On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 9:53:10 PM UTC+1, Colin Youngs wrote:
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Colin Youngs
Brussels
Some UK records
Highest 60-min total 92 mm (3.6 in) Maidenhead, Berkshire 12 July 1901
Highest 120-min total 193 mm (7.6 in)Walshaw, W Yorks 19 May 1989
Highest 24-hour total (1800-1800) 341.4 mm (13.44 in)
Honister Pass, Cumbria 5 December 2015
Highest 24-hour total (0900-0900) 279 mm (11.0 in)
Martinstown, Dorset 18 July 1955
What you can be sure of is that on all these occasions it is highly unlikely that the gauge was in the wettest spot.
Graham
Penzance