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England and Wales suffer driest July on record

NAMPA / DPA
2026-08-03
London (PA Media/dpa) - England and Wales have had their driest July in records dating back to 1836, provisional statistics from the Met Office show. Southern England has also experienced its driest month ever recorded, as more records tumble amid a summer of extreme weather that has seen multiple heatwaves and the whole of Wales and half of England plunged into drought. Farming leaders have warned it is "one of the most severe droughts many farm......
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