"Col" wrote in message
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My parents moved to Malvern a couple of years ago and in making
their decision climate was one of many factors. I reckoned that
Malvern is at least *towards* the South West and would have a
reasonable rainfall, certainly more than Leeds in the rain shadow
of the Pennines where they moved from.
However this does not appear to be the case. They are constantly
saying that rain never seems to materialise when forecast.
Now I am wondering if there is something of a microclimate
around Malvern, perhaps only a small area, caused by the rain
shadow of the hills. They are pretty high after all, Worcestershire
beacon is 1400ft or whatever. However they are hardly very wide
Certainly whenever I have been up on the hills, the land on the
Herefordshire side always appears much greener than that on the
Worcestershire side.

Can a relatively high though ridiculously narrow range of hills make
that much of a difference?

Col
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Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
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Hi
I don't think the rainfall figures for the Malvern area are much higher than
Leeds. Shelter from the Welsh Mts. will often have a marked effect. Further
south in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire the rainfall figures begin to rise.
Cheers
John

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York,
North Yorkshire.
(Norman Virus Protected)