After this morning's deluge - the summer (JJA) rainfall total at Haytor
stands at
667 mm .

Can anybody top that? Somebody in Suffolk or Essex maybe? :-)

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:50:03 AM UTC+1, wrote:
After this morning's deluge - the summer (JJA) rainfall total at Haytor

stands at

667 mm .



Can anybody top that? Somebody in Suffolk or Essex maybe? :-)



Will

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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

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Wow, 372.2mm in Penzance up to 09:00 today.

My wettest Summer was 1997 with 394.3mm. That record may remain.

Summer here has not been quite as bad as a bit further up the peninsula, probably down to the prevalent unstable nature, rather than well organised fronts. As a result sunshine at both Camborne & nearby Morvah was 100% of the norm in July (Morvah, 5 miles away 208.3 hours 106.8% norm.) But it has been very wet.

August started well, but has been very dull in the 2nd half. Total rainfall so far 128mm, this compares 236.9mm in 1997.

June was the real shocker sunshine wise, though the rainfall @ 113.4mm was well short of a record.

Graham
Penzance

The vital word 'sunshine' (after 'Morvah') was missing in my last post!

Graham

On 29/08/12 08:50, Dartmoor Will wrote:
After this morning's deluge - the summer (JJA) rainfall total at Haytor
stands at
667 mm .

Can anybody top that? Somebody in Suffolk or Essex maybe? :-)

Can't top it, Will, but quite wet in Evershot, WDorset, too at 518.9mm.
And it hasn't finished yet!

Hugh

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Hugh Newbury

www.evershot-weather.org

On 29/08/2012 08:50, Dartmoor Will wrote:
After this morning's deluge - the summer (JJA) rainfall total at Haytor
stands at
667 mm .

Can anybody top that? Somebody in Suffolk or Essex maybe? :-)

Cannot top that but it still has been very wet here too.

Summer (JJA) rainfall now up to 369 mm, that's 290% of my eLTA.

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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

According to the Teignmouth weather station the Jun/Jul/Aug total is currently around 440mm. I know it's been wet, but I find it hard to believe that Teignmouth has been wetter than Haytor, though Dawlish's total is around 360mm.

Teignmouth weather station http://www.teignmouthweather.co.uk/past_3months.html
Dawlish weather station: to 17th Aug 336mm + 14mm today
June http://www.dawlishweather.co.uk/holcombe_jun_12_sum.htm
July http://www.dawlishweather.co.uk/holcombe_jul_12_sum.htm
August to 17th http://www.dawlishweather.co.uk/holcombe_aug_12_sum.htm
Today http://www.dawlishweather.co.uk/currentweather.htm

Teignmouth's had a very wet summer, Jun/Jul/Aug total is currently around 440mm, though not quite as wet as Haytor.

Teignmouth weather station http://www.teignmouthweather.co.uk/past_3months.html

On Aug 29, 8:50*am, "Dartmoor Will" wrote:
After this morning's deluge - the summer (JJA) rainfall total at Haytor
stands at
667 mm .

Can anybody top that? Somebody in Suffolk or Essex maybe? :-)

Will
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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm
Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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After this morning's deluge (14.6 mm) my JJA total is 420.6 mm.
Does not compete with Haytor or Evershot but still likely to be a
record for Wembury.
It is amazing that Haytor has 240 mm more when it is only 40 km away
as the
pigeon flies.
Not only due to elevation clearly.

Weather systems have been doing funny things this summer.
I believe it is called ECWOLEXIT.
Enhanced Convergence Where One Least Expects IT
or,
Enhanced Convergence Where One Left EXITs
for the initiated.

Len Wood
Wembury, SW Devon, 83 m asl

SNIP


After this morning's deluge (14.6 mm) my JJA total is 420.6 mm.

Does not compete with Haytor or Evershot but still likely to be a

record for Wembury.

It is amazing that Haytor has 240 mm more when it is only 40 km away

as the

pigeon flies.

Not only due to elevation clearly.



Weather systems have been doing funny things this summer.

I believe it is called ECWOLEXIT.

Enhanced Convergence Where One Least Expects IT

or,

Enhanced Convergence Where One Left EXITs

for the initiated.



Len Wood

Wembury, SW Devon, 83 m asl

I once got detailed rainfall figures from the EA for around 40 sites around Cornwall, most with 15 years of records, and then plotted average annual rainfall for various periods.

What became apparent was that the overwhelming controlling factor for rainfall variance (in Cornwall - nowhere near as much in Devon) was distance from the spine of the county, altitude being a very 2ndary factor. In fact if you had no knowledge of orographic rainfall and were presented with the map I doubt if you'd give any real thought to altitude being a significant factor.

A few examples:-

Culdrose (85m) 1961-1990 LTA 1032mm
Penzance (19m) 1961-1990 LTA 1140mm

Penzance being affected by convergence along the spine.

By far the driest spots are headlands, though over exposure (of the meteorological type, for the more interesting variety head for Pedn-Vounder near Porthcurno http://www.naturist-holiday-guide.co...favourite.html )can reduce recorded rainfall at these sites.

Nearby Porthcurno (55mm) therefore LTA 955mm, Lizard (also 55m) 805.9mm

Michaelstowe @ 114m on the NW edge of Bodmin Moor, but away from the 'spinal convergence zone' has an LTA of 1165mm, virtually identical to Penzance. Move to Altarnum, not greatly higher (167m) but on the convergence line, LTA 1581mm.

Sorry if your eyes have glazed over, I'm a bit of an anorak for rainfall figures.

Been mainly sunny here since 11:00 (now 16:45)

Graham
Penzance

On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 08:50:03 UTC+1, wrote:
After this morning's deluge - the summer (JJA) rainfall total at Haytor

stands at

667 mm .



Can anybody top that? Somebody in Suffolk or Essex maybe? :-)



Will

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http://www.lyneside.demon.co.uk/Hayt...antage_Pro.htm

Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)

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This is a MRF: Brighton September the 22 to 26. It don't get any wetter than this

http://www.citmagazine.com/news/1032...nference-2012/