What was the wettest year on record in England or if recorded the UK?

Joe
Wolverhampton.

On Jul 2, 10:48*pm, Joe Egginton wrote:
What was the wettest year on record in England or if recorded the UK?

Joe
Wolverhampton.

In the England and Wales series going back to 1766 here at the top
three:

1. 1284.9 mm in 1872
2. 1247.3 mm in 1768
3. 1232.5 mm in 2000

Len
Wembury

On 02/07/2012 23:32, Len Wood wrote:
On Jul 2, 10:48 pm, Joe wrote:
What was the wettest year on record in England or if recorded the UK?

Joe
Wolverhampton.

In the England and Wales series going back to 1766 here at the top
three:

1. 1284.9 mm in 1872
2. 1247.3 mm in 1768
3. 1232.5 mm in 2000

Len
Wembury

So it's not been that long ago at number 3 spot. Will 2012 get anywhere
near the top 3, Len, if it rains 3 inches for the last 6 months of this
year?

Joe
Wolverhampton.

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:32:52 -0700 (PDT), Len Wood
wrote:

In the England and Wales series going back to 1766 here at the top
three:

1. 1284.9 mm in 1872
2. 1247.3 mm in 1768
3. 1232.5 mm in 2000

Not really representative but for interest, last year, 2011, we recorded
2538.0 mm, 131% of our nine year average of 1936.0 mm.

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Alan White
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By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012 8:54:17 AM UTC+1, Alan White wrote:
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 15:32:52 -0700 (PDT), Len Wood
wrote:

In the England and Wales series going back to 1766 here at the top
three:

1. 1284.9 mm in 1872
2. 1247.3 mm in 1768
3. 1232.5 mm in 2000

Not really representative but for interest, last year, 2011, we recorded
2538.0 mm, 131% of our nine year average of 1936.0 mm.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

The 1st 6 months of 2012 here (Penzance) have seen 462.8mm of rain, 84% of the 1981-2010 normal. June did not make up for the exceptionally dry 1st 3 months which saw approx 40% of normal rainfall.

In contrast 2001 saw more rain (491mm) in just the 1st 3 months! The 1st 6 months of this year are the 5th driest in my 21 years of records.

So a very wet June, (though June '93, '97', '98 & 2007 were all wetter) but a dry year so far.

Graham
Penzance

"Alan White" wrote in message
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Not really representative but for interest, last year, 2011, we recorded
2538.0 mm, 131% of our nine year average of 1936.0 mm.

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

Hi, Alan,
Wow, that's proper rain. Wonder if you're the wettest place that reports
regularly on here?
Ken
Copley,
Teesdale (rain shadow country normally)

On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:22:51 +0100, "Ken Cook"
wrote:

Wow, that's proper rain. Wonder if you're the wettest place that reports
regularly on here?

It often feels like it!

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Alan White
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By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

On Jul 3, 12:50*am, Joe Egginton wrote:
On 02/07/2012 23:32, Len Wood wrote:

On Jul 2, 10:48 pm, Joe *wrote:
What was the wettest year on record in England or if recorded the UK?

Joe
Wolverhampton.

In the England and Wales series going back to 1766 here at the top
three:

1. 1284.9 mm in 1872
2. 1247.3 mm in 1768
3. 1232.5 mm in 2000

Len
Wembury

So it's not been that long ago at number 3 spot. Will 2012 get anywhere
near the top 3, Len, if it rains 3 inches for the last 6 months of this
year?

Joe
Wolverhampton.

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Due to the dry Feb and March, the total rain for the first 6 months of
2012 is not so remarkable.
England and Wales data back to 1766:
487.6 mm this year, average 395.6 mm. That's 122%.

So to beat the record wet of 1284.9 mm in 1872, we need 797.3 mm (31.4
ins).
That is 133 mm (5.24 ins) per month for the next 6 months.

Not very likely IMO.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon

On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 10:22:51 +0100, "Ken Cook"
wrote:

Wow, that's proper rain. Wonder if you're the wettest place that reports
regularly on here?

Our recorded annual rainfall since August 2002:-

2003 1541.8
2004 1990.8
2005 1766.4
2006 2022.0
2007 1745.2
2008 2068.2
2009 2128.6
2010 1583.6
2011 2528.6

2012 832.6 so far and still raining.

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather