In article ,
Gavin Staples writes:
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.

The "extended summer" of May to September in 1959 was quite
exceptionally dry, sunny and warm, at least in my part of the world (SE
England). I was ten at the time, and remember it well. Along with 1976,
it's one of the two most memorable summers for me. (This may be partly
because, the older I get, the harder it seems to become for me to
remember more recent years!)

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.

It was mild as well as dry, I believe, an unusual combination in the
winter. That whole winter was a very unusual one. December, 1890 was
very cold and - IIRC - exceptionally sunless. And then March, 1891
brought the great West Country blizzard.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"