Dry weather and drought in England July 2025 to March 2026: summary reports
Summary reports on dry weather and drought in England from July 2025 to March 2026 and how it affected public water supply, agriculture, energy and the environment.
Updates to this page
- From:
- Environment Agency
- Published:
- 25 July 2025
- Last updated:
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26 June 2026
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Updated this page to specify that the reports are for the 2025 to 2026 drought. Added a link to the dry weather and drought reports for June 2026 onwards.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 27 February 2026 to 26 March 2026.
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Added the Dry weather and drought in England report for 23 January to 26 February 2026.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 9 January to 22 January 2026
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The report 'Dry weather and drought in England: 19 December 2025 to 8 January 2026' has been added.
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Added the latest dry weather and drought in England report for 4 to 18 December 2025.
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Added the report for dry weather and drought in England: 28 November to 4 December 2025.
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Corrected the areas in prolonged dry weather for 21 to 27 November 2025 to: North East (NEA), Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (LNA), East Anglia (EAN), Thames (THM), Wessex (WSX), Solent and South Downs (SSD) – remaining parts of Area not in Drought status.
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Added the dry weather and drought report for 21 to 27 November 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 14 to 20 November 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 7 to 13 November 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 31 October to 6 November 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 24 to 30 October 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 17 to 24 October 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 10 to 15 October 2025.
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Added the dry weather and drought in England report for 3 to 10 October 2025.
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Added Dry weather and drought in England: 26 September to 2 October 2025.
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Added the report for 19 to 25 September 2025.
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Added the report for 12 to 18 September 2025.
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The latest weekly dry weather and drought report in England for 5 to 11 September has been added.
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Added the report for 29 August to 4 September 2025.
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Added the report for 22 to 28 August 2025.
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Added the report for 15 to 21 August 2025.
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Added the report for 8 to 14 August 2025.
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Added the Environment Agency's report of dry weather and drought in England: 1 to 7 August 2025.
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Added 'Dry weather and drought in England: 25 to 31 July 2025' report.
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First published.
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Applies to England
Documents
Details
Drought: how it is managed in England explains how the Environment Agency works with government, water companies and others to manage water resources during a drought in England.
The collection of water situation reports for England provide weekly and monthly rainfall and river flow information.