On Aug 14, 4:29*pm, 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)

Down in Penzance it's also been dry, with the exception of June,
though not so dry. Even so it's been the driest 1st 7 months of the
year since 1992. (Norms are for 1981-2010)

Jan 136.9 mm (99%)
Feb 91.4 mm (90%)
Mar 34.6 mm (38%)
Apr 26.5 mm (33%)
May 53.6 mm (75%)
Jun 91.3 mm (130%)
Jul 50.0 mm ( 66%)

Year to end July 81%

Seeing Norman's post, the dry weather seems pretty widespread. Plenty
of Atlantic fronts in the last few weeks, but generally so weak. Going
by the vegetation it seemed particularly brown on Scilly when I was
there recently. It is a good deal drier on average in summer than
mainland Cornwall. In summer you can often be under cloudless skies on
Scilly with Cb clearly visible over mainland Cornwall.

E.g.
1961-90 Average for Tresco 49mm June, 46mm July.
1961-90 Average for Penzance 64mm June, 59mm July (just 40 miles to
the east)

Beautiful cloudless day (once the residual sc had gone by around
10:00) on windward beaches today. Pleasant change from the large
amounts of cloud on recent days. Sennen 10:00 http://www.sennen-cove.com/today2.htm.
OK wave & sunshine for the Boardmasters at Newquay.

Graham
Penzance