The No Rain Club (aka - When did you last have rain?)

[Lauren]

Could it be? I actually have rain forecast for Saturday!

[Jordan S]

10 hours ago, Weather Boy said:

Ditto, although that is applying the de minimus rule, as we have had a few instances of 0.2 mm.  That aside, last rain was early hours of 30 May.

If it stays dry today and tomorrow, that will double my previous record!  Insane.

Yes there were two separate days in June that we had less than 0.5mm but rain that properly wets the ground and gives enough for plants was way back on the 30th May. May itself saw hardly any rain too so if the last few days wasn’t bombarded with torrential rain here then it would of last rained significantly in early/mid April.

Edited July 19, 2018 by jordan smith

[Man With Beard]

I'd better join this quickly before I can't join any more!

51 days without noticeable rain - I think there may have been a couple of moments of drizzle early June but that's it

[East_England_Stormchaser91]

May 31st I believe was when we last saw rain! It came from an elevated early morning storm from the East!! 

[Dami]

feeling too ill in this heat to do any kind of a rain dance, so i will leave that up to bubs and sooty the cat and hope any storms see beddy.

[Nick L]

Poor ducks in Aylesbury are struggling...

https://www.mix96.co.uk/news/local/2637309/thirsty-ducks-in-aylesbury-get-temporary-pond/

[Lauren]

Make sure to leave water out for the wildlife. The local foxes and hedgehogs have been using the container I've put out like a watering hole.

[Liddybean]

Last rain 28th May. I bought a water butt that day but am sending it back for a refund because it does not work

[Jordan S]

1 hour ago, Nick L said:

Poor ducks in Aylesbury are struggling...

https://www.mix96.co.uk/news/local/2637309/thirsty-ducks-in-aylesbury-get-temporary-pond/

I’m not far from there so could take a look

[Nick L]

2 minutes ago, jordan smith said:

I’m not far from there so could take a look

Yeah I live just on the other side of the railway line.

[danm]

We've generally been bone dry for the last 6/7 weeks, however we had a heavy shower last Friday evening for about 10/15mins.

[mb018538]

Let’s see how many of us get wiped out of the no rain club tomorrow! Threat of hefty thunderstorms right across the SE, so my 52 day run could be about to go tomorrow!

[Captain Shortwave]

7 hours ago, East_England_Stormchaser91 said:

May 31st I believe was when we last saw rain! It came from an elevated early morning storm from the East!! 

Probably should do the same, I can't recall any rain falling so far this summer whatsoever and it was May I think when there were some thunderstorms mixed in with those cloudy north easterlies. There were a few Atlantic weather systems that passed through during the middle of the month but I don't think any rain was produced down here.

Edited July 19, 2018 by Captain Shortwave

[Interitus]

13 hours ago, mb018538 said:

Let’s see how many of us get wiped out of the no rain club tomorrow! Threat of hefty thunderstorms right across the SE, so my 52 day run could be about to go tomorrow!

Cambridge NIAB recorded 0.2mm between 2-3pm on June 7th(!) so 44 days there.

[mb018538]

8 minutes ago, Interitus said:

Cambridge NIAB recorded 0.2mm between 2-3pm on June 7th(!) so 44 days there.

Interesting! The NIAB site is 4.5 miles away from me over the other side of the edge of town, didn’t see a drop here in sunny Trumpington! 

[Interitus]

13 hours ago, Captain Shortwave said:

Probably should do the same, I can't recall any rain falling so far this summer whatsoever and it was May I think when there were some thunderstorms mixed in with those cloudy north easterlies. There were a few Atlantic weather systems that passed through during the middle of the month but I don't think any rain was produced down here.

Wittering SYNOP report shows trace recorded on the evening of 6th July. Both Wittering and Monks Wood recorded measurable rainfall on morning of June 16th.

[Interitus]

20 hours ago, Liddybean said:

Last rain 28th May. I bought a water butt that day but am sending it back for a refund because it does not work

Private station "Southampton weather" (http://www.southamptonweather.co.uk/wxraindetail.php?r=wxraindetail.php) measured 0.3mm on June 17th.

[Liddybean]

58 minutes ago, Interitus said:

Private station "Southampton weather" (http://www.southamptonweather.co.uk/wxraindetail.php?r=wxraindetail.php) measured 0.3mm on June 17th.

Its not in my water butt though

[Interitus]

1 minute ago, Liddybean said:

Its not in my water butt though

The less said about your butt the better 

[Captain Shortwave]

Game over here, some splashes of rain falling.

[mb018538]

Staving off the inevitable here, that front is slowly on its way, and the rain will soon be falling!

[Snowyowl9]

Wettest day since june 6th and that was half an inch at night,not that far off this time,that should now make the grass grow,thats all there wants.

 

Edited July 20, 2018 by Snowyowl9

[Evening thunder]

June had 0.8mm but it's only been 16 dry days here with 14.2mm on the 1st July and 2.5mm on the 4th.

It's pretty dry but the grass isn't brown everywhere, and it doesn't look as brown as many areas on the Nasa Worldview satellite images.

I was wondering what it would look like if we hadn't had that rain, might be heading into Dorset this weekend so may find out (if tonight's rain hasn't already greened it up lol).

Heavy rain here now, and I look right in the firing line again. If I was near breaking a wet month record everything would dodge me instead.

[cheese]

0.4mm today brings our total for the month to 1.1mm. 

Edited July 20, 2018 by cheese

[Stargazer]

We've had our first rain today since 17 June, so not a single drop for 32 days up to yesterday. Still less than 1mm today though, and the last time we had 1mm+ of rain in a day was 3 June.

Edited July 20, 2018 by Stargazer