We've had just half an inch of rain in February so far, and it looks like that will be it for the month as yet another high pressure builds in. We had just a third of an inch in the second half of January. In more normal times we'd expect about six times as much rain as we've had since mid-Jan. The south-west of England (where I am) and East Anglia are still officially in drought, and there are are fears of big trouble if we have a summer like we had last year. We still have a hosepipe ban in Cornwall that started last August, the first in 27 years (and the last one was short-lived).