Rainfall Statistics, 2014

[TonyH]

July total: 34.6mm = very dry (34% local LTA)

2014 total so far: 888.6mm

[TonyH]

Long Lawford, Rugby, Warks (thanks Dad):

 

July: 33.4mm = dry

2014 to date: 462.5mm

[Bobby]

52mm for July, well below average. 1,319mm for 2014 to date.

[The PIT]

A very dry month once again with just 34.3mm Most of this fell over four days as well. The year is now up to 579.3mm. Now well behind the wettest year ever which was 684.1mm at the same stage. So big change from last months where we were ahead despite being a very dry month

[reef]

10 days into the month and we're on 68.8mm of rain so far, which is 114% of the monthly average. There's more to come in the next few hours, so today's total will be interesting. Already 35.2mm since 00:00.

[Weather26]

England rain totals up until the 13th are just slightly below the average rainfall 

 

http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/a-wet-start-to-august/

[Bobby]

162mm for August which is 130% of average. Year so far: 1,432mm, 77% of the annual average.

 

If rest of year is average we will get 2,242mm which will be the wettest year I've recorded and will challenge 2000 for the wettest year on record here. I think we had around 2,300mm then looking at local records.

 

    

 

Currently well above 2012 on the cumulative graph although the gap is narrowing.

[The PIT]

August back to wet with 92.6mm making a total of 671.9mm so far The wettest year at the same point was 780.1mm.  August would have been a lot wetter if we hadn't missed out on a lot of storms.

[TonyH]

A rather wet 143.3mm (130% LTA) at Llanwnnen, thats 1031.9mm the year to date

At Rugby, my parents measured 86.7mm (115% LTA), and 549.2mm 2014 so far.

[TonyH]

162mm for August which is 130% of average. Year so far: 1,432mm, 77% of the annual average.

 

If rest of year is average we will get 2,242mm which will be the wettest year I've recorded and will challenge 2000 for the wettest year on record here. I think we had around 2,300mm then looking at local records.

 

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Currently well above 2012 on the cumulative graph although the gap is narrowing.

A COL at Ebbw Vale station recorded 2169mm in 2000 Bobby, lower down than you though at 210masl.

Edited September 2, 2014 by TonyH

[Bobby]

A COL at Ebbw Vale station recorded 2169mm in 2000 Bobby, lower down than you though at 210masl.

 

2,300mm or so sounds about right then as we're usually a bit wetter than there, further W and higher up.

[Styx]

Australia.. January-August totals

and % total of long-term average

 

Darwin................1256mm.......100%

Sydney.................626mm.........69%

Perth....................537mm.........94%

Brisbane...............490mm.........75%

Adelaide...............463mm........120%

Canberra..............360mm.........94%

Melbourne............336mm.........83%

Hobart..................302mm.........78%

 

Rainfall deficiencies not as bad as they were 2 months ago

[Terminal Moraine]

With just 1.2 mm of rain so far this month it's looking likely that the first half of September will be the driest on record here ( since 1977 ). The previous driest first half was 3.8 mm in 1996.

[TonyH]

Just a trace here TM

[Terminal Moraine]

Just a trace here TM

Aye, Tony, looking at the latest model output it's just about conceivable that September 2014 could rival September 1986 as the driest month on record here.

Perhaps a bit premature to start talking of such things with half the month still to go but the models do seem to consistently push back any sort of breakdown with one area of high pressure taking over from another ad infinitum.

September 1986 recorded 8.2 mm and was the driest month since September 1959 when several local stations recorded between 0.5mm and 2mm. It must be something about Septembers!

[The PIT]

5.5mm this month so far. 7 days without any rain. Some forecast for tomorrow though. 1959 the driest here with 1mm so no new record possible.

[Bobby]

A measly 1mm here so far, 0.6% of average. Might challenge April 2007 which had 13mm as the direst month I've recorded.

 

Met Office records show East Anglia averaged just 1mm in April 2007, crazy.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/2007/april/regional-values

Edited September 14, 2014 by Bobby

[Mapantz]

Very similar to 2012 here, 1mm of rain so far this month.

[hillbilly]

September records for this area

1915  14mm

1928   12.3mm

1941   6.2mm

1959   5.9mm

1986   7.1mm

1989   12.4 mm

 

wettest

1918   200mm

1968   209mm

[cheese]

A measly 1mm here so far, 0.6% of average. Might challenge April 2007 which had 13mm as the direst month I've recorded.

 

Met Office records show East Anglia averaged just 1mm in April 2007, crazy.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/summaries/2007/april/regional-values

We had 0.5mm in April 2011. Very nearly a totally dry month.

 

So far - we have 5mm this month.

Edited September 14, 2014 by cheese

[ARTDEMOLE]

1.5mm over 2days. 2nd 0.6mm   and  0.9 mm the 3rd of this month. That was due to mist being blown about and drifting... Nor proper rain..

[Weather-history]

The way things are going, you got to fancy that September 2014 ending up in the top 10 driest Septembers on record for England and Wales

1959 8.0mm

1865 9.5mm

1804 11.9mm

1795 12.9mm

1910 16.4mm

1941 20.4mm

1907 22.6mm

1895 23.3mm

1929 23.6mm

1843 24.3mm

[Bobby]

Only 4mm so far, one of the driest Septembers ever here, if not the driest if it stays like this? Certainly would be the driest month I've recorded, beating April 2007.

[TonyH]

Good chance of a top 5 finish should think, most spots are currently below 10mm:

http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~brugge/CURR.html

 

Here, still part of an exclusive club on no rain so far this month (well a trace), along with Trawsgoed up the road!

If we stay on zero the 9 year September average will take a 10mm hit down to 86mm!

My previous driest month too being April 2007 with 14.4mm.

Edited September 22, 2014 by TonyH

[reef]

A comparably wet 13.4mm here so far this month, so only the driest since September 1997 if it were to stay like that until the end of the month.

 

Dry Septembers have been extremely common since then though, 6 have seen below 50% and only three have been wetter than average since 2002.