The Augusts of the 1950s. Overall wet
7 of the Augusts of the 1950s have an EWR of 100mm+

1950 121.3mm
1951 131.2mm
1952 104.1mm
1954 123.7mm
1956 158.6mm
1957 109.2mm
1958 102.9mm

Indeed the period between from 1946 to 1963 inclusive, 12 of the 18
Augusts have an EWR of 100mm+ making it the wettest August period in the
records with a combined total of all the Augusts of 1746mm or an average
97mm per August.

Source: TWO.

My Comments:
This was a real suprise to me. I wasn't
around then so I did not experience it. My parents remember this and said
that summers were awful in this period. By my goodness no wonder the UK got
a bad reputation for its summers. This goes a hell of a long way to explain
this.
I wonder if anyone can give a reason as to why summers were so bad
in this period and why August was so wet.


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