"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message
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Robin Nicholson wrote:

I always thought Canterbury and the extreme SE got clobbered by
showers running along the Channel and clipping Kent. How do you
normally compare with Dover 'down the road'?

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. The same seems to apply
to the far south-east of Kent - a number of times I have seen radar images
which show moderate or heavy rain just around the coast of Kent
(Dover/Folkestone area) but absolutely nothing here.

Making estimates using the 1941-70 rainfall map, Canterbury ranges from
640mm around the northern fringe to 700mm in the southernmost
outskirts. Wye College has 740mm, Folkestone 750mm, Dover
ranges from about 770mm at the harbour to 860mm on the Downs
above the town. 850-900mm is typical of the highest land in the
triangle between Canterbury, Dover and Ashford. The coast around
Herne Bay averages about 570mm.

HTH, Philip