Some areas are almost in drought after this warm, dry and settled September. Southeastern parts need to keep watering the gardens.
This weekend saw temperatures into the low 20’S Celsius with Northolt Greater London reaching 24.7C (76F). The average is closer to 18C. September has been a very dry month with Northern Ireland having hardly any rain and parts of Wales being completely dry up until the 26th. Northern Ireland looks like having its driest September on record. After this warm, settled and dry spell,things are changing for the end of the month. Heavy showers are spill in over Wales and the southeast and Co. Fermanagh on Monday morning, see radar image
This is the first signs of change, but this week we’ll see 2 bands of frontal rain approach from the NW, bringing wet weather to N.Ireland, Scotland particularly the west and Cumbria and W.Wales. Still very little reaching England, sorry gardeners.
As October arrives, so does cooler air, a frost risk at night and potentially some lively weather to end the week. However, even then by the time the rain reaches E.Anglia and SE England it will have become more patchy again.
So N.Ireland (not so much Co. Down) and N & W Scotland, Cumbria and W.Wales will see some decent rain this week. Rest of Scotland and Wales, SW England and northern England and the Midlands should see 10-25 mm of rain from Friday/Saturdays band with more over the hills. W. Scotland will be wettest with up to 50mm (2”).
