St Swithin's Day

After a spell of very hot, mostly dry weather, we woke up to rain today. According to folklore, this means 40 more days of rain:

St Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain

For forty days it shall remain

St Swithin's Day, if thou be fair

For forty days 'twill rain na mair

Fortunately, since accurate records of rainfall were started in 1861, there have never been either 40 days of rain, or 40 dry days following 15 July. So we might still have a good summer.