Thanks Philip. What amazing figures, both wettest and driest. It is
interesting to see that in the wettest league October 2000 is there. That
was part of the Autumn 2000 floods which we all experienced. We had a fair
bit of that here in Cambridgeshire.
Onto the driest league. Nothing in the 1970s and 1980s droughts appear,
which is surprising. I have heard September 1959 spoken about quite a lot.
Feb 1891 is amazing as that it a winter month. That must have been rain free
in many places. To have that in the winter is quite remarkable. One
associates the dry months with spring and summer as a rule.

Thanks again for those figures.

Regards, Gavin.




"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
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"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