Driest & Wettest Years!

[Paul Sherman]

If you have any weather records then put down what would have been your driest and wettest years, my records go back to when I was a mere snip of a lad at 7 years old! Some may go back further though

Driest Year

Jan # 1992 # 9.7mm

Feb # 1998 # 5.1mm

Mar # 1990 # 3.8mm

Apr # 2007 # 0.8mm

May # 1989 # 1.8mm

Jun # 1996 # 6.4mm

Jul # 1983 # 5.8mm

Aug # 1995 # 5.6mm

Sep # 1997 # 7.6mm

Oct # 1978 # 3.8mm

Nov # 1978 # 9.9mm

Dec # 1988 # 14.0mm

Annual Rainfall of 74.3mm or just under 3 Inches :o :lol:

Wettest Year

Jan # 1988 # 147.6mm

Feb # 2001 # 85.0mm

Mar # 2001 # 92.2mm

Apr # 1983 # 100.8mm

May # 2000 # 100.2mm

Jun # 1987 # 109.7mm

Jul # 1987 # 96.3mm

Aug # 2002 # 95.4mm

Sep # 2001 # 111.0mm

Oct # 2000 # 135.4mm

Nov # 2002 # 99.0mm

Dec # 1989 # 120.4mm

Annual Rainfall of 1,293mm or just under 52 Inches

What is surprising or unsurprising I suppose is most of the record Rainfall ammounts have been in the "Naughties" years

Be Interesting to see other Regional Variations

Paul S

[Terminal Moraine]

Here's my list. I've restricted it to the last 30 years as, although my records go back to 1963, the first 15 years were at a different and drier site.

---------------------------- DRIEST------------------------WETTEST

JANUARY.............1997.......13.6 mm--------------------1995.......207.3mm

FEBRUARY...........1993.......12.5 mm--------------------2002.......206.0 mm

MARCH................1993.......15.9 mm-------------------1981........176.4 mm

APRIL..................1984.......11.6 mm-------------------2000........156.0 mm

MAY....................1991.......11.2 mm--------------------2006........152.4 mm

JUNE...................1983.......16.4 mm--------------------2007........219.4 mm

JULY....................1982.......14.7 mm--------------------2007.......140.7 mm

AUGUST...............1995.......10.7 mm-------------------2004........245.6 mm

SEPTEMBER..........1986.........8.2 mm-------------------1994........173.0 mm

OCTOBER.............1978.......26.3 mm-------------------1998........236.1 mm

NOVEMBER...........2001......52.7 mm--------------------2000........211.7 mm

DECEMBER...........2004......53.0 mm--------------------1993........231.7 mm

TOTAL...............................246.8 mm------------------------------2356.3 mm

Interesting that at my station the total of the wettest months is 9.5 times that of the driest months whereas at Paul's location it's 17.4 times greater.

T.M

Edited October 25, 2007 by Terminal Moraine