Rain Totals 2008

[Somerset Squall]

Not an overly wet month, rain seemed to come in fits and starts with dry periods evening out some very wet times.

January: 87.9mm

February: 26.1mm

March: 109.8mm

April: 57.9mm

May: 106.2mm

June: 17.9mm (driest month)

July: 116.7mm

August: 122.3mm (wettest month)

September: 77.1mm

October: 69.0mm

2008 so far: 800.9mm

[Osbourne One-Nil]

I'm now up to 1225mm for the year. If I can squeeze out 19mm more from the atmosphere before the end of the year, I'll have had my wettest year in the eleven I've been recording.

[Terminal Moraine]

1088mm here now and I 'only' need about 260mm to make it the wettest year on record. Why, it's almost in the bag!

[Nick L]

January: 105.7mm

February: 24.1mm

March: 78.0mm

April: 57.7mm

May: 49.5mm

June: 23.9mm

July: 54.6mm

August: 91.9mm

September: 89.2mm

October: 70.1mm

November (so far): 9.9mm

2008 (so far): 654.6mm

Record year: 2007, 836.4mm

[azores92]

729.0mm in birmingham.

Edited November 2, 2008 by azores92

[Andy Bown]

A much drier month in October, however it's pretty interesting to note that 30 Sept and 1 Nov had a combined total of 45mm which, with even 12 hours difference either ahead or back into October, would have made the month's total much higher!!

Jan = 123mm

Feb = 30.5mm

Mar = 101.5mm

Apr = 56.5mm

May = 107mm

June = 49.5mm

July = 104mm

Aug = 99.5mm

Sept = 115.5mm

Oct = 76.5mm

Total = 863.5mm

[Red Raven]

Proving to be a very wet year here.

Month, Total(mm), Departure from norm

1 189.2 87.3

2 82.4 9.0

3 112.8 34.5

4 38.6 -12.1

5 16.0 -39.0

6 123.0 55.1

7 104.8 36.6

8 125.2 38.1

9 128.6 35.4

10 305.8 194.9

[Snowyowl9]

Nowhere near as wet as TM or OON thank goodness.

But still wet at 792.4mm so far.

Which was the previous wettest year on record by any chance.

Last year finished at 815.3mm

So this year does look like finishing wetter.

Edited November 2, 2008 by Snowyowl9

[TonyH]

Rainfall for Lampeter, Ceredigion, 2008

Jan: 238mm

Feb: 70mm

Mar: 168mm

Apr: 74mm

May: 48mm

Jun: 75mm

Jul: 116mm

Aug: 165mm

Sept: 137mm

Oct 221.5mm

2008 so far: 1312mm

Been recording rain in the area for 6 years, this is going to be the wettest by far, and is already above average for a whole year.

Edited November 2, 2008 by Tonyh

[I can't believe it's not better]

1420mm last year Tony. Less than 4 inches needed to beat that. Will we get 4 inches before the year is out?? The near future looks pretty dry...?

Sorry, I'm not recording rainfall, but I can tell you the quarry here (a small dent in the landscape, at the top of a hill, excavated to make someones home) has not dried out all summer, which it normally does. It usually dries out just before the tadpoles have found their legs - this year it's been at pretty much winter levels, non stop! I think it may be unprecedented within my knowing, I'm fairly sure it all but dried out last year!

[TonyH]

2008 rainfall for Coventry (courtesy of Dad):

Jan: 91.7mm (176%)

Feb: 27.0mm (64%)

Mar: 65.0mm (143%)

Apr: 56.0mm (106%)

May: 88.2mm (165%)

June: 36.4mm (64%)

July: 80.5mm (150%)

Aug: 96.8mm (164%)

Sept: 110.3mm (190%)

Oct: 63.9mm (90%)

2008: 716mm so far

Under 100mm needed (18mm on November 1st) to beat the highest annual total since me and Dad began rainfall records in Coventry in 1981. Record is 833mm in both 2000 and 2007.

[Andy Bown]

Record is 833mm in both 2000 and 2007.

That's quite some stat to have your two wettest years with the same total.

[Snowyowl9]

Thanks Tony just shows our climate is getting wetter on average this year will probably easy be another record wet year.

Edited November 4, 2008 by Snowyowl9

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Yesterday saw me tooping my previously wettest year (2004) in eleven years of recording - as the total for this year so far now stands at just over 1250mm.

[Terminal Moraine]

Just under 1110 here, I think I'm still losing ground, OON.

[The PIT]

A measly 888.3 mm so far this year here. Another 176.8mm needed to break the record. Long shot and we're not likely to do it.

[Terminal Moraine]

225 mm needed here to break the record, it's still possible but, as you say, a long shot.

A wet Novemer and a December like 1993 would do it with plenty to spare.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Yesterday saw me tooping my previously wettest year (2004) in eleven years of recording - as the total for this year so far now stands at just over 1250mm.

What I meant to say was this year has already exceeded the wettest year I've recorded since I started measuring in 1997.

Tooping - what's that?

Just under 1110 here, I think I'm still losing ground, OON.

You'll be getting standpipes if it keeps up. Edited November 9, 2008 by Osbourne One-Nil

[TonyH]

Approaching 1400mm now, will reckon up properly tomorrow. 60mm past 3 days.

[TonyH]

1421mm now, topping last year already, which itself was a very wet year.

[Terminal Moraine]

1144mm here now which is 64 mm behind last years final total and 233 behind the wettest year on record.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Been a pretty dry month up here so far, with just under 70mm of rain falling, bringing the year's total to 1294.2mm so far.

[SP1986]

Its been quite dry here, 698mm of rain so far this year! Well actually this is about average but we havent really seen an overly wet year.

[The PIT]

In dry old Sheffield we're up too 914.6mm so far.

[reef]

885.3mm here so far. The 1971-2000 average for the year is 565.4mm, so needless to say its a very wet year.

January, March, April, July, August, September and October have all had more than 150% of average.