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  • Location: West London - ASL 36.85m/120ft
  • Weather Preferences: Cold/stormy
  • Location: West London - ASL 36.85m/120ft

Hey,

I think this thread is a good idea as we can post rainfall rates arival times ETC.

Enjoy

I'll get started. I just had a small line of showers and now waiting for another heavyer line of showers moveing up over the channel.

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  • Location: Poole, Dorset 42m ASL
  • Location: Poole, Dorset 42m ASL

It does appear that some areas of the UK are dry so far this year.

Down here I've just recorded the first rain for this month, and that was a mere 1.5mm, with the outlook also looking very dry.

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  • Location: West London - ASL 36.85m/120ft
  • Weather Preferences: Cold/stormy
  • Location: West London - ASL 36.85m/120ft

Im under another shower now, im noticeing that the rainfall comes down in showers more of the rain drops and not so much speed, unlike storms!

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  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.

1 inch of rain since feb 26th.

Wet last night at 8mm.

Much clearer sunny fresh today.

April 2000 was the wettest spring month on record except there was a severe memorable snowstorm here.

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  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire
  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire

There has been only 2.4mm here so far this month. January was the direst since at least 1997 aswell with 17.6mm.

February followed in the footsteps of 2009 and 2010 in being very wet but so far the year has had a dry start overall.

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  • Location: South East Cambridgeshire 57m ASL
  • Location: South East Cambridgeshire 57m ASL

Only 0.3mm here so far this month and no notable rainfall since 27th February. The ground has dried up quite noticeably and another dry week is in prospect, with High Pressure edging closer to the UK next week.

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  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow
  • Location: Orleton, 6 miles south of Ludlow

Very dry here all year so far. Ground very dry, usually very muddy at his time of year, and the water table is low. Pond is very low, and I'm watering pots in the garden! Much as I dislike the rain, we could really do with a very wet March/April to try and top things up before summer.

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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.

Very dry so far this month with only 5.9mm, however this is more than twice as much as in March last year which recorded only 2.1 mm in the first 15 days.

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall

Only about 5mm so far this month and 85-90mm for the year so far which is now below average. A pretty dry start to the year and if things carry on for some time then there may be problems.

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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.

204.5 mm here so far this year which is 88% of the 35 year average to the middle of March. Last year was even drier with only 156.5mm at the same time.

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  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)

Only 12 mm for the first 2 weeks of March.

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

Only 12 mm for the first 2 weeks of March.

Yep, and only 14mm here too. Though last year was quite impressive with almost the first half of the month registering no rainfall whatsoever if it hadn't been for a convective day on the 12th. The second half, however, was wet and sometimes very wet so that made up for it.

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  • Location: East Devon
  • Location: East Devon

Just 3.8mm here this month so far according to the Davis VP2, and that includes dew and frost melt. I'm not actually sure if in official terms this should be recorded in the rainfall total?

Last year though didn't record any rain until the 18th, 0.8mm of what I presume was dew/frost melt)

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

Just 3.8mm here this month so far according to the Davis VP2, and that includes dew and frost melt. I'm not actually sure if in official terms this should be recorded in the rainfall total?

no dew/frost are not included in rainfall totals, so you have to delete them from your monthly value?

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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.

no dew/frost are not included in rainfall totals, so you have to delete them from your monthly value?

It's not often I disagree with you, John, but I do on this one.

Dew, fog and melted hoar frost are all precipitated water and are included in the monthly total if they're sufficient to register in the gauge. This has been the case since the earliest days of British Rainfall started by the great G.J Symons.

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  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire
  • Location: Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire

It's not often I disagree with you, John, but I do on this one.

Dew, fog and melted hoar frost are all precipitated water and are included in the monthly total if they're sufficient to register in the gauge. This has been the case since the earliest days of British Rainfall started by the great G.J Symons.

I was always under the impression you included it aswell. I suppose it depends on whether you are recording 'rainfall' or 'precipitation'. Last night was a good example, no rainfall on the radar yet on the ground in the thick fog water was precipitating out. This gave 0.2mm and wet the ground/objects just as rain would (indeed it looked like a downpour had occured, very interesting!).

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  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)
  • Location: Llanwnnen, Lampeter, Ceredigion, 126m asl (exotic holidays in Rugby/ Coventry)

Indeed last March began even drier, with only 1mm at this stage.

Ended up on 107mm, cannot see that happening this month.

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  • Location: East Devon
  • Location: East Devon

Interesting replies, thanks for those, I wondered because I had heard both versions before.

Also I think to keep consistency and as I won’t always be able to catch what's dew and edit it out, especially when away I may just continue to not delete them, and perhaps make a note in monthly reports. Also my set up isn't perfect really, I don't really have a suitable place for a gauge with the rim height at 30cm, and I've recently read a good report on a Davis VP2 station with a comparison to official instruments that suggests the rain gauge may not be that good in accuracy, even if you calibrate it as it seemed to vary day by day.

This is the report I read here, which is obtainable from Prodata Weather Systems here http://www.weatherst...ert_reports.htm

Last March ended up as 68.4mm here

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