August 1912 Cold and very wet
The summer of 1912 was very poor up to the start of August with both
June and July being wet with above average rainfall, June 1912 was the
wettest since 1879 with 122.4mm, whilst July was the wettest since 1903 with
94.9mm. These months pale in comparison to the August, which was an
exceptionally poor summer month. It was the coldest August on record with a
CET of just 12.9C, it was the dullest August on record and it was the
wettest August on record with 192.9mm and this made it the 7th wettest month
on record going back to 1766.
Low pressure dominated virtually the entire month, with it either
sitting over the UK or to the north or east. When the low sat to the north
and east, it pulled down cool northwesterly flows across the UK and under
leaden skies and rain, maxima were well below average, nowhere recorded a
single temperature of 25C+ during the entire month.
On the 25th, conditions worsened markedly over East Anglia especially
Norfolk, when a low pressure moved northwards off the East Anglian
coastline. This brought prolonged torrential rain to Norfolk with Norwich
recording 185mm in one day alone. As a consequence, there was terrible
flooding across Norfolk and the Fens of East Anglia cutting off towns
including Norwich, leaving 2000 homeless and the loss of 4 lives.
For farmers, the summer of 1912 was a disaster, harvest losses were
enormous.

Source: TWO.

My Comment:

Yes I know I have put this one on here before.
But I have a question to ask on this. August 1912 was the 7th wettest month
ever. What was in fact the wettest month ever and how much rain did this
month produce?
Just for the record Philip Eden did mention this terrible summer
month a few weeks back and lets face it, let us hope we do not have another
month like this one. It would take some beating.


--
************************************************** **************************
********************************************
Gavin Staples.

Cambridge, UK.

www.gavinstaples.com
site regularly updated


"Inventories can be managed, but people must be led". H. Ross Perot. ~ US
Naval Commander and author.

All outgoing emails are checked for viruses by Norton Internet Security
Professional 2004.

************************************************** **************************
************************************************** **

"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
...
August 1912 Cold and very wet
snip

But I have a question to ask on this. August 1912 was the 7th
wettest month
ever. What was in fact the wettest month ever and how much rain
did this
month produce?

Wettest months in the EWP series:
Oct 1903 218.1mm
Nov 1852 202.5
Nov 1770 200.8
Nov 1940 196.5
Nov 1929 195.9
Dec 1876 193.9
Aug 1912 192.9
Aug 1799 192.1
Dec 1914 190.8
Sept 1918 189.5
Oct 2000 188.0

Driest we
Feb 1891 3.6mm
Jun 1925 4.3
Jan 1766 4.4
Mar 1781 5.6
Apr 1938 7.1
Apr 1817 7.9
May 1844 7.9
Mar 1929 8.0
Sep 1959 8.0

Philip Eden

Thanks Philip. What amazing figures, both wettest and driest. It is
interesting to see that in the wettest league October 2000 is there. That
was part of the Autumn 2000 floods which we all experienced. We had a fair
bit of that here in Cambridgeshire.
Onto the driest league. Nothing in the 1970s and 1980s droughts appear,
which is surprising. I have heard September 1959 spoken about quite a lot.
Feb 1891 is amazing as that it a winter month. That must have been rain free
in many places. To have that in the winter is quite remarkable. One
associates the dry months with spring and summer as a rule.

Thanks again for those figures.

Regards, Gavin.




"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Gavin Staples" wrote in message
...
August 1912 Cold and very wet
snip

But I have a question to ask on this. August 1912 was the 7th
wettest month
ever. What was in fact the wettest month ever and how much rain
did this
month produce?

Wettest months in the EWP series:
Oct 1903 218.1mm
Nov 1852 202.5
Nov 1770 200.8
Nov 1940 196.5
Nov 1929 195.9
Dec 1876 193.9
Aug 1912 192.9
Aug 1799 192.1
Dec 1914 190.8
Sept 1918 189.5
Oct 2000 188.0

Driest we
Feb 1891 3.6mm
Jun 1925 4.3
Jan 1766 4.4
Mar 1781 5.6
Apr 1938 7.1
Apr 1817 7.9
May 1844 7.9
Mar 1929 8.0
Sep 1959 8.0

Philip Eden

In article ,
Gavin Staples writes:
Onto the driest league. Nothing in the 1970s and 1980s droughts appear,
which is surprising. I have heard September 1959 spoken about quite a lot.

The "extended summer" of May to September in 1959 was quite
exceptionally dry, sunny and warm, at least in my part of the world (SE
England). I was ten at the time, and remember it well. Along with 1976,
it's one of the two most memorable summers for me. (This may be partly
because, the older I get, the harder it seems to become for me to
remember more recent years!)

Feb 1891 is amazing as that it a winter month. That must have been rain free
in many places. To have that in the winter is quite remarkable. One
associates the dry months with spring and summer as a rule.

It was mild as well as dry, I believe, an unusual combination in the
winter. That whole winter was a very unusual one. December, 1890 was
very cold and - IIRC - exceptionally sunless. And then March, 1891
brought the great West Country blizzard.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:40:36 +0100, "Gavin Staples"
wrote:


On the 25th, conditions worsened markedly over East Anglia especially
Norfolk, when a low pressure moved northwards off the East Anglian
coastline. This brought prolonged torrential rain to Norfolk with Norwich
recording 185mm in one day alone. As a consequence, there was terrible
flooding across Norfolk and the Fens of East Anglia cutting off towns
including Norwich, leaving 2000 homeless and the loss of 4 lives.
For farmers, the summer of 1912 was a disaster, harvest losses were

Here's an article from The Times from 26 August 1912

http://www.qsl.net/gm7vxr/26aug1912news.htm


--
Paul