With autumn just 12 days away, we are very close to recording the
wettest summer on record in Coventry; with rainfall records dating
back to 1870, the wettest summer hitherto has been 1879 with 363.7mm
of rain - this summer has so far managed 358.4mm, just a shower short
of that record!

Just out of interest, the driest summer recorded only 46.8mm of rain
as recently as 1995, little more than we have had in the first 18 days
of this month!

Believe it or not, this is on average the driest day of the year in
Coventry, though we find that we recorded 50.3mm of rain on this day
in 1970!

Although it is cool out there today, it was even colder on 19th August
1954 when we only managed a maximum temperature of 12.7C- by contrast,
we enjoyed a high of 33C on this day in 1932, and 30.7C in 1996

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk

On 19 Aug, 10:13, Steve J wrote:
With autumn just 12 days away, we are very close to recording the
wettest summer on record in Coventry; with rainfall records dating
back to 1870, the wettest summer hitherto has been 1879 with 363.7mm
of rain - this summer has so far managed 358.4mm, just a shower short
of that record!

Just out of interest, the driest summer recorded only 46.8mm of rain
as recently as 1995, little more than we have had in the first 18 days
of this month!

Believe it or not, this is on average the driest day of the year in
Coventry, though we find that we recorded 50.3mm of rain on this day
in 1970!

Although it is cool out there today, it was even colder on 19th August
1954 when we only managed a maximum temperature of 12.7C- by contrast,
we enjoyed a high of 33C on this day in 1932, and 30.7C in 1996

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UKwww.bablakeweather.co.uk

Hi Steve,

You must have had a great many dry 19th of August's for it still to be
your average driest day of the year!

45 miles down the A45, 'just' 215.5mm summer to date.

Ian

Raunds, East Northants. Nat Grid Ref SP9972
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With autumn just 12 days away, we are very close to recording the
wettest summer on record in Coventry; with rainfall records dating
back to 1870, the wettest summer hitherto has been 1879 with 363.7mm
of rain - this summer has so far managed 358.4mm, just a shower short
of that record!

Already beaten our record Steve thanks to the overcast and wet weekend!

Wettest summers since 1931:

2007 368.4mm
2004 354.9mm
1958 338.3mm

Driest summers since 1931:

1976 34.3mm
1995 64.5mm
1959 84.5mm

Weston Coyney weather station (North Staffordshire) 228 metres asl
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Graham

On Aug 19, 11:05 pm, Graham wrote:
With autumn just 12 days away, we are very close to recording the
wettest summer on record in Coventry; with rainfall records dating
back to 1870, the wettest summer hitherto has been 1879 with 363.7mm
of rain - this summer has so far managed 358.4mm, just a shower short
of that record!

Already beaten our record Steve thanks to the overcast and wet weekend!

Wettest summers since 1931:

2007 368.4mm
2004 354.9mm
1958 338.3mm

Driest summers since 1931:

1976 34.3mm
1995 64.5mm
1959 84.5mm

Anyone know when it all started? I don't even remember what month.

On 19 Aug, 23:05, Graham wrote:

Already beaten our record Steve thanks to the overcast and wet weekend!

Not surprisingly, we have now had our wettest summer on record Graham
after 6mm on Sunday.

Wettest in more than 137 years - that's wet!!

Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry UK
www.bablakeweather.co.uk