Simon S wrote:

Not sure on the statistics but here in SE Sheffield and over in
Rotherham it seems to have been a very dry year so far. This seems to
be a local effect and over in Doncaster and up over the peaks there
seems to have been plenty of rain. I have had to water the garden
endlessly since mid spring and over in Rotherham some trees seem to
think its autumn due to water stress. Digging the garden it seem to be
dry to quite a depth. I guess we are in a rain shadow again. Norman
are you getting all our rain? Seems the fronts from the west give
nothing more than drizzle and the thunderstorms are always to the
east. There also seems to have been some frequent spells of very
drying wind rolling down from the peaks just to make things worse.
Unfortunately the sunshine has not been around to go with all this dry
weather.

Simon S (South Yorkshire)

Hi Simon,
Rainfall totals for Tideswell for each of the months this year and percentages
of ELTA a

Jan 75.9 mm (65%)
Feb 164.4 mm (200%)
Mar 14.6 mm (16%)
Apr 15.1 mm (18%)
May 91.1 mm (123%)
Jun 68.3 mm (96%)
Jul 72.4 mm (92%)

Overall, we're therefore on about 87% of average for the first 7 months of the
year. August has been dry with only 21 mm of rain in the first 13 days.

As you say, sunshine has been in short supply. By quite a margin, April has
been the sunniest month of the year so far with 154.6 hours. The first 13 days
of August have produced only 28 hours of sunshine.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.