment - no hoses just hand operated pumps! Gaeden very dry as well.

Had some more rain during the night but probably only a few drops
No puddles!

Our local nature reserve is now just cracked mud.
Where there is water it is a blanketed with horrible algae.
The poor water fowl are struggling, many have youngsters in tow

We had ten drops in Lincolnshire yesterday.

My phone weather forecast says rain this afternoon (Suffolk). That would be typical as we have the Summer Fun day at our community centre this afternoon!