Graham Easterling wrote:
January Rainfall in Penzance:-

135.7mm 98% of 1981-2010 norm

Graham
Penzance

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It's about the only time I'm glad to be where I am. I like a bit of rain
in the summer but in winter it is by far my most hated weather type.
Nevertheless despite my meagre rainfall the garden is still waterlogged.
We have the clay and not very big hills for it to run away so heaven
knows what would happen if we got those amounts of rain!
Dave, S.Essex.

41.3mm here in Leicester.

Martin


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An interesting thread, especially in view of the difficulties of measuring snowfall in rain gauges.

We have a heater in one of our MO office gauges, so that when it snows the snow melts on impact and enters the gauge in the same way as rain; in the other identical MO gauge, there is no heater, and that did underead in the smow last month, by 9% overall.

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

"Steve Jackson" wrote in message
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An interesting thread, especially in view of the difficulties of measuring
snowfall in rain gauges.

We have a heater in one of our MO office gauges, so that when it snows the
snow melts on impact and enters the gauge in the same way as rain; in the
other identical MO gauge, there is no heater, and that did underead in the
smow last month, by 9% overall.

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

I have a Young 52202 gauge with heater, for "all year round use" according
to the manufacturer. The heater was supplied as 'automatic', but I quickly
discovered that it came on when the air temperature dropped below 10C. I
queried this with Youngs, saying I had expected it to switch on around 0 or
+1C, but they insisted that it was designed to operate as mine was doing. So
i fitted a manual over-ride switch, and I only switch it on when I expect
snow. The reason is that a heated funnel causes huge losses due to
evaporation. In the recent snowy episode, the heated gauge recorded less
than half that of snow melted into the 5 inch standard gauge. This has also
been my experience in previous snow events. Anyone considering using a
heated gauge should consider carefully the problem with evaporation, and
no-one should rely on a heated gauge in the absence of standard check gauge
on the same site. If the Met Office are using heated gauges, they should, I
hope, make due allowance for these losses.



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Wokingham Berkshire.

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In message , Andy Page
writes
For general information, I have put together all the January rainfall totals
and anomalies that I have seen posted so far.



Tholt-y-Will (Isle of Man) :-

120.9mm

2 days light snow cover 2/3 cm

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"Andy Page" wrote in message
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For general information, I have put together all the January rainfall
totals
and anomalies that I have seen posted so far.

Haytor (Dartmoor): 212.7 mm (116 %)
Evershot (Dorset): 163.3 mm
Romansleigh (North Devon): 144.2 mm (120 %)
Inchmarlo (Aberdeenshire): 91.8 mm (140 %)
Tideswell, Derbys: 86.6 mm (77 %)
Copley (Co Durham): 80.8 mm (108 %)
Brampton (Cumbria): 80.1 mm (92 %)
West Coyney (North Staffs): 71.9 mm (99 %)
Cheltenham (Gloucs): 72.8 mm (107 %)
Reading: 67.9 mm
Bracknell: 65.4 mm
Coventry: 55.6 mm (93 %)
Wanstead (NE London): 42.4 mm
Northampton: 30.0 mm
Moulton Seas End (Lincs): 29.1 mm
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Bayston Hill, Shropshi 67.75 mm (123%)
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Freddie
Bayston Hill
Shropshire
102m AMSL
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https://twitter.com/#!/BaystonHillWx for hourly reports

On 02/02/2013 12:27, Andy Page wrote:
For general information, I have put together all the January rainfall
totals
and anomalies that I have seen posted so far.

Haytor (Dartmoor): 212.7 mm (116 %)
Evershot (Dorset): 163.3 mm
Romansleigh (North Devon): 144.2 mm (120 %)
Inchmarlo (Aberdeenshire): 91.8 mm (140 %)
Tideswell, Derbys: 86.6 mm (77 %)
Copley (Co Durham): 80.8 mm (108 %)
Brampton (Cumbria): 80.1 mm (92 %)
West Coyney (North Staffs): 71.9 mm (99 %)
Cheltenham (Gloucs): 72.8 mm (107 %)
Reading: 67.9 mm
Bracknell: 65.4 mm
Coventry: 55.6 mm (93 %)
Wanstead (NE London): 42.4 mm
Northampton: 30.0 mm
Moulton Seas End (Lincs): 29.1 mm

Western end of Brecon Beacons National Park:- 149.6 mm

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On Feb 2, 12:27*pm, "Andy Page" northdevon_weather-
wrote:
For general information, I have put together all the January rainfall totals
and anomalies that I have seen posted so far.

Haytor (Dartmoor): 212.7 mm (116 %)
Evershot (Dorset): 163.3 mm
Romansleigh (North Devon): 144.2 mm (120 %)
Inchmarlo (Aberdeenshire): 91.8 mm (140 %)
Tideswell, Derbys: 86.6 mm (77 %)
Copley (Co Durham): 80.8 mm (108 %)
Brampton (Cumbria): 80.1 mm (92 %)
West Coyney (North Staffs): 71.9 mm (99 %)
Cheltenham (Gloucs): 72.8 mm (107 %)
Reading: 67.9 mm
Bracknell: 65.4 mm
Coventry: 55.6 mm (93 %)
Wanstead (NE London): 42.4 mm
Northampton: 30.0 mm
Moulton Seas End (Lincs): 29.1 mm
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Andyhttp://www.romansleighweather.co.uk/

136.9 mm (126%) here in Wembury Jan 2013.

This is a paltry amount when compared with Dec 2012:

Wembury 277.4 mm at 83 m
Okehampton 300.5 mm at 199 m
Haytor 378.4 mm at 310 m

Orographic influence quite clear on these totals as always.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon

Updated list including other contributions to the thread.

Haytor (Dartmoor): 212.7 mm (116 %)
Evershot (Dorset): 163.3 mm
Western end of Brecon Beacons National Park: 149.6 mm
Romansleigh (North Devon): 144.2 mm (120 %)
Wembury (South-west Devon): 136.9 mm (126 %)
Penzance (Cornwall): 135.7 mm (98 %)
West Moors (East Dorset): 125.1 mm (142 %)
Tholt-y-Will (IoM): 120.9 mm
Otter Valley (East Devon): 112.9 mm (138 %)
Inchmarlo (Aberdeenshire): 91.8 mm (140 %)
Tideswell, Derbys: 86.6 mm (77 %)
Copley (Co Durham): 80.8 mm (108 %)
Brampton (Cumbria): 80.1 mm (92 %)
West Coyney (North Staffs): 71.9 mm (99 %)
Cheltenham (Gloucs): 72.8 mm (107 %)
Bayston Hill (Shropshire): 67.8 mm (123 %)
Reading: 67.9 mm
Bracknell: 65.4 mm
Wokingham (Berks): 57.5 mm (93 %)
Coventry: 55.6 mm (93 %)
Brussels Uccle: 53.6 mm (70 %)
Laindon (S Essex): 42.9 mm
Wanstead (NE London): 42.4 mm
Leicester: 41.3 mm
Northampton: 30.0 mm
Moulton Seas End (Lincs): 29.1 mm

Regards,
Andy

"Andy Page" wrote in message
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Updated list including other contributions to the thread.

Haytor (Dartmoor): 212.7 mm (116 %)
Evershot (Dorset): 163.3 mm
Western end of Brecon Beacons National Park: 149.6 mm
Romansleigh (North Devon): 144.2 mm (120 %)
Wembury (South-west Devon): 136.9 mm (126 %)
Penzance (Cornwall): 135.7 mm (98 %)
West Moors (East Dorset): 125.1 mm (142 %)
Tholt-y-Will (IoM): 120.9 mm
Otter Valley (East Devon): 112.9 mm (138 %)
Inchmarlo (Aberdeenshire): 91.8 mm (140 %)
Tideswell, Derbys: 86.6 mm (77 %)
Copley (Co Durham): 80.8 mm (108 %)
Brampton (Cumbria): 80.1 mm (92 %)
West Coyney (North Staffs): 71.9 mm (99 %)
Cheltenham (Gloucs): 72.8 mm (107 %)
Bayston Hill (Shropshire): 67.8 mm (123 %)
Reading: 67.9 mm
Bracknell: 65.4 mm
Wokingham (Berks): 57.5 mm (93 %)
Coventry: 55.6 mm (93 %)
Brussels Uccle: 53.6 mm (70 %)
Laindon (S Essex): 42.9 mm
Wanstead (NE London): 42.4 mm
Leicester: 41.3 mm
Northampton: 30.0 mm
Moulton Seas End (Lincs): 29.1 mm


Hi Andy, please add;

Ivybridge 188 mm
Tavistock 182 mm
Torquay 169 mm
Exeter 140 mm

Cheers,
Will
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