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. …