We got 24 hours of sunshine – but when will it stop raining again?

Might as well go to bed with your umbrella now (Picture: Alamy Live News.)

Most people don’t like the rain. There’s even an entire nursery rhyme dedicated to it going away for good.

Yet, we imagine countless people in the UK are chanting this Rain Rain Go Away as you read this, given it’s rained every day so far this year, with the exception of glimpses of sunshine on Valentine’s Day.

And today, the Met Office has issued new snow warnings covering parts of eastern England from 10am until 4pm, along with 74 flood warnings.