I'm approaching 90mm of rain this month, not too far from Copely. The
overwhelming impression this summer is of 'dullness'. I can't remember
the last sunny day we had, and it's rained every day this month, bar
one. Here in Ferryhill, Summer (June, July, August) is already wetter
than last year. Temperatures are still above long term means though.
August's high so far is only 21.3 degC on the 6th.

Dave (Ferryhill)
http://www.ferryhillweather.co.uk

Keith (Southend) wrote:
Bob Martin wrote:
in 35831 20080818 191540 "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote:
Anyone else notice the bizarre notion that this is already
London's wettest August since 1917, which underpinned
a feature on "London Tonight" tonight?

At Hampstead the month's total to date is 45mm ... still well
short of 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000, etc,etc!

Philip

There's more than one way of measuring "wettest".
Like amount of time when something is falling or has just fallen.
My lawn is dry enough to mow about once every 5-6 days.

I've had 9 August's wetter (so far) since 1978 here at Southend-on-Sea.

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Keith (Southend)
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e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net