June 1997

Thunder overnight (apparently). Overcast, hot and humid in the morning. Poured with rain and got very dark from 9.45 to about 11am.

June 13th. Raining heavily in the morning, took the umbrella.

June 19th. Rained most of the day.

June 20th. Greyed over gradually, and at lunchtime began to rain heavily - continued till 6.30pm at least.

June 21st. Cycled back through wet black streets, with evening glow lingering in the sky even at 10.30.

June 22nd. Rained most of the day.

June 23rd. Raining again in the morning.

June 25th. Rain again.

June 26th. Still more rain. I think I might start building an ark. It's rained every day since the 19th - 8 days, exceptional in my opinion. Those ducks that were on the lawn a couple of weeks back returned this evening, with 8 ducklings.

June 27th. Rain again - heavy at lunchtime with the drains in the High St backing up, and water pouring out of the storm drains into the river.

June 28th. Mowed the lawn, which hasn't half grown with all the rain.

'The wettest June of the century' [...]