On Wednesday, 25 January 2017 12:05:04 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 10:42:30 AM UTC, John Hall wrote:
In message
On 24/01/2017 10:36, John Hall wrote:
In message , P.Chortik
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http://www.waterplc.com/pages/news/latest-rainfall/

Groundwater level about average currently...

Yep. From that site's data, it seems as if the wetter than average first
six months of 2016 in the Surrey area have been enough to compensate for
the drier than average last six months.

A pity the wetter and drier time periods aren't inverted*, so we get
the nice sunny settled weather when it is most useful, and it would
bring pleasant warmth.

*like 1995.

Well July and August were dry, according to East Surrey Water's figures,
though I don't know how sunny they were.
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)

Near normal. See http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...aries/anomacts choose sunshine, 1981-2010 anomaly, 2016 and the month.

Very lumpy sea this morning https://www.minack.com/a-living-theatre/webcams/
after a big clean swell (10' sigficant wave height) yesterday.

Graham
Penzance
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Have had 88.2 mm so far this winter here in Wembury.
I'm sure Feb is about to be wet with a regime change of the northern hemisphere circulation.
100 mm coming up IMHO.

Here are ranked the driest (mm) recent winters (DJF)

1. 1975-76 106
2. 1991-92 142
3. 2004-05 163
4. 2005-06 193
5. 2011-12 202

The dry winter of 75-76 of course posed problems as there was no replenishment until the end of August.
Recent dry winters down here have not caused problems since they built the large reservoir at Roadford in the 80s.
Also, with so many people on meters there is less waste.

Len
Wembury SW Devon

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