On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:09:13 +0100, Jonathan Stott
wrote:

Not even so far away as Dover, but in Boughton (about 6 miles away as
the crow flies) there seems to be a lot more rain than here. I have
remarked before about how so many heavy storms seem to pass just to the
west of here - on several occasions it's been bone dry here but a walk
of a mile or so into town often shows signs of heavy rain.

Yes- I am absolutely certain that Poole and eastwards to Southampton
gets much more rain of the French export stuff..central to west
Dorset is invariably on the western fringe. Like today actually in
fact!

But of course the long term averages are the key thing and here I am
stuck, as the nearest place to me with records is presumably
Yeovilton. And that is about 20 miles, north west side of the North
Dorset Downs. Do you have any long term averages?

I am about 1.5 miles SW of Bul Barrow (274metres), but I am not at
all sure whether that modest height accentuates rainfall. But of
course, snow falls there in winter quite readily.