Back to school? Back to rain... for some

In case you haven't noticed... after a summer of heatwaves, the rain is back for lots of people.

If you've forgotten your school coat or been stuck in wet play, you'll know all about it.

According to BBC Weather, this has been the UK's wettest week since February 2026.

But despite the change to more unsettled and wetter conditions, all of Wales and most of England remain in drought.

Let us know in the comments how the rain has affected your life or if it's actually stayed dry where you live.

As you might expect, the amount of rainfall varies in different places around the UK.

Parts of Scotland have already seen half the average September rainfall in the first week of the month.

However, parts of southern England and south Wales have stayed pretty dry, with locations in East Sussex, Buckinghamshire and the Isle of Wight recording less than a millimetre of rain - or 1% of the average September rain.

Forecasters say that there could be more rain this week, and while that might be annoying for lots of us, for many farms and reservoirs, it will be welcome.

More than half of England and all of Wales were declared to be in a drought this summer. However, quite a lot of rainfall is needed to reverse drought conditions.

After drought, rivers, groundwater levels and reservoirs can take a long time to fill up again.

The Environment Agency says that "further significant rainfall is needed" to return to normal conditions, and the long-range weather forecast doesn't currently show any sign of the kind of significant rainfall needed to ease drought conditions.

Also, rain falling on very dry soil isn't always good news because dry land does not absorb water as well, and rather than storing it, it can run off.

"When we have a drought, the land gets very hard, and that makes it harder for the water to soak in," Andrew McKenzie, a floods expert from the British Geological Survey, explained to Newsround.

That combination of dry ground and heavy rain can also lead to flooding.