It’s been reported in certain newspapers that a drought could be on the way.

Surprising that, as much of the country spent weeks underwater earlier this year.
It is true that the long range forecast has no significant rain for the next 30 days, but Victoria Williams, Water Resources Advisor at the Environment Agency, explains what the real risks are at the moment:
She said, Every week we measure water resources in England to assess how dry the soils are and how much rain they can soak up, the amount of water flowing in rivers, stored below ground in aquifers and above ground in reservoirs, and the outlook for the coming months.
As we move into summer the overall water resources situation across England is looking generally healthy. This is not surprising given England has experienced the wettest six month period (Dec-May) on record.
All our rivers have responded to the rainfall and are currently within normal ranges.
We also look ahead by modelling how rivers and ground waters may respond to different future rainfall patterns over the summer. The results shows a broadly positive picture even if rainfall is below average and point to the risk of drought this summer being no greater than average.

So there is no greater risk of a drought this year than in any other.

Quality news reporting then… With so many bad things happening in the world at the moment you would think there ought to be more worthwhile things to fill the pages of these rags.