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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam

There was one Test Match where the rest day was brought forward because of a solar eclipse.

16th February 1980, the second day of the Jubilee Test between India and England at Mumbai (Bombay) became a rest day because of an 87% solar eclipse that was to be visible from Mumbai.

Some games had a delayed start for the 11th of August 1999 solar eclipse in the UK. The Middlesex and New Zealand match was delayed until after the height of the eclipse.

A total solar eclipse occurred in the Caribbean a day before the start of the 4th Test between WI and England at Georgetown, Guyana. It was a 68% partial eclipse from Georgetown.

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  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield
  • Weather Preferences: Any Extreme
  • Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire 160M Powering the Sheffield Shield

Sadly not enougth Rain this Weekend to save our poorly performing lads.

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam

2005 : 0

First time since 1999, there has been no washout in any of the Tests.

2004: 1 2003: 1 2002: 1 2001: 1 2000: 1 1999: 0 1998: 1 1997: 1

1996: 0 1995: 0 1994: 0 1993: 0 1992: 2 1991: 1 1990: 0 1989: 0

1988: 0 1987: 4 1986: 0 1985: 0 1984: 0 1983: 0 1982: 1 1981: 0

1980: 4 1979: 2 1978: 3 1977: 1 1976: 1 1975: 0 1974: 3 1973: 0

1972: 0 1971: 3 1969: 0 1968: 1 1967: 1 1966: 0 1965: 0 1964: 4

1963: 0 1962: 1 1961: 0 1960: 2 1959: 0 1958: 4 1957: 0 1956: 3

1955: 0 1954: 7 1953: 0 1952: 2 1951: 2 1950: 0 1949: 0 1948: 1

1947: 0 1946: 1 1939: 0 1938: 4 1937: 0 1936: 0 1935: 1 1934: 0

1933: 0 1932: 0 1931: 2 1930: 2 1929: 0 1928: 0 1926: 2 1924: 2

1921: 1 1912: 2 1909: 0 1907: 0 1905: 1 1902: 2 1899: 1 1896: 0

1893: 0 1890: 3 1888: 0 1886: 0 1884: 1 1880: 0

Test Grounds total

Old Trafford: 29 days washed out.

Lord's: 18 days washed out.

The Oval: 14 days washed out.

Headingley: 12 days washed out.

Trent Bridge: 10 days washed out.

Edgbaston: 2 days washed out.

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  • Location: Bristol, England
  • Location: Bristol, England
Since it is the first day of the new Test Cricket season in England, here are previous years and the number of days that were washed out during those Test seasons.

1954: 7

That must have been a bad year!

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  • Location: Birmingham
  • Location: Birmingham
The weather for Edgbaston is looking ropey, coud be a washout day here, unfortnately. :)

I was thinking of going on Thursday, that doesn't seem such a good idea now :)

Any idea how the weather will be for the last day next Monday.

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  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Continental winters & summers.
  • Location: Cleeve, North Somerset

There was a thunderstorm at the Ashes last year on September 9th. I think. :unsure:

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  • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
  • Location: Warminster, Wiltshire
There was a thunderstorm at the Ashes last year on September 9th. I think. :unsure:

Maybe, but it didn't wash out a whole day's play.

I find it amazing that in seven test matches this summer there were no whole days lost. Admittedly June was quite dry and July was stunning weatherwise, but the Sri Lanka tests were in May and the Pakistan tests largely in an unsettled August.

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
Maybe, but it didn't wash out a whole day's play.

I find it amazing that in seven test matches this summer there were no whole days lost. Admittedly June was quite dry and July was stunning weatherwise, but the Sri Lanka tests were in May and the Pakistan tests largely in an unsettled August.

Even more remarkable was that no days were lost during the summers of 1985, 1986 nor 1988 and the last Test of 1986 in England was played on that infamous August Bank Holiday of 1986, only 6 balls were bowled on the last day of that Test, so it wasn't a washout.

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  • Location: South Pole
  • Location: South Pole
Even more remarkable was that no days were lost during the summers of 1985, 1986 nor 1988

Another interesting fact about the weather for Test cricket played in England is that very rarely has a Test Match been played in stifling heat. The Test series of 1976, 1990 and 2003 all missed the very hot weather. The Lord's Test in June 1976 finished two or three days before the heat really built on 23 June that year. The Lord's Test of 1990 at the end of July (Gooch 333) was a week before the heatwave at the beginning of August that year. And the 2003 heatwave of August 3-12 was between the 2nd and 3rd Tests.

The last day of the Lord's Test v Pakistan this year was played in 32C heat, which is probably the second or third hottest ever for Tests in England.

The hottest day's Test cricket in England was the last day of England v Australia at Lord's on 4 August 1975 when it reached 34C in London. Not surprisingly, that day also saw the first ever streaker at a Test Match.

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam

Updated

Since the first day of the new Test Cricket season in England starts on Thursday, here are previous years and the number of days that were washed out during those Test seasons

2006: 0 2005: 0 2004: 1 2003: 1 2002: 1 2001: 1 2000: 1 1999: 0

1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 0 1995: 0 1994: 0 1993: 0 1992: 2 1991: 1

1990: 0 1989: 0 1988: 0 1987: 4 1986: 0 1985: 0 1984: 0 1983: 0

1982: 1 1981: 0 1980: 4 1979: 2 1978: 3 1977: 1 1976: 1 1975: 0

1974: 3 1973: 0 1972: 0 1971: 3 1969: 0 1968: 1 1967: 1 1966: 0

1965: 0 1964: 4 1963: 0 1962: 1 1961: 0 1960: 2 1959: 0 1958: 4

1957: 0 1956: 3 1955: 0 1954: 7 1953: 0 1952: 2 1951: 2 1950: 0

1949: 0 1948: 1 1947: 0 1946: 1 1939: 0 1938: 4 1937: 0 1936: 0

1935: 1 1934: 0 1933: 0 1932: 0 1931: 2 1930: 2 1929: 0 1928: 0

1926: 2 1924: 2 1921: 1 1912: 2 1909: 0 1907: 0 1905: 1 1902: 2

1899: 1 1896: 0 1893: 0 1890: 3 1888: 0 1886: 0 1884: 1 1880: 0

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  • Location: Newbury Berkshire
  • Location: Newbury Berkshire

I am going on Thursday so I hope this does not add to these stats! The weather looks to be dry and humid tomorrow at Lords so no doubt there will be plenty of swing on offer..

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  • Location: Shrewsbury
  • Location: Shrewsbury

Just looking at Cricinfo for a few dates- some years we were really lucky with the dates picked (why in some years are there more Tests towards the end of the season than in others?). Particularly it seems during that vile July of 1988- just the OT Test carrying over from June and the Headingley one on 21-25th which coincided with the warmest days of the month. (Lucky weatherwise only: England lost those 2 Tests by an innings and 156 runs and 10 wickets respectively!) And in 1992 the last Test had finished on 9 August, meaning they avoided most of that washout month; they were also lucky to manage 3 ODIs towards the end of it.

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks

somewhere within my reams and reams of old met documents is an article I did, at Manchester Weather Centre, partly for the building trade, on 'consecutive wet working days in the Manchester area.

I will TRY and dig it out, from around the mid 70's I think.

It did seem to suggest that there was a more reliable 'weather window' than thought for the Old Trafford test matches!

I may be gone some time

John

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  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.
  • Weather Preferences: Anything extreme
  • Location: Derbyshire Peak District. 290 mts a.s.l.

Not surprisingly, 1954 in a league of it's own according to Mr D's statistics.

T.M

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks

well I finally found what I was looking for. Not very good news for May test matches at Old Trafford, assuming that the distribution of rainfall is similar.

Fascinating reading some of the old bumf I've discovered!

It was written in 1975 and covered the period 1961-1974 for Manchester Weather Centre. This used to be located in the Royal Exchange building, second floor opposite Marks and Spencer, although the rainguages was on the roof of the Exchange.

It was written to enable building firms in the Manchester area to have an idea on how many days they were likely to lose in any month due to rain.

The amount used, by agreement nationally with the building trade, was 1mm of rain falling between the hours of 0600Z and 21Z, being the closes for routine rainfall amounts to the usual building working day.

Similar data was extracted for Manchester Airport approximately 10

miles to the south and showed no statistically significant deviation from the Weather Centre.

Data was produced that showed cumulative wet working days from 1-5, so if it rained on two consecutive days, for instance, that counted as one and two days.

Earlier data had been done by Foord and Stevens for London and Southampton, so it was possible to do a fairly accurate comparison with all three.

In terms of its possible significance on playing cricket at Old Trafford then the bias in higher values in some months is perhaps significant.

For single wet working days the maximum showed, as might be expected, between August and December but with a secondary peak in May.

For longer spells then the distribution was rather more even but with both May and November showing consistently higher values.

Just for cricket purposes I'll give the figures for May to August inclusive.

Month 1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days

May 7.1 2.4 0.9 0.2 0.1

June 4.9 1.4 0.4 0.1 0.0

July 5.6 1.6 0.5 0.1 0.1

August 6.3 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.0

As I remarked at the time, why is the Manchester test match not played in June?

Cricket lovers will have to hope that this year is better than the above figures seem to suggest.

John

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  • Location: Upper Tweeddale, Scottish Borders 240m ASL
  • Location: Upper Tweeddale, Scottish Borders 240m ASL

Do you know Mr D I wonder too. It would be interesting to draw a graph to see if there is indeed a correlation.

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  • Location: Shrewsbury
  • Location: Shrewsbury

Just having another look at the Cricinfo archive, sometimes the weather was prevented from intervening by matches finishing early. The Edgbaston Test of 1995 which ended on Day 3- 8th July- (West Indies won by an innings and 64 runs with England all out for 147 & 89) would surely have run into that big storm I remember on Monday 10th which affected all the West Midlands and most of North Wales had it continued- if the Sunday was a rest day Tuesday could well have been affected too.

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  • Location: South Pole
  • Location: South Pole
2006: 0 2005: 0 2004: 1 2003: 1 2002: 1 2001: 1 2000: 1 1999: 0

1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 0 1995: 0 1994: 0 1993: 0 1992: 2 1991: 1

1990: 0 1989: 0 1988: 0 1987: 4 1986: 0 1985: 0 1984: 0 1983: 0

1982: 1 1981: 0 1980: 4 1979: 2 1978: 3 1977: 1 1976: 1 1975: 0

1974: 3 1973: 0 1972: 0 1971: 3 1969: 0 1968: 1 1967: 1 1966: 0

1965: 0 1964: 4 1963: 0 1962: 1 1961: 0 1960: 2 1959: 0 1958: 4

1957: 0 1956: 3 1955: 0 1954: 7 1953: 0 1952: 2 1951: 2 1950: 0

1949: 0 1948: 1 1947: 0 1946: 1 1939: 0 1938: 4 1937: 0 1936: 0

1935: 1 1934: 0 1933: 0 1932: 0 1931: 2 1930: 2 1929: 0 1928: 0

1926: 2 1924: 2 1921: 1 1912: 2 1909: 0 1907: 0 1905: 1 1902: 2

1899: 1 1896: 0 1893: 0 1890: 3 1888: 0 1886: 0 1884: 1 1880: 0

Anyone have a guess from that data set when uncovered wickets were done away with? Yep, at the beginning of the 1981 season.

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  • Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine, convective precipitation, snow, thunderstorms, "episodic" months.
  • Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Surprising that there weren't more days during 1912; the stats I've seen reliably suggest that it was something of a washout, and I often refer to August 1912 in particular.

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  • Location: South Pole
  • Location: South Pole
Surprising that there weren't more days during 1912; the stats I've seen reliably suggest that it was something of a washout, and I often refer to August 1912 in particular.

I haven't looked at the rainfall stats for summer 1912 but one thing I would say is that until relatively recently (i.e. last 10 years), there had historically only been one Test macth match played in August in England and that was never later than mid-month and always at the Oval in a relatively dry city, London.

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