Is the amount of rain we've had bothering anyone else?

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Thankfully not in a flooded area but we are still getting a ridiculous amount of rainfall.
Our local river is overflowing and has flooded the adjacent banks.
I mean how long will it take to dry the ground out? Is this because of global warming/climate change?
How are the insurance companies even going to be able to make a start on repairs when we're still getting so much rain?

It’s depressing. I remember the winters of the 80s when I had to scrape my car of ice pretty much every day. This winter (and last) I’ve done it perhaps a dozen times so far but it’s rained every day.

It is so depressing and feels like it’ll never end!

Between the rain and the virus I think we might be looking at the end of days (joking ish)

missmouse101 it doesn't get particularly hot in summer where I live. Just some dry weather and a bit of sunshine would be welcome. It doesn't have to be hot.

I want to get into my garden, line dry my washing, go for walks and go outside without having to wear boots, several layers and waterproofs.

No

West Yorkshire and similarly sick of it. My poor doglet is permanently damp from plodding out for a pee. Mud everywhere in the house. Depressing gray skies for me. Ugh! Roll on spring pleeeeeease...

It has been so overcast for so long. Yesterday I went out and it was sunny ( in the south east) for about an hour and I felt so happy for a few minutes. I really miss not having any proper light for so long. It seems like the last proper sunny day here was Christma day which was glorious. Most of the rest of the time since had been, either, stormy or rainy or relentless gloomy

As the earth has warmed we should expect rainfall to increase, I think?

www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-what-climate-models-tell-us-about-future-rainfall

Park runs have been cancelled for weeks on the trot. Outdoor markets have been cancelled, OH and I have hardly done any walks and I haven't been out on my bike since last year.

I totally agree. I think my bike has probably seized up! I’m just into W Yorks, from S Yorks. It’s been relentless. I work for the Environment Agency. In 20 years I have never known such relentless weather and being called out so many weekends, evenings etc. I have cancelled everything not work related for a month.

And I wasn't being sarcastic**@missmouse101**. I think even the winter lovers are getting fed up with the relentless damp and gloom.

Yes it was always predicted that global warning would bring us more extreme wet and windy weather, not ‘palm trees in Scotland’ as some people used to stupidly enthuse.
There we have it then.

I’m fed up with the wind - had too many days when I can’t go running in my favourite place because there’s a real chance that a tree might fall on my head (obviously this is a minor inconvenience compared to the trouble that many people are having!)

However I’m just reminding myself that hopefully the aquifers and reservoirs will all be nice and full ready for summer!

My local historical group posted a newspaper article from over 100 years ago, whereby the town centre and many houses were completely flooded, and people were up to their waists in water. Houses don't flood here anymore, any flooding is confined to the fields and parks so it looks like investing in flood defences works.

Is the rain any worse than normal? Isn't it down to crap drainage and defences, Doesn't it always rain here?

I like the rain, and the winter but I’m worries about people in my area that have been flooded badly again.

I have also noticed lots of little low cottages in non flood areas that are below pavement level due to their age, and have sandbags packed around their gates and front doors to stop the running water pouring in.

Monday was horrendous here, snow which settled to about four inches on the hills which changed to rain quickly after then moved downhill like burst water pipes. The water was pouring out of the hillsides.

Yes. We're arable farmers - we grow for the UK human food chain, half of the farm is underwater and crops are sat rotting. We have had an unprecedented amount of rain over autumn and winter and spring stilling still appears to be a long way away. We worry about how long the soil structures will take to recover and the damage it has done to weed control with all this flooding.

There is no hopefully where I live. We have several reservoirs near me and all the run offs are waterfalls right now. They are over full.

@happinessischocolate we have had far more rain than we usually get. Surely all the flood reports on the news and repeated weather reports saying that a month's rain has fallen in 24 hours can't have escaped your notice?

I have never seen our reservoirs as full as this before.

My town on the Severn is inundated this morning - flood defences have been breached and lots of houses flooded for the second time in a week. The defences were first funded by Tony Blair's govt in 2000 a they've never not worked before. And more rain to come in the next few days.

I’m in one of the driest parts of the country I should add! So we haven’t had as much rain as other parts of the country (although we’ve had a lot for us).

To answer your question - yes - the climate is changing. More intense and more frequent storms are new normal. www.gov.uk/government/news/climate-change-means-more-frequent-flooding-warns-environment-agency

I live in Wales so haven't really noticed much difference.

This is an island. If you don't like it, emigrate.

What an unnecessary comment
This is a chat site, what we Cant chat about the weather without wanting to leave the country now Mr Farage?

Every dog walk round here is like the Somme. Absolutely sick of it.

Same here! Bloody sick of it.

I would emigrate, but moaning about the weather is part of being British

Fed up of it. Haven't rode the ponies since before Christmas, my decking at home is trashed and I can't do anything until it dries out, the allotment is just a boggy mess and the chickens are fuming that I darent leave the polytunnel open so they can have dyst baths. The dog won't walk off road because puddles and poor ds is bouncing off the walls.

I did read an article yesterday saying from around the 7th march it will significantly warm up though so that made me feel a bit better.