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Whingey Sun 26-Jul-26 09:09:59

Here in Alton.Anyone else?

Peaseblossom Mon 27-Jul-26 18:51:25

Nothing in Berkshire

Witzend Mon 27-Jul-26 18:44:28

Nothing here, outer SW London. ☹️
I will have to start praying.

Oreo Mon 27-Jul-26 18:40:09

Me too Alie2🥵

Alie2Oxon Mon 27-Jul-26 18:24:12

Wot rain?

I've almost forgotten what it's like.

Tworedroses Mon 27-Jul-26 15:27:37

A couple of days of rain here in Stockport but it’s dry now with no more rain forcast. My poor garden. 😩

grandMattie Mon 27-Jul-26 15:22:15

If only, north Bristol

Fallingstar Mon 27-Jul-26 15:21:19

Some rain did fall yesterday in SE London, a heavy burst for about 5 mins or so. Then nothing. Really hot and humid after that. Today is a bit of cloud and a wind but no rain for the next week and the temps are rising.
Happy people in the North West, Scotland and NI will be getting sufficient rainfall.
Here the earth is like dust with big fissures in it and the trees look like it is autumn with brown leaves everywhere.

SillyNanny321 Mon 27-Jul-26 15:15:34

Two spits & a drip on one window & a few more on another. Not enough to even show on the ground here in East Anglia! If someone has too much throw it our way pretty please????

JenniRen Mon 27-Jul-26 15:08:54

No rain at all here so far, the West Country.

My favourite perennial geranium was brown and shrivelled so I've given it the Chelsea Chop and a good drink and hope it survives.

libra10 Mon 27-Jul-26 15:03:37

We had showers on Friday and Saturday morning. A few rainy puddles on the lanes as I walked my dog.

We are in the North West.

cc Mon 27-Jul-26 15:00:38

We're still waiting here in west London, though it hasn't been as unpleasantly humid over the past few days.
We spent last week near the coast in Dorset and, although the temperatures were high, it didn't have that unpleasantly high humidity that we've had at home recently.

polnan Mon 27-Jul-26 14:27:40

nothing here in Swindon

Aveline Sun 26-Jul-26 16:04:26

Dry roads on our way to East Lothian today but we had to drive back via huge floods and puddles. Obviously a very localised very heavy shower.

Ziplok Sun 26-Jul-26 15:47:52

We had a tiny splash of rain around 1 pm, lasting all of 3 minutes. It had absolutely no impact whatsoever.

Bassoues Sun 26-Jul-26 15:39:37

The rain barrel on the south side of the house was full!!! On the north side they were half full
All starting from empty yesterday evening. Yet the soil and terrace looked cork dry this morning and i never heard it rain.

sharon103 Sun 26-Jul-26 15:16:47

None in Northamptonshire.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 26-Jul-26 15:14:57

Eventually heavy rain for about 5 minutes - hardly wetted the ground. Now back to humid and very warm.

Jalyn Sun 26-Jul-26 14:45:41

A little rain overnight in north Wiltshire, now sunny abd very windy

Pittcity Sun 26-Jul-26 14:39:05

Quite heavy for 5 minutes this morning in North Essex. Just enough to leave dirt on the car and patio. No help to the garden though.
Now it's overcast and humid.

grandMattie Sun 26-Jul-26 14:30:54

Teeny weeny amount overnight here in my part of Bristol; probably less than 1mm. It wet the road and pavements, then made the air very humid…. Not enjoyable.
I wish we had had the lashing rain of other parts of the country.

MG55 Sun 26-Jul-26 14:27:47

Absolutely lashing it down here in North Oldham ☔️☔️☔️

glammagran Sun 26-Jul-26 13:47:59

I’m pretty sure there wasn’t any rain at all here in North Wiltshire. Looking at the BBC weather app which goes up to 8th August no rain is forecast. Scary now.

Wyllow3 Sun 26-Jul-26 13:33:27

It dries instantly tho as the sun comes out ☺️

Greyduster Sun 26-Jul-26 13:27:54

And there it was - gone!! Enough to wet the car and then away it went! Something I suppose.

Wyllow3 Sun 26-Jul-26 13:10:07

It's not enough not to need to water pots tonight.