"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message
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On Jul 5, 7:35 pm, "Ian Bingham"
wrote:
I've been monitoring Shoeburyness and according to the rainfall figures
given with their obs the June total was only 85.4mm. Shoebury is the
driest place in the country, I believe, so perhaps they could get less
than
Southend? They had something of a cloudburst on the 5th with 23.0mm.
Depends where the heavy showers fall, I suppose.

Ian Bingham,
Inchmarlo, Aberdeenshire.

"Keith (Southend)G" wrote in message

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June 2011 - Southend-on-Sea.

Rain 114.8 mm (228%)

109.7 mm - 1987
100.8 mm - 1991

Local records I have show:
June 1971 with 148.7 mm (John Benford), 130.3 mm (Bob Pritchard)
June 1964 with 109.0 mm (Bob Pritchard)
1971 - For the record the following July was dry and reasonably warm,
August was average for rain and down on temperature.

18z to 18z
30.8 mm (1.21") 6th
26.0 mm (1.02") 27th

Temperatures:
+0.4°C mean above average.

Sunshine:
215.50 hours (105%)
Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"

Hi Ian,

I keep a record of Shoeburyness and it is quite surprising how much
less rainfall they get to me. Although it is on MoD land as you drive
onto Foulness Island it is in fact nearer to Great Wakering, which
used to be in the record books for the driest. We often walk around
Wakering Common and pass the station.

A couple of micro-climate issues may hold the answer. It lies in a
flat area with a bank to the west/NW of it, hence often with westerly
winds it becomes a bit of a sun trap and can often be warmer than me.
Of course this has nothing to do with rain. However, it's location
offers a perfect rain shadow for the SE corner of Essex. It also
misses many of the convective showers that I get near Southend
Airport.

My data is 18z to 18z, so it is difficult to do an identical match,
however, if we look at the two 'wet' days here are the differences:
5/6th
Shoeburyness - 28.2mm
Me - 31.4mm

27th
Shoeburyness - 11.2mm
Me - 26.0mm
I was on the centreline of thunderstorms that afternoon, which were
not as potent 7 miles away in Shoeburyness / Great Wakering (Brother /
Sister live), just as an example.

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"

Thanks for that, Keith. Very interesting. I had no idea Southend's and
Shoebury's weather could be so different. I monitor Shoebury because I'm
interested in comparing winter temperature on the Aberdeenshire coast with
that on the Essex coast, which I think should be comparable despite the
latitude difference because they get two 'pincers' of the Gulf Stream - one
from over the top of Scotland and the other from up the English Channel.

Ian Bingham,
Inchmarlo, Aberdeenshire.