On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 at 12:51:22, Nick wrote in
uk.sci.weather :

On Aug 14, 6:48*pm, Paul Hyett wrote:

Here, 10 of the last 11 months have had below average rainfall, and the
11th was only about 5% above normal.

No measurements, but judging by the grass colour (very green)
Hampshire doesn't appear to have been especially dry. Not especially
wet either, but there was a notably wet spell during much of June and
(apparently, I was away but that's what I heard) for a week beginning
July 16th. Frequent cool temperatures and cloudy skies have probably
restricted any browning of the grass.

We've had just enough rain here for the grass to be green, albeit with
yellow patches.

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)