On 14/07/2013 18:37, Tudor Hughes wrote:
In 31 years I have never had a completely dry month, the closest being May 1989 with 2.2 mm and August 1995 with 1.9 mm.
Rainfall here since the beginning of June is 20 mm. This month the only rain to fall was 4.0 mm on the 2nd but I would not be all that surprised if no further rain fell this month. That at least would be a record dry spell. The grass is beginning to look a bit strawy but there's some way to go before Warlingham Green becomes Warlingham Brown as it has done on a few occasions in the past.
Tudpr Hughes, Warlingham, NE Surrey, 556 ft.

This part of Devon is now looking brown.

Only 1.5 mm of rain this month. There was 25.3 mm in June but the
heaviest fall produced just 3.6 mm and did little to replenish the soil
moisture deficit.

The 160+ hours of sunshine so far this month haven't helped either and
everything is now so tinder dry that I am waiting for the first
countryside fires to start.

Yesterday evening was so warm and humid coupled with the dryness of the
countryside gave it that scented smell that reminded me of a
Mediterranean evening. Just right for an evening's swim in what was a
surprisingly warm sea. Such a change from a month ago when the SSTs were
well below normal.

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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk