{"id":260612,"date":"2023-06-04T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T11:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260612"},"modified":"2023-06-04T14:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T12:00:45","slug":"met-office-announce-water-scarcity-alert-after-wet-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=260612","title":{"rendered":"Met Office Announce Water Scarcity Alert After Wet\u00a0Spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could not make it up, but the Met Office can!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To fully appreciate what spring has been like we need to put it into context by casting our minds back to winter; a season traditionally regarded as a recharge period for the UK\u2019s water supplies. UK rainfall over winter was down compared with average, with only 83% of average rainfall being recorded for the UK. This relative shortfall in a key period fuelled hopes for more rain to come for spring. Did it? Well, yes and no.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring rainfall across the UK has been very slightly above average (106%). But as always with averages, examining the detail can reveal interesting patterns. England has enjoyed well above average rainfall, with counties like Cambridgeshire recording around 161% of what they would in a typical spring. While the rain fell in England, especially during a very wet March, parts of Scotland \u2013 including Inverness and Sutherland \u2013 have only recorded just under two thirds of their expected rainfall (64%). This is the driest spring in North Scotland since 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Relative lack of Spring rainfall triggers water scarcity alert<\/a><\/blockquote>