In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 9 Sep 2003 at 11:47:15, Joe wrote :

20.0mm (on 7 days) since 1/8 here.

Just over 2mm since 1st August @ Bedford, beat that!

On a side issue - in the month widely regarded as the driest ever (Feb
1891) Cheltenham recorded just 0.04".
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham, England