On 20/07/2013 13:31, exmetman wrote:
I've just been examining the UKP daily rainfall data maintained by the Met Office as you do on beautiful days such as day because you're very, very sad and...

Here are the more notable dry(ish) spells this year I've recorded:

Feb 15th - March 6th (20 days) = 0.0 mm
24th March - 7th April (15 days) = 0.0 mm
April 14th - May 7th (24 days) = 5.6 mm
May 30th - 10th June (12 days) 0.0 mm
July 4th - 21st July (17 days) = 0.0 mm
June 24th - 21st July (24 days) = 5.3 mm

Since mid-February lengthy dry spells have dominated. No wonder the
countryside is bone-dry and brown.

Monthly sunshine total now up to 256 hours. Should exceed 300 hours
quite easily this month.

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Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk