"Martin Rowley" wrote in
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... a very short period of moderate rain here in Bracknell ~23Z
(midnight local), and surfaces *were* temporarily quite wet: yet
the
rainfall yielded just 0.2mm ... absolutely useless! All 'hard'
surfaces
now bone dry. Topsoil just about showing signs that it might have
rained
in the night, but if you didn't have radar or the evidence of
seeing the
rain fall, you might have thought it was dewfall.

And here in the not-quite-so-arid northern Home Counties
where last night's torrential downpour amounted to 0.5mm
and the monthly total is approaching 60mm, the ground is
now rock hard (after, you'll remember, having been damp
and slightly soft until July 22 or 23).

Philip Eden

Lowest July totals to date (to hand):
18mm Perth, 19mm Leuchars, 27mm Portland,
29mm Aviemore, Baltasound and Hereford.

Philip Eden