{
  "id": 91842,
  "title": "England and Wales had driest July on record, according to provisional figures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/england-and-wales-had-driest-july-on-record-according-to-provisional",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-03T15:18:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/03/england-wales-had-driest-july-on-record_6756117_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. England recorded just 6.5 millimeters of rain, which is 10% of the usual average figure. Wales had 9.3 mm of rainfall.\n\nThe UK as a whole had 28.9mm of rainfall, making it the third driest July on record and the driest July nationally since 1868. Southern England was particularly dry, with only 1.9mm of rain falling, which is just 3% of its long-term average for the month.\n\nSome parts of England have exceeded 50 days without rain, leading to drought conditions, overheating homes, parched gardens and farmland, and wildfires. According to The National UAE, nineteen counties recorded less than or equal to 1mm of rainfall across the entire month.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}