No-one can probably have failed to notice that there has been a well below average amount of rainfall during the last few months. Farmers and gardeners are certainly aware of it and being British, with weather as a favourite subject, it crops up in many a conversation.

An avid weather watcher, who lives in the village, records the amount of rain (or not) daily and he has provided the following statistics to this website.

During the three months of Spring, March April & May, there was a total of 110 mm/4.31 inches of rain compared to 430mm/16.93 inches that fell in the same three months the previous year.

The month by month measurements are:

Mar 2025 50 mm/1.96 inches (2024 148 mm/5.83 inches)

Apr 2025 11 mm/0.43 inches (2024 189 mm/7.44 inches)

May 2025 49 mm/1.92 inches (2024 93 mm/3.66 inches)

The wettest day in those three months was Sunday March 23rd when 36 mm/1.41 inches of rain fell, while in May there were 17 consecutive days without rain.

Like it or not, we really do need rain!