Dave.C wrote:

Drove back from Dartford to Essex at about 23.00 last night and had the
wipers on intermittent due to the persistent fine drizzle that was falling.
This rarely seems to be picked up by the radar.

Been talking to my nocturnal PhD friends(!) and they can confirm that at
2am it was indeed drizzling slightly. I guess by 4am enough may have
fallen to tip the bucket (possibly if the bucket wasn't empty after dew,
etc.)

Is 16 days a significantly long amount of time to go without rain at
this time of year?

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Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.jstott.me.uk/weather/