Carol K on today's BBC Breakfast stated that in 135 years of Wimbledon
there have only been 32 days without play and in five years there
was no rain recorded during the fortnight.

Note: There have actually been 126 tournaments in 136 years with four
years missed during WW1 (1915-18) & six during WW2 (1940-45).

Wikipedia gives the dates for each tournament, but it is not known
(by me) if play was held on each day within the 'fortnight' - we
know that traditionally there is no play on the middle Sunday.

Including ALL Sundays, the dates from Wiki add up to 1578 days, so
32 lost to rain is about 2%.

Also worth noting that from 1877-89 and 1893-96 the tournament took
place wholly in July.

So, which were the five completely dry years and when were the 32 days
washed out?

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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire