Things can solely get wetter! We’ve already suffered weeks of downpours… however consultants say there are 14 extra days of rain to return
It is the last thing a rain-soaked nation wants to hear. But forecasters have warned that the wet weather is here to stay – for another two weeks.
Experts are predicting that many areas, including London and the south coast, will see showers every day for the next fortnight.
In the South West of England and south Wales, the rain has been relentless this year, falling every day since the start of January. Both have experienced 50 per cent more rainfall than usual in January, forecasters said.
Official rain gauges in Devon and Worcestershire have recorded showers every day so far in 2026.
However, parts of western Scotland and North West England have been drier than normal. And only the North can expect better news this week, with a higher pressure system bringing drier and brighter weather.
Met Office statistics reveal that Northern Ireland had its wettest January in 149 years – and in Cornwall it was the wettest on record.
February has brought little improvement so far, and few reasons to hope for brighter days in the coming weeks. Some parts of the UK have recorded more rainfall in the first five days than they normally get over the course of the month.
To add to the dampening of spirits, the rain has been accompanied by a seemingly unbreakable sheet of grey cloud covering the country.
A woman with wellies and a big colourful rainbow umbrella on a wet weather walk on Saturday
Flood waters along the country lanes after continued heavy rainfall in Dunsden, Oxfordshire, on Saturday
Southern and south-western parts of England have also been badly affected by flooding and travel disruption.
The Environment Agency issued 91 flood warnings over the weekend, scattered across the South, South West, East and West Midlands.
By yesterday morning, the agency also had 261 flood alerts in place – meaning flooding is possible – spanning much of England. Meanwhile, Natural Resources Wales, a Welsh government body, has 11 flood alerts in place.
Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said: ‘There’s very little in the way of change, and the reason for it is that we’ve got a big area of high pressure out to the far north and east of the country and that’s stopping areas of low pressure from moving through.
‘Until that shifts out of the way, we’re not really going to see much of a change.’
