Rainfall Statistics, 2013

[TonyH]

Those maps can be so misleading.. according to those maps, we had over 240 hours of sun in July, when we had 221. I'm also pretty sure Filton airport, as one example, did not have over 320 hours of sun in July. Did anywhere have that much sunshine?

 

Either way, a definite westward bias in July as well as June.

Yes 327 hours at St Helier:

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=Lookback

[Evening thunder]

28.4mm here in July so quite dry. 23.8mm in June too and so far August has given 9.0mm (in contrast to further west in Devon where over 50mm fell in one day in places), meaning there has been just 61.2mm of rain here so far this summer.

 

Jan: 124.6mm
Feb: 49.6mm
Mar: 127.2mm 
Apr: 36.8mm
May: 54.4mm
Jun: 23.8mm

Jul: 28.4mm

[cheese]

Yes 327 hours at St Helier:

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=Lookback

Oh but that's cheating - it's not part of the UK.

[Bobby]

115mm here, 105mm of that in about 30hrs! 10mm more to reach August average. Year decently below average so far at 885mm, will need a fairly wet Autumn/December for the year to make average it seems.

[The PIT]

A fairly dry August so far 23.6mm. This coming week is looking fairly dry as well although Saturday maybe different. We shall see.

[The PIT]

Continuing on fairly dry theme for the month overall. Last night was the exception adding 14.1mm to the total bringing it up to 37.7mm for the month 57% of normal.

[reef]

Only 4.0mm here overnight, so we're on a rather dry 15.8mm for the month.

 

38.4mm for July and August combined, the lowest since 1976 as it stands.

[J10]

Those maps can be so misleading.. according to those maps, we had over 240 hours of sun in July, when we had 221. I'm also pretty sure Filton airport, as one example, did not have over 320 hours of sun in July. Did anywhere have that much sunshine?

 

Either way, a definite westward bias in July as well as June.

 

According to figures from weatheronline and backed up by http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~brugge/PREV.html

             

These were the five sunniest stations in the UK, with teh 2nd number the number of days without records.

 

Valley (10 m)  314 0

St Athan (49 m)  308 0

IoM / Ronaldsway AP (16 m)  298 0

Filton (59 m)  290 2

Aberporth (134 m)  284 1

 

Given that St Athan had 14hrs of sun on the 2 missing days [24/25 July]. the sun for Filton in July was around 305hrs.

 

Going back to rainfall, after a dry June and July, August is now already wetter than average I would imagine.

Edited August 24, 2013 by J10

[TonyH]

Llanwnnen, Ceredigion, Wales

Jan: 119.9mm = near normal
Feb: 67.7mm = rather dry

March: 95.3mm = near normal

April: 64.7mm = rather dry

May: 124.7mm = rather wet

June: 50.1mm = dry

July: 40.6mm = dry

Aug: 81.9mm = near average

 

2013 to date: 644.9mm

2013 Rainfall, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire (thanks to Dad)

Jan: 51.0mm = average
Feb: 43.8mm = average

March: 59.6mm = rather wet
April: 12.8mm = very dry

May: 62.5mm = rather wet

June: 32.5mm = rather dry

July: 50.0mm = near average

Aug: 34.0mm = dry

 

2013 so far: 346.2mm

[alr1970]

To follow on to my post from May, here's the year to date in my area:

 

        Rain  2012   Ave   Days > 10mm 2012 Ave  Days > 1mm 2012 Ave

Jan     41.1  76.7   72.3       1      1    2.5       8     13   13.1

Feb     40.4  37.3   51.4       1      0    1         8     10   9.7

Mar     24.6  26.2   61.2       0      0    1.5       6     5    12.3

Apr     15.7  98.6   54         0      4    1.5       5     15   11.2

May     49    49.8   56.8       1      1    2.5       12    9    10.4

June    48.8  128.5  66.1       1      3    1.5       8     18   11.1

July    73.2  126.2  63.9       3      3    1.5       7     18   10.9

August  51.3  94     77         1      4    2.5       12    12   12

Sept          135.6  70.5              3    1.5             15   11.1

Oct           67.1   92.5              0    2.5             13   13.6

Nov           75.9   81.5              2    2.5             14   14.1

Dec           126    80.7              5    1.5             20   13.5

Jan-Aug 344.1 637.3  502.7      8      16   14.5      66    100  90.7

Totals  344.1 1041.9 828.9      8      26   22.5      66    162  143

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/averages/19812010/sites/manchester_airport.html

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/#?tab=climateMaps

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IENGLAND340

 

Very dry - 70% of average so far, and far drier than last year. 

 

 

 

[Golden Hound]

2013 Annual Ipswich, Suffolk.  Very dry this year, just 164mm so far.  Source:  http://www.ipswichweather.co.uk/Current.htm

 

 

[Bobby]

145mm for August compared to the average of 125mm.

 

Jan: 210mm

Feb: 95mm

Mar: 115mm

Apr: 60mm

May: 125mm

Jun: 95mm

Jul: 75mm

Aug: 145mm

 

920mm for the year so far.

 

[Somerset Squall]

August's rainfall comes in at very near the average.

 

January: 95.2mm (above average)February: 43.1mm (below average)March: 55.9mm (average)

April: 27.3mm (well below average)

May: 57.4mm (above average)

June: 28.0mm (well below average)

July: 71.7mm (well above average)

August: 58.3mm (average)2013 so far: 436.9mm (very near average)

[Terminal Moraine]

August recorded 52.8 mm here. This is 66% of the 1981-2010 average and makes it the driest August since 2003.

The total for the year so far is 598.4 mm, 92% of the 30 year average for the first 8 months.

[The PIT]

Well unless we get some surprise rain tonight we've got  53.3mm of rain 81.5% of average for September.  474.3mm for the year so far.

[Somerset Squall]

September's rain slightly above average

 

January: 95.2mm (above average)February: 43.1mm (below average)March: 55.9mm (average)

April: 27.3mm (well below average)

May: 57.4mm (above average)

June: 28.0mm (well below average)

July: 71.7mm (well above average)

August: 58.3mm (average)

September: 69.9mm (slightly above average)

 

2013 so far: 506.8mm (very near average)

Edited September 30, 2013 by Somerset Squall

[cheese]

 

Quite a dry year, even by our standard.s Wouldn't be surprised if we got under 500mm.

Edited September 30, 2013 by cheese

[TonyH]

Llanwnnen, Ceredigion, WalesJan: 119.9mm = near normalFeb: 67.7mm = rather dry

March: 95.3mm = near normal

April: 64.7mm = rather dry

May: 124.7mm = rather wet

June: 50.1mm = dry

July: 40.6mm = dry

Aug: 81.9mm = near average

Sept: 85.7mm = rather dry

 

2013 to date: 730.6mm

 

[J10]

At Mumbles 74.4mm for Sept compared to 77.4mm for average.

 

Year to date 686.6mm compared to 653.7mm for average

Edited October 1, 2013 by J10

[Terminal Moraine]

51.9 mm ( 61% of average ) here in September which makes it the driest since 2009.

The total for the year up to Sept' 30th is 650.3 mm, 88% of average,and 309 mm less than at the same stage last year. It's also the 7th lowest total for the first 9 months in the last 35 years.

[alr1970]

68.8.mm here last month, just shy of the September average. No rain in the last 10 days of the month though.

 

Now on 410mm so far this year, 50% of the annual average in 9 months.

[Bobby]

100mm here for September compared to the 145mm average. Now at 1,020mm for the year. Below average so far and it will take a pretty wet final 3 months to make average it seems. No chance of last year's 2,090mm!

 

2013 rainfall chart:

 

Edited October 2, 2013 by Bobby

[TonyH]

2013 Rainfall, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire (thanks to Dad)

Jan: 51.0mm = average
Feb: 43.8mm = average

March: 59.6mm = rather wet
April: 12.8mm = very dry

May: 62.5mm = rather wet

June: 32.5mm = rather dry

July: 50.0mm = near average

Aug: 34.0mm = dry

Sept: 36.6mm = rather dry

 

2013 so far: 382.8mm

[reef]

There's a good chance this year will end up drier than 2011 at this rate.

 

2013 so far in Hedon:

 

Jan: 48.8mm (87%)

Feb: 30.8mm (72%)

Mar: 51.4mm (107%)

Apr: 10.4mm (21%)

May: 61.0mm (132%)

Jun: 55.0mm (93%)

Jul: 22.6mm (42%)

Aug: 25.0mm (42%)

Sep: 29.6mm (50%)

 

Total: 334.6mm (71%)

 

2011 at this point in the year saw 337.8mm and that was the driest year since 1964 by the end. Very strange to have two extremely dry years with a very wet one in between!

[TonyH]

2013 Rainfall, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire (thanks to Dad)

Jan: 51.4mm = average
Feb: 43.8mm = average

March: 59.6mm = rather wet
April: 12.8mm = very dry

May: 62.5mm = rather wet

June: 32.5mm = rather dry

July: 50.0mm = near average

Aug: 34.0mm = dry

Sept: 32.6mm = dry

 

2013 so far: 379.2mm

Edited October 13, 2013 by TonyH