Martin Rowley wrote:
On 02/07/2012 20:17, Steve Jackson wrote:
On Monday, July 2, 2012 7:43:06 PM UTC+1, Adam Lea wrote:

It is probably some sort of spatial average over the UK. May be
worth asking them.

Yes Adam, you are right, but shouldn't they tell us in the article
how the spatial mean is worked out, over what area of the UK? This is a
bit of Daily Expressism from the Met Office!

Steve J

A brief description of the methodology is given here .... there's a
full list of peer-reviewed references at the bottom

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/.../archives.html

Martin.

However it is measured or estimated and regardless of the variation over the
UK, I have understood "the wettest June on record in the UK" as meaning the
June when the most rain (by weight/volume) fell onto the land surface (plus
inland lakes?) of the UK during the month. Such a term does not need to be
qualified.

Roger