August 1912 Cold and very wet
The summer of 1912 was very poor up to the start of August with both
June and July being wet with above average rainfall, June 1912 was the
wettest since 1879 with 122.4mm, whilst July was the wettest since 1903 with
94.9mm. These months pale in comparison to the August, which was an
exceptionally poor summer month. It was the coldest August on record with a
CET of just 12.9C, it was the dullest August on record and it was the
wettest August on record with 192.9mm and this made it the 7th wettest month
on record going back to 1766.
Low pressure dominated virtually the entire month, with it either
sitting over the UK or to the north or east. When the low sat to the north
and east, it pulled down cool northwesterly flows across the UK and under
leaden skies and rain, maxima were well below average, nowhere recorded a
single temperature of 25C+ during the entire month.
On the 25th, conditions worsened markedly over East Anglia especially
Norfolk, when a low pressure moved northwards off the East Anglian
coastline. This brought prolonged torrential rain to Norfolk with Norwich
recording 185mm in one day alone. As a consequence, there was terrible
flooding across Norfolk and the Fens of East Anglia cutting off towns
including Norwich, leaving 2000 homeless and the loss of 4 lives.
For farmers, the summer of 1912 was a disaster, harvest losses were
enormous.

Source: TWO.

My Comment:

Yes I know I have put this one on here before.
But I have a question to ask on this. August 1912 was the 7th wettest month
ever. What was in fact the wettest month ever and how much rain did this
month produce?
Just for the record Philip Eden did mention this terrible summer
month a few weeks back and lets face it, let us hope we do not have another
month like this one. It would take some beating.


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