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However, the rainfall is not expected to offset Thames Water's warning to customers as thousands in the South East ran out of water just hours after swathes of England were made drought zones.
Data collected from more than 18 water companies, including Thames Water, showed that sites ranging from Oxfordshire and London, to Warwickshire, had no water or poor pressure.
An Atlantic weather system is forecast to result in a 10C fall in temperatures along with an increased chance of rain. But it is unlikely to be substantial enough to replace water supplies.
Experts have slammed suppliers and insisted it is only the current dry spell that has finally sparked them into action to find and repair pipes as critics demanded bosses are denied bonuses.
An interactive map reveals the countries most at risk from drought, from France and western Germany to southern Greece, Romania and Croatia.