On Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 1:15:07 PM UTC+1, Trevor Harley wrote:
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.

Trevor

We get 8 per year in Penzance (over the last 24 years). A lot of these are winter polar maritime 2 or 3 flash & hail storms, which we are very prone to due to the amazing warmth of sea off Cornwall. These seem to do more damage than the more spectacular summer storms July 2014 saw some of the most spectacular lightning over Penzance in recent years. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/...4328-large.jpg

It would probably surprise many how much hail we get in winter, no snow but plenty of hail. This was particularly true in winter 2013/14, when January and February both had 10 days with hail.

Graham
Penzance