"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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SNIP

Highest rainfall percentages wrt 1971-2000:
299 St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)
296 Valentia
251 Eskdalemuir
233 Cork
212 Bishopton (Renfrewshire)

(c) Philip Eden- Hide quoted text -


: How does the Scilly rainfall anomaly compare to other sites in
: Cornwall/Devon?
:
: I ask because there is no doubt that Scilly does regularly report
: 0.4mm/0.6mm when it appears to have been totally dry, and I'm now
: having doubts over the many occasions when the rainfall has been very
: large compared to west Cornwall.
:
: The % of normal in Penzance for JJA is 154%, which is very different
: to Scilly's 299%, and I have recorded a number of notable rainfall
: events, notably 29.7mm on 11/7, 51.8mm on 16/7, 48.4mm fell in the 24
: hours commencing 14:30 on 28th.
:
: I'll try and get the data from St. Martins.

You may well be right, Graham. Most of the large totals are also
larger than those recorded on the mainland. I think it's quite
reasonable to be suspicious. I'll be interested to see what you
come up with elsewhere on the islands. All the other percentages
in Cornwall are between 140 and 160.

Philip