August is on track to be another dry month, with England only seeing 35% of the average rainfall so far.
Even after torrential downpours in some places last week, which saw some areas suffer from flash flooding, the UK as a whole has had only 46% of the average total rainfall, the Met Office said.
For Wales it is 34% and 39% for Northern Ireland, but Bedfordshire has had only 13% of its average so far, recording just 7.7mm this month.
“We’ve had below average rainfall for such a long time, it’s going to take a period of above average rain to make it up,” warned Met Office spokesman, Grahame Madge.
Recent rainfall, and more forecast, makes it unlikely this summer will see record levels of dryness.
The severely dry summer of 1976 was followed by rain that meant that levels had caught up by the end of autumn.
A yellow weather warning for storms is in place in the South East tomorrow, but the bank holiday is expected to be fine across the country, with a small chance of rain.
