Without meaning to windup anyone that has been affected by the recent
floods (they have my sincere wishes of a speedy return to normality),
I've been looking at the Met Office's England & Wales rainfall series
and, 2007 may well turn out NOT to be the wettest July since 1914.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...ics/ewrain.txt

Here are the top 10 wettest July's since 1914

Year Jul
1936 135.4
1920 133.1
1939 133.1
1988 127.5
1915 123.0
1922 119.0
1960 111.7
1924 110.4
1918 110.1
1940 109.2


Using Philip Eden's Website, there's been 105.5mm to 23rd July.
http://www.climate-uk.com/

My estimate of the total England & Wales rainfall for the whole of
July is 125mm, making it the 5th Wettest July since 1914.

What do others think?

Bonos Ego wrote:

Without meaning to windup anyone that has been affected by the recent
floods (they have my sincere wishes of a speedy return to normality),
I've been looking at the Met Office's England & Wales rainfall series
and, 2007 may well turn out NOT to be the wettest July since 1914.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...ics/ewrain.txt

Here are the top 10 wettest July's since 1914

Year Jul
1936 135.4
1920 133.1
1939 133.1
1988 127.5
1915 123.0
1922 119.0
1960 111.7
1924 110.4
1918 110.1
1940 109.2


Using Philip Eden's Website, there's been 105.5mm to 23rd July.
http://www.climate-uk.com/

My estimate of the total England & Wales rainfall for the whole of
July is 125mm, making it the 5th Wettest July since 1914.

What do others think?


I think there's a week left.


--
Brian Wakem
Email: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/b.wakem/myemail.png

On Jul 24, 9:05 pm, Brian Wakem wrote:
Bonos Ego wrote:
Without meaning to windup anyone that has been affected by the recent
floods (they have my sincere wishes of a speedy return to normality),
I've been looking at the Met Office's England & Wales rainfall series
and, 2007 may well turn out NOT to be the wettest July since 1914.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...ics/ewrain.txt

Here are the top 10 wettest July's since 1914

Year Jul
1936 135.4
1920 133.1
1939 133.1
1988 127.5
1915 123.0
1922 119.0
1960 111.7
1924 110.4
1918 110.1
1940 109.2

Using Philip Eden's Website, there's been 105.5mm to 23rd July.
http://www.climate-uk.com/

My estimate of the total England & Wales rainfall for the whole of
July is 125mm, making it the 5th Wettest July since 1914.

What do others think?

I think there's a week left.

I think another column giving degree of flooding would be
enlightening.
Assume all rivers presently considered sewers were made so in
Victorian times.
Assume the bulk of agricultural land drainage and hedgerow stripping
has been done since the 1960's.

Bonos Ego wrote:
Without meaning to windup anyone that has been affected by the recent
floods (they have my sincere wishes of a speedy return to normality),
I've been looking at the Met Office's England & Wales rainfall series
and, 2007 may well turn out NOT to be the wettest July since 1914.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/...ics/ewrain.txt

Here are the top 10 wettest July's since 1914

Year Jul
1936 135.4
1920 133.1
1939 133.1
1988 127.5
1915 123.0
1922 119.0
1960 111.7
1924 110.4
1918 110.1
1940 109.2


Using Philip Eden's Website, there's been 105.5mm to 23rd July.
http://www.climate-uk.com/

My estimate of the total England & Wales rainfall for the whole of
July is 125mm, making it the 5th Wettest July since 1914.

What do others think?

I've recorded 120.8mm in West Somerset for the month to date - quite a total
for my first year of records..

In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Bonos Ego
wrote :

Here are the top 10 wettest July's since 1914

Year Jul
1936 135.4
1920 133.1
1939 133.1
1988 127.5
1915 123.0
1922 119.0
1960 111.7
1924 110.4
1918 110.1
1940 109.2


Using Philip Eden's Website, there's been 105.5mm to 23rd July.
http://www.climate-uk.com/

My estimate of the total England & Wales rainfall for the whole of
July is 125mm, making it the 5th Wettest July since 1914.

What do others think?

In my case, this month has been the wettest I've ever recorded (24
years), beating 175.8mm in Apr 2000.

185.8mm & counting...
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Paul Hyett wrote:
In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Bonos Ego
wrote :

Here are the top 10 wettest July's since 1914

Year Jul
1936 135.4
1920 133.1
1939 133.1
1988 127.5
1915 123.0
1922 119.0
1960 111.7
1924 110.4
1918 110.1
1940 109.2


Using Philip Eden's Website, there's been 105.5mm to 23rd July.
http://www.climate-uk.com/

My estimate of the total England & Wales rainfall for the whole of
July is 125mm, making it the 5th Wettest July since 1914.

What do others think?

In my case, this month has been the wettest I've ever recorded (24
years), beating 175.8mm in Apr 2000.

185.8mm & counting...

I have had 52.3mm so far in St Albans with 28.7mm falling on the 20th. In
general the month seems to have been quite cloudy and often showery but the
showers have largely missed the south side of St Albans. I know my gauge
reads low but even taking that into account there must have been wetter
Julys here.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:42:08 -0700, Bonos Ego
wrote:

What do others think?

For contrast, in this bit of Scotland:-

July mm
2003 125.2
2004 145.8
2005 31.6
2006 98.4
2007 69.2 so far.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

On 25 Jul, 11:04, Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:42:08 -0700, Bonos Ego
wrote:

What do others think?

For contrast, in this bit of Scotland:-

July mm
2003 125.2
2004 145.8
2005 31.6
2006 98.4
2007 69.2 so far.

--
Alan White

In this bit of Cornwall

July mm
2002 66.9
2003 154.5
2004 78.2
2005 61.3
2006 38.5
2007 93.9 so far.

Despite what you might expect from news reports, west Cornwall is
absolutely packed at the moment. www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/busy.html

The impression I get from enquiries is that news coverage of Napoli
oil pollution is leading people to visit Cornwall in preference to
south Devon. (or they may just be coming to their senses!)

From a very muggy Penzance (currently sunny spells, 20.3C & rising
steadily - dewpoint 16C). Good for swimming.

Graham
Penzance

www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/

Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:42:08 -0700, Bonos Ego
wrote:

What do others think?

For contrast, in this bit of Scotland:-

July mm
2003 125.2
2004 145.8
2005 31.6
2006 98.4
2007 69.2 so far.


While in this bit of Scotland:-

July mm
2004 28.25
2005 39.75
2006 41.00
2007 115.25 so far.

And for the period Jan-July inclusive:-

2004 430.75
2005 414.50
2006 372.00
2007 575.75 so far.


--
Gianna

http://www.buchan-meteo.org.uk
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Is the latest rainfall event really unprescedented? Particularly interested
in whether there have been similar summer events in terms of both spatial
area of rainfall combined with magnitude of the rain. Media/ politicians are
too keen to add recent events to the GW bandwagon, conveniently ignoring the
point that with GW our summers are supposed to get drier, as far as I
understand it. I thought the extreme rain events would be autumn/winter
synoptic scale events such as those in 2000, not summer synoptic scale.
Attributing the latest events also to GW makes me increasingly lose faith in
the GW science.

"Gianna" wrote in message
...
Alan White wrote:
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:42:08 -0700, Bonos Ego
wrote:

What do others think?

For contrast, in this bit of Scotland:-

July mm
2003 125.2
2004 145.8
2005 31.6
2006 98.4
2007 69.2 so far.


While in this bit of Scotland:-

July mm
2004 28.25
2005 39.75
2006 41.00
2007 115.25 so far.

And for the period Jan-July inclusive:-

2004 430.75
2005 414.50
2006 372.00
2007 575.75 so far.


--
Gianna

http://www.buchan-meteo.org.uk
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