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This summer is proving to be exceptionally warm and dry again. Consistently warm/hot (mostly in the 28-32C range) and also extremely dry. It is full blown warm-summer Med (Csb) here nowadays. Like there is no question about it.

30C / 86F average max this July in London with absolutely zero rainfall.

The last time it rained here for me was 33 days ago now back on 16th June. So there hasn't been a drop of rain for going on 5 weeks. The post below is 4 days old now...

There isn't any rain coming any time soon. I might go 50+ days without any rain. The latest GFS has absolutely nothing coming down here.

EURO AI (AIFS)

The rainfall signal for August looks pretty worrying. Some places in southern England are only on 10mm / 0.4 inches this summer from the opening 2 days of June.

About a quarter of England is under water restrictions right now, with more inevitably coming in due to the ongoing drought. If last winter wasn't so wet, things would be far worse right now after a dry 3-4 months in general...

On top of this, there is a marine heatwave ongoing as well with sea temperatures up to 24C / 75F in parts of southeast England...

Still plenty of 40's C on the charts going towards August. I suspect the August record will fall this summer...

Fires have been breaking out everywhere over the past few weeks...

The 4 main fires at the time of writing this...

The worst right now is the Cairngorms one in Scotland, which has been getting attacked by helicopters for days...

The webcams around the Cairngorms are just completely smoked out...

I better update this. This summer has been truly roasting here and exceptionally dry. Multiple heatwaves, including 38C / 100F officially in June at Lingwood in Norfolk. No rainfall here for almost 2 months now. Just crazy.

London now qualifies for Csa (hot summer Mediterranean) again this year for the 2nd time in 5 years due to an average temp of 22C> during the warmest month and a summer month receiving less than 30mm of rainfall (London had 0.0mm) and the wettest winter month having 3 x more than the driest summer month. So it is about as Mediterranean as you could possibly get anywhere based on the rainfall alone (London drier than any Med region in Europe)...

My nearest official Met Office station. Due to how dry the soils are, the nights are actually quite chilly like you would get in a desert.

21 automatic Met Office stations in England recorded zero / 0.0mm of rainfall in July, plus a further 13 manual stations (34 official stations in total with no rainfall in July). For London Heathrow for example, it is the driest month on record of any month in 80 years of records. Driest July on record at Kew Gardens too. Both had zero rainfall (0.0mm). Same with Wisley near me and all London and southeast England stations. 90% of England (55 million people) now under water restrictions. I am up to 54 days since it last rained here now....

Extreme drought here now with soil moisture at 0%...

Hurn (Bournemouth airport) with 401 hours of sunshine in July, higher than just about anywhere in Europe. 350+ hours of sunshine in London for July...

Satellite passovers show the true extent of the scorched earth (these images are over a week old now)...

Some photos from London and the south coast...

Latest charts would put me here at 70 days without a drop of rain. It is inevitable that I will now go 2 months without a drop of rain here... I am already at day 54 now...

Probably pushing 38C / 100F again next week as well... ECM vs GFS...

I can't even be bothered to post about the wildfires anymore. The situation may be unprecedented later next week in England. Arguably the worst wildfire risk density globally...

Dunwich wildfire in Suffolk...

I am now up to 63 days since it last rained here back on 16th June. That is 2 whole months without a single drop of rain here this summer now.

This is what southern and eastern England currently looks like from the air. It looks more like Arizona than England...

This drought is an absolute crop killer. I have lost all of my squash, melons, beans, corn etc. Even with some irrigation it is impossible for them to survive with no rainfall for 2 months and 30-40C temperatures. Even the local trees around here have been absolutely smashed with excessive leaf drop...

I harvested some veg today...

Dust devils just casually haunt London's parks these days...

Aussie report for you...

The state of Greenwich Park in this video looking out to the London skyline...

Another 38C / 100F day to add to the list as well. It's actually the latest 38C / 100F on record here for the UK, after we experienced the earliest 100F on record back in June with the 38.0C / 100F at Lingwood.

Again nights have been on the cooler side due to how dry it is (desert like) and the not overly warm airmass overhead, but the days have been pretty hot. Average max of 30C for the first 2 weeks of August here and 160+ hours of sunshine. This comes after an exceptionally hot, dry and sunny July too...

Fire in the New Forest in Hampshire impacting roads and gutting nature reserves...

Numerous houses burnt down by wildfires and people airlifted to hospital...

As I post this tonight more evacuations are underway in various parts of England and Wales with fires still raging...

A cooler spell is on the way now and maybe some rain finally, but that is expected as we head into the final stretch of meteorological summer.

We still have September to go yet though too. Modelling has a hot, dry September expected...

I watched a few of the news broadcasts from England. It was pretty shocking to see how bad it is, worse than I thought. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues or if it pops up every 5-10 years.