On 1 Oct, 20:26, Len Wood wrote:
38.7 mm fell 1800-1800Z on 1st Oct 2010.

Two things to note:
(1) This 1800 to 1800Z period actually covered the rainfall event in
its entirety for a change.
(2) 12 mm of the total fell on 30 Sep. which has consequences for the
reporting of monthly rainfall on this occasion.

This was the sixth highest 1800-1800Z total I have recorded in Wembury
since starting in 1983.
Here are the other higher 1800-1800Z totals:

48.6 mm 25 Aug 1986
45.1 mm 26 June 2006
42.7 mm 20 Dec 1989
40.0 mm 19 May 1996
39.8 mm 11 Oct 1993

Len Wood
Wembury, SW Devon, 83 m asl


We seem much more prone to large rainfall events down here Len,
eventhough I'm only 19m ASL

I record rainfall @ 0900, & my highest 0900-0900 totals this century
a-

84.5mm on 13 Nov 2002
78.9mm on 26 June 2006
65.2mm on 24 April 2009
(On this day 200mm+ fell on the north Penwith moors, with cars swept
off road, and 2 people drowned)
62.8mm on 14 Sept 2000
62.5mm on 31 December 2002

St Ives - on the deluge prone N cornwall coast, has had 2 days
100mm, major flooding on both occasions. The 2nd time just after the
new multi million pound flood defence scheme opened, and spectacularly
failed!

Graham
Penzance