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I live and work in Manchester UK and we dream of 7-8 months of rainy weather (rather than the actual 11 months).

Damn I'd love 4 acres instead of a tiny flat in London :-/

to be fair, El Niño gave us an incredible year. This winter was extremely dry.

Not in the UK. December 2015 was the wettest month in recorded history.

Yeah but 2015 overall has been extremely dry here in Manc, well into late November.