On 21 Nov, 17:55, John Hall wrote:
In article
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*David writes:

By the way, that 34-hour period of continuous heavy rain,
from 2000z on the 18th to 0600 on the 20th, deposited
377.8mm.

Philip

That's half our annual rainfall!
Puts it into perspective a bit, there was 15mm here in the same period
which is still about twice the amount you would expect.

David Mitchell. Langtoft. E Riding.

It's also substantially more than the lowest annual rainfall ever
recorded anywhere in England, which if memory serves was 9 point
something inches somewhere in Essex in 1921.
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John Hall *"[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
* * * * * * like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
* * * * * * its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"

Almost! It was Margate (Cliftonville) in Kent which saw an annual
total of just 236 mm (9.29 inches) in 1921, which remains the lowest
accepted annual rainfall total on record anywhere in the British
Isles. In the context of the Seathwaite discussion, the latter saw
this amount fall in just under 16 hours on Thursday last.

I am slightly surprsied that none of the media references that I've
heard to the actual rainfall totals recorded at Seathwaite have placed
this '370 mm' total in this context, nor of 'six months rainfall in
London in 34 hours', for example: a pity because I suspect outside the
audiience of this ng and a few other specialist climatological/
hydrological professionals etc, "370 mm of rainfall" simply wouldn't
mean a thing to the man in the street ...

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Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer