Is the UK heading for another drought this summer?

Overall the UK has received 23% less rain than average according to the official Met Office figures. England has received just over a third of its average April rainfall. Parts of East Anglia and the South East, even less than that. Provisional data for Shoeburyness in Essex for example shows that it has been the driest April on record, receiving only 0.6mm of rain recorded in the month - just 2% of the monthly average. With less than 5% of average rainfall widely across Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire, both places have experienced one of their driest Aprils on record. Andrew Blenkiron, who manages 10,000 acres of farmland on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, told BBC Weather that, after a dry March, they only received 2mm of rainfall in April compared to around 50mm on average. It means that they've had to start applying water to their land about two weeks earlier than usual. He is concerned that the lack of rain could have a big impact on this years crop, "Basically it's dying on its feet. …