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Any Rain Anywhere, Or Are We In A 1976 Timewarp?

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Mollygo Fri 24-Jul-26 14:17:18

Today we had rain for our visit to the outlet centre in Fleetwood.

Nandalot Fri 24-Jul-26 14:17:00

I predict it will rain mid August when we go on holiday in Devon.

Nandalot Fri 24-Jul-26 14:15:29

Babamaman

But always amazing how weeds continue to grow nice and green!!!!
The grass will come back but it will take a while

Yes, indeed. Lawn is looking parched and is not growing, though the thistles which have appeared from nowhere are standing proud and tall!

SillyNanny321 Fri 24-Jul-26 14:04:31

East Anglia now very brown & only weeds looking green! Cannot remember when we last had rain & beginning to forget what it is like! Be winter before too much longer, wet & cold & we can moan about how much we miss the weather we have now!

Babamaman Fri 24-Jul-26 13:56:45

But always amazing how weeds continue to grow nice and green!!!!
The grass will come back but it will take a while

Redrobin51 Thu 23-Jul-26 21:42:20

Black Country unfortunately nothing here. The gardens are absolutely parched.

Oreo Thu 23-Jul-26 21:39:39

I can’t remember when we last had any rain☹️the whole country needs it.

Fallingstar Thu 23-Jul-26 20:11:31

Bukkie

No rain in East Yorkshire for weeks and none forecast. The promised rain a couple of weeks ago never arrived.

We are the same in London, keep being promised rain but it never happens.

Bukkie Thu 23-Jul-26 20:02:17

No rain in East Yorkshire for weeks and none forecast. The promised rain a couple of weeks ago never arrived.

AGAA4 Thu 23-Jul-26 19:50:43

Rain forecast for all day on Sunday here in North Wales. Just hope it arrives. The river has dried up now.

fancythat Thu 23-Jul-26 19:48:28

We had rain one night about a week ago.

Fallingstar Thu 23-Jul-26 19:43:50

Here in London parks are starting to look like deserts and trees are losing their leaves. There is a chance of rain on Sunday but it says 45% chance and I imagine it will come to nothing and a light shower will just dry up immediately. I keep seeing a chance of rain on weather sites for London that disappear completely a day later.
Have never known weather forecasting to be so consistently wrong.
Unfortunately once we do get heavy rain the ground will be so hard the rain will run off and probably cause flooding in certain areas.
Is anyone in the UK getting rain??
Can’t remember the last time we saw rain.

Charleygirl5 Thu 23-Jul-26 18:52:40

Showers were threatened here today but nothing yet, and I doubt if it will happen. I haven't seen any rain during the day for ages, but my grass at the front is very green, so there must have been a sprinkle overnight at sometime.

The promised thunder and lightning never arrived.

Crumbly159 Thu 23-Jul-26 02:24:58

Because, looking at the grass going biscuity-beige, I'm sure we've slipped back 50 years.