It was a dark and stormy night…

Lots of rain in rural Leicestershire. Sounds as if the exciting stuff is getting closer.

Ooh! The sheet lightning is something else! It went on for ages

Heavy rain for about five minutes and one rumble of thunder; we desperately need rain here in Shropshire.

Hope that you get it Jane

Torrential rain over night and wind. Now all quiet. Hope the water butts are all full. We have a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms later. That should be fun . S W Wales???????

‘Morning Ken yes, more storms forecast for us too, late afternoon and evening

Two enormous claps of thunder here in Stockport followed by torrential rain bur clear sky with stars now.

Still not a drop of rain in East anglia and still very warm
Nothing here it’s missing us completely at the moment
sun our already

Here in South Yorkshire the rain woke me up last night, rattling against the window, but I didn’t hear any thunder. Shame! I like a good thunderstorm!

Wasn’t it just!
For the first time in 25 years I have a dog who is not afraid of thunder!
When I recall the hours I spent with hyper-ventilating, panting , terrified dogs who looked on the verge of a heart attack , I am so grateful Rosie is not bothered but my heart goes out to those whose dogs really suffer.

Same as FannyCornforth here in North Derbyshire!! One of my cats was out so, when the thunder woke me up around 2am I ended up trying to call her in! But to no avail. 4 restless hours later I'm up and said cat walks in absolutely fine! She has shelter in our summerhouse bur I was still worried! It was a red electric storm with tropical rain!

Torrential rain here at midnight, MissOops dog was stressed so I stayed up with her until 1.30. We had lots of lightning but not much thunder.
The rain was louder than the thunder, its nice and bright this morning

Started rumbling about 10:30 pm, then lightning, heavy rain and thunderclaps, the rain is very welcome. This morning the ground is almost dry, drips on the outside furniture and a wet shed roof give a clue. We’ve more coming over the next couple of days.

It was amazing wasn’t it Maw and Poppy!
Best storm in years.

Good news about Rosie Maw. Is she good with fireworks too?

Poppy, I feel your pain.
It look me three appointments, and two vet surgeries to get our cat vaccinated last week.
I just couldn’t get the dratted thing to come in the house

A damp start here in Wiltshire but none of the excitement here unfortunately ☹️
I love a thunderstorm!

My bit of Leicestershire, not too far from you Fanny, had lots of rain and rolling thunder but no lightning. It is muggy now.

Ugh, yes FannyCornforth I can relate re vets, though troubles are usually with my other, nervous boy cat. Luckily he was in the house last night! My female is more robust, and was probably guarding the premises last night. She like a sentry guard!

More rain/storms tonight so will shout her in earlier methinks!

Yes, KittyLester, it's very muggy here too.

Keeping my fingers crossed for November fireworks FannyCornforth, so far Rosie has not batted a doggy eyelid at the occasional distant firework, so we may be in luck.
The thing is, it’s not Bonfire Night any more but Fireworks Fortnight, isn’t it?
Sympathies to all animals who suffer, and their owners who suffer with them.

Woke up last night to thunder, lightning and heavy rain. Lay in bed with window and curtains open listening - lovely!

DD1, even closer to Fanny sleeps on the top floor and had the most fantastic light show through her roof veluxes.

Loads of lightening and thunder, but only a short heavy downpour in South Leicestershire between 1 and 2 am. Beautiful fresh day now.

No thunderstorms but torrential rain for hours here in North Devon last night, preceded by light rain for a few hours in the afternoon….fabulous ?

I have no idea if it rained or if we had thunder and lightning in NW London because I can sleep through anything. Apparently there is a yellow warning for today but with luck it will miss my area.

Last night was weirdly cold here in Melbourne, only 3 C . It is usually much warmer than that at this time of year. I think for us climate change doesn’t necessarily mean more warmth, just different weather. We haven’t had a really hot Summer in years and I remember many years ago it used to reach 40- 42 C every year and 35 was just normal. Heavily denied, of course ,but I used to be particularly interested in the weather so I am sure I remember correctly.