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On Apr 26, 2:46 pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
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"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :

With that in mind, however, it may be useful to point out
that the original threshold for the rainfall amount for
breaking an absolute drought was 0.01 inch (which is as
near as dammit 2.5mm).

0.25mm, of course. Just testing, you understand.

I may have missed the point, but are you now saying there is no such
thing as a drought ? - or that we dont make a note of extended dry
spells ?

Paul ... just that those old definitions had a very limited value,
and haven't been used in any official capacity (or, as far as I
am aware, in any serious met/clim journal) for 46 years.

As I said, anyone can use them if they want, and FWIW I have
no view either way.

The point, really, was in the bit of the original post that
you didn't copy :-)

Philip