On Jun 21, 10:49*am, "Dartmoor Will"
wrote:
"Peter" wrote in message

...
Another dollop of heavy rain yesterday evening and overnight has allowed my
total for the month so far to soar ahead of 2009 (130.4mm) which was the
previous wettest June in local records going back to 1971. Total now stands
at 144.6 mm, but not for long looking at the radar picture!

Peter

Ludwell Valley Exeter
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Hi Peter, big raindrops falling yet again here in Haytor. And it is so
GLOOMY, house lights are on, it could easily be November, even the
temperature is just +12.1C at 1045.

Personally that's why I think this June is so horrible, worse even
than July 2007.
Yes, it's rained a lot but it's not the rain per se. It's the presence
of low-base(at a guess between 1000-2000ft) cloud on so many days.
That and the frequent strong winds.

If we had more days of high-base cumulus and heavy slow moving
showers, with lengthy sunny spells in between - and light winds - it
would be much more bearable even if we had a high number of rain-days
and cool temperatures.

Nick