If you bed any British mortal on societal media , you ’ll recognise that the United Kingdom has been   experiencing an strange round of hot conditions for the last two month with very picayune hastiness . The Brits are not coping well and it seems the nation itself tally . Space views showed the res publica go from green to lily-livered as grassland dried during the heatwave .

The image was shared on Twitter by the Met Office , the United Kingdom national weather help , and compares   what the British Isles looked like in May and what they looked in July .

“ You ca n’t help but have point out the want of rain in many field over the last 10 - 12 weeks . It ’s even changed the path the UK looks from space ! ” the Met Office said in thetweet .

The UK has experienced just 47 millimeters ( 1.85 inches ) of pelting so far this summer , which makes this the driest early summer in the New recording system , which started in 1961 .   The second driest summer almost occurred in 2013 , with only 59 millimeters ( 2.3 column inch ) in a similar timeslot , but thanks to thunderstorms and wet days in August and September it ended up being only the 14th driest summer .

But it ’s not just the lack of rain that is the issue . It ’s the super hot weather for a country not used to divvy up with high temperature . Between June 1 and July 16 , the average temperature was 20.9 ° C ( 69.6 ° F ) , only diffident of the 1976 record for the hottest summer at 21 ° C ( 69.8 ° F ) .

The heatwave has already put summer 2018 in the top 10 list   of hottest and driest , even if the rest of the summertime temperature go back to average and precipitation starts again . The British Environment Agency is presently monitor the situation , especially with regards to water supplies . There are presently no design for irregular use banning , although water companionship should have programme in place to manage their water supplies .

“ The summer started with river flow and groundwaters at normal levels in most area , including the due south - east following the rainfall in bound , ” Paul Hickey , head of water resources for the Environment Agency , state in apress acquittance . “ A natural reduction in river flows and groundwater degree at this time of year is to be expected and water companies plan for these summertime months . ”

[ H / T : Metro ]