High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Droughts in the United Kingdom are a relatively common feauture of the weather in the UK, with one around every 5 10 years on average. These droughts are usually confined to summer, when a blocking high causes hot, dry weather for an extended period. However droughts can vary in their characteristics. All types of drought cause issues across all sectors, with impacts exending to the ecosystem, agriculture and the economy of the whole country in severe cases of drought. The South East suffers usually suffers most as shown in previous cases, with the highest population and the lowest average precipitation per year, and this is even lower in a drought. Even in these areas in severe droughts, the definition, impacts, effects and management are all minimal in comparison to drought prone areas such as Australia and parts of the United States. In the future, however UK droughts are forecasted to become more common and more severe, due to global warming and this will inevitably lead to greater impacts and costs of management.