Overview

• Met Office confirms 630 hours of sunshine from March 1 to May 27, marking the sunniest spring since records began in 1910 and beating the previous 2020 record by four hours.
• Seven of the ten sunniest springs on record have occurred since 2000, according to the Met Office.
• England recorded its driest February-to-April period since 1956, marking the driest start to spring in 69 years.
• Reservoir levels in Severn Trent Water’s region fell to 79.1% of capacity, the lowest level of the year, while national storage stood at 84% at the end of April.
• The Environment Agency has issued a medium drought risk warning for England this summer if rainfall remains below average.