Rain could see you trudging through mud and sleeping in soggy tents at Glastonbury this year (Picture: Jonathan Hordle/REX/Shutterstock)
You’d better get your wellies on for Glastonbury as the wet start to the summer is expected to continue into July.
Rain almost spelt disaster for Mighty Hoopla last weekend as wet weather turned Brixton’s Brockwell Park into a ‘mud bath’.
But the London festival was saved by organisers sprinkling the ground with woodchips to soak up the water.
It looks like ticket holders for this year’s Glastonbury Festival will have to brave the rain when they descend on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset this month.
More than 200,000 people are expected to attend the music festival from Wednesday, June 26 to Sunday, June 30.
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA will be headlining the event, where acts like Femi Kuti, Jamie Webster and Rachel Chinouriri are also playing.
Previous years have seen festivalgoers slipping and sliding in the mud as the footfall churns up fields.
The forecast isn’t all bad though, as sunny weather is expected to be mixed with showers or ‘longer spells of rain’.
With a lineup featuring Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA, the mud might just be worth it (Picture: Richard Isaac/REX/Shutterstock)
You’ll definitely need appropriate footwear if you’re heading down to Glasto (Picture: Richard Isaac/REX/Shutterstock)
We may also see higher-than-average temperatures despite the downpour.
That must be taken with a pinch of salt though, as the Met Office’s long-range predictions are known to change as weather systems develop.
For the period from Wednesday, June 19 to Tuesday, July 2, the Met Office said: ‘Signals are weak, as is common for this time of year, regarding prevailing weather patterns during the last couple of weeks of June and into the start of July.
‘As is typical, all areas can be expected to see some spells of drier, sunnier weather but there will also be showers or longer spells of rain at times.
‘The balance between drier and wetter spells is unclear, if anything for most regions, wetter than average is slightly more likely than drier than average for the period as a whole.
‘Temperatures around or a little above average is most likely.
‘Some warmer spells are possible but there are no meaningful signs regarding if and when they may occur.’
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