"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
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August 1912 Cold and very wet
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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?

Wettest months in the EWP series:
Oct 1903 218.1mm
Nov 1852 202.5
Nov 1770 200.8
Nov 1940 196.5
Nov 1929 195.9
Dec 1876 193.9
Aug 1912 192.9
Aug 1799 192.1
Dec 1914 190.8
Sept 1918 189.5
Oct 2000 188.0

Driest we
Feb 1891 3.6mm
Jun 1925 4.3
Jan 1766 4.4
Mar 1781 5.6
Apr 1938 7.1
Apr 1817 7.9
May 1844 7.9
Mar 1929 8.0
Sep 1959 8.0

Philip Eden