On Aug 27, 11:32*am, "peter clarke" wrote:
I have been following *the recent comments about the lack of rain by *Dave
( Laindon) and Chris ( Swaffham) with interest. *Yesterday's rain here
contributed all of 2mm *to my monthly total of 26mm *for August so far. This
is barely 50% of the 1971-2000 average. It doesn't look as though *I shall
get much more in the next few days ( famous last words?). The total for the
3 summer months, so far,is 122mm - 16% below the modern average.

August has been quite a respectable month for weather here. Apart from the
dryness, it *looks like being the warmest for 5 years ( the mean is more
than 1deg.c above the *1971-2000 average) and *the summer's mean is very
close to *' normal'.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

Does that include 2005 too incidentally? Shows what a difference 50
miles can make! Despite a fairly prolonged pleasant spell from around
two weeks from the 7th, it looks like here (south Hampshire) we're
locked into a run of cool days now until almost the month's end,
meaning that, contrary to my expectations when I first saw the Bank
Holiday charts, this will not have been a great month down here. It
looks like it will be significantly drier than average, though, unless
tomorrow's system is more active than expected.

Nick