After the floods, Wales is now
WHAT a difference three months can make to the state of our rivers.
In February, so much rain fell in Wales during Storm Dennis that the River Taff burst its banks in places and homes and businesses in Pontypridd, Nantgarw, Cardiff and Taffs Well were flooded.
February 2020 was confirmed as the wettest February on record for the country – but it has now been followed by one of the driest spring seasons since the 1800s.
River levels are lower than average for the time of year. Since March 1, Wales has seen just 47% of the rain expected at this time of the year.
At the moment, it is the fourth driest spring since records began.
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said 138.3mm of rain had fallen in Wales since the beginning of March, and there is no significant rainfall forecast up to the end of May.
“The forecast for the next week is for fine and dry weather,” he said. “There is no significant rain in the forecast right up to the end of May.”
The forecast is also for it to get warmer over the coming days, with temperatures forecast to hit as high as the mid-20s by the middle of next week.
Parts of Mid Wales have seen temperatures plunge to minus 5.2°C this week, but high pressure moving into the south of the UK has seen temperatures slowly starting to creep up.
Forecaster Derek Brockway “Temperatures are set to upwards next week.
“Jack Frost has been busy this week, keeping gardeners on their toes with the air coming from the Arctic. Arctic air is fresh and crystal-clear and you said: jump