Carol K on today's BBC Breakfast stated that in 135 years of Wimbledon
there have only been 32 days without play and in five years there
was no rain recorded during the fortnight.

Note: There have actually been 126 tournaments in 136 years with four
years missed during WW1 (1915-18) & six during WW2 (1940-45).

Wikipedia gives the dates for each tournament, but it is not known
(by me) if play was held on each day within the 'fortnight' - we
know that traditionally there is no play on the middle Sunday.

Including ALL Sundays, the dates from Wiki add up to 1578 days, so
32 lost to rain is about 2%.

Also worth noting that from 1877-89 and 1893-96 the tournament took
place wholly in July.

So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days
washed out?

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:07:47 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:
Carol K on today's BBC Breakfast stated that in 135 years of Wimbledon

there have only been 32 days without play and in five years there

was no rain recorded during the fortnight.



Note: There have actually been 126 tournaments in 136 years with four

years missed during WW1 (1915-18) & six during WW2 (1940-45).



Wikipedia gives the dates for each tournament, but it is not known

(by me) if play was held on each day within the 'fortnight' - we

know that traditionally there is no play on the middle Sunday.



Including ALL Sundays, the dates from Wiki add up to 1578 days, so

32 lost to rain is about 2%.



Also worth noting that from 1877-89 and 1893-96 the tournament took

place wholly in July.



So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days

washed out?



--

Brian W Lawrence

Wantage

Oxfordshire

According to Liam Dutton's blog on Channel 4, there have been 6 completely dry years, i.e. 1931, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1995 and 2010.

Don't know about all the wet days, but I suspect at least one must have been in the very wet year of 1922 when the tournament had to be extended to three weeks. A more recent one, I think, was in 1988 when the last Sunday was washed out.

Dick Lovett

On 26/06/2013 1:07 PM, Brian Lawrence wrote:
So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days
washed out?

Might be wrong here but I think 1976 & 1995 were dry Wimbledons.

There may have been one recently, it might have been a near miss - maybe
2010?

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

On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:07:47 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:



So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days

washed out?

======

An old column by Philip Eden provides a partial answer:

http://bit.ly/14x33QR

Three successive years 1993-95 had dry Wimbledon fortnights and 1976 was, of course, another.

Stephen.

On 26/06/2013 14:08, Dick wrote:
On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:07:47 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:
Carol K on today's BBC Breakfast stated that in 135 years of Wimbledon

there have only been 32 days without play and in five years there

was no rain recorded during the fortnight.



Note: There have actually been 126 tournaments in 136 years with four

years missed during WW1 (1915-18) & six during WW2 (1940-45).



Wikipedia gives the dates for each tournament, but it is not known

(by me) if play was held on each day within the 'fortnight' - we

know that traditionally there is no play on the middle Sunday.



Including ALL Sundays, the dates from Wiki add up to 1578 days, so

32 lost to rain is about 2%.



Also worth noting that from 1877-89 and 1893-96 the tournament took

place wholly in July.



So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days

washed out?



--

Brian W Lawrence

Wantage

Oxfordshire

According to Liam Dutton's blog on Channel 4, there have been 6 completely dry years, i.e. 1931, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1995 and 2010.

Don't know about all the wet days, but I suspect at least one must have been in the very wet year of 1922 when the tournament had to be extended to three weeks. A more recent one, I think, was in 1988 when the last Sunday was washed out.

Dick Lovett

Potentially there may have been washouts in 1882, 83, 88, 90, 95, 1912,
19, 22, 88 & 2001, when the Mens final was played on a Monday.

The first Wednesday in 2004 was washed out (23 June).

Some of the recent years have day-by-day accounts in Wikipedia, I'll
browse through them when I can.




--

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

From: Dick

On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:07:47 PM UTC+1, Brian Lawrence wrote:

Carol K on today's BBC Breakfast stated that in 135 years of Wimbledon
there have only been 32 days without play and in five years there
was no rain recorded during the fortnight.
So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days
washed out?

According to Liam Dutton's blog on Channel 4, there have been 6
completely dry years, i.e. 1931, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1995 and 2010.

Thanks Dick (and others). Liam's blog refers to the 'Wimbledon
Compendium', which is an annual publication that goes into great
detail of the most recent tournament and also includes up-to-date
historical data.

I found a recent copy (2011) on amazon.com for £2.80.


"http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1899039368/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1"

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
Potentially there may have been washouts in 1882, 83, 88, 90, 95,
1912, 19, 22, 88 & 2001, when the Mens final was played on a
Monday.

The first Wednesday in 2004 was washed out (23 June).

ISTR that the first Monday was washed out circa 1971.
--
John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

On 27/06/2013 17:50, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
Potentially there may have been washouts in 1882, 83, 88, 90, 95,
1912, 19, 22, 88 & 2001, when the Mens final was played on a
Monday.

The first Wednesday in 2004 was washed out (23 June).

ISTR that the first Monday was washed out circa 1971.

I think that may have been 1965 if that's circa enough. I
need to confirm on the Times Digital Archive though.

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

On 27/06/2013 22:13, Brian Lawrence wrote:
On 27/06/2013 17:50, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
Potentially there may have been washouts in 1882, 83, 88, 90, 95,
1912, 19, 22, 88 & 2001, when the Mens final was played on a
Monday.

The first Wednesday in 2004 was washed out (23 June).

ISTR that the first Monday was washed out circa 1971.

I think that may have been 1965 if that's circa enough. I
need to confirm on the Times Digital Archive though.

OK forget that, Wikipedia says that Wimbledon began on 22 June,
which was the Tuesday, but there was some play on Monday 21,
including several completed matches, but a lot of rain and
thunderstorms.

Wiki dates are unreliable it seems. :-)

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire

In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
On 27/06/2013 17:50, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Brian Lawrence writes:
Potentially there may have been washouts in 1882, 83, 88, 90, 95,
1912, 19, 22, 88 & 2001, when the Mens final was played on a
Monday.

The first Wednesday in 2004 was washed out (23 June).

ISTR that the first Monday was washed out circa 1971.

I think that may have been 1965 if that's circa enough. I
need to confirm on the Times Digital Archive though.


It definitely wasn't 1965 that I was thinking of, though it might well
have been washed out that year as well.
--
John Hall
"Sir, I have found you an argument;
but I am not obliged to find you an understanding."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)