In article ,
Lol writes:
Now you're doing it - "if we get another 1976"

Surely you just said the water deficit can NOT be made up in the summer, so
the 1976-ness or otherwise of the summer is irrelevant - London is short of
water.

It's not irrelevant, since evaporation and transpiration will be higher
in hot weather.
--
John Hall

"The covers of this book are too far apart."
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)