Brown grass is pretty usual in September and October if all the tropical cyclones miss us, but I don't ever remember seeing it in May. It must have happened in May 1969, which had only four days with measurable rain, but I was a toddler at the time.
This year has been a refreshing change from the chilly, wet Aprils we often get. The sunshine and low humidity is reminding me of 1985, the most pleasant April in my memory.
Starting to rain, because God forbid I should ever get to walk to the metro station on a morning that's mild enough to not need a jacket without being rained on!