"Trevor Harley" wrote in message
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You should try Dartmoor, thunder is very rare (average 5.5 days per year),
we get more snow than thunder and most thunder occurs in the cool season
Oct
to May. Cue now some big storms!


Interesting. I'd have though you'd have far more. We've averaged 4.6 over
the last 20 years here.


Dartmoor has too much clean Atlantic air. Storms are normally to the east
and further up country. In the past the SW was more prone to big storms
coming up from Biscay but they seem to be a thing of the past now. NE'lies
are our best chance for home grown storms. Light winds and warm air
conditions may give some rumbles but that's about it. However, on the
occasions when we have had good shows the sound of the thunder is amazing as
it is normally so quiet up here. You can hear thunder from a very long way
away indeed sometimes, I have often heard storms the other side of Lyme Bay
running into E.Devon/Dorset. Distant lightning is also fairly common from my
living room, sometimes over 50 miles away.

Will
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Will Hand (Haytor, Devon, 1017 feet asl)
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