Something You Don't Often Hear About A November....

[Weather-history]

...is how dry it was but that was the case for the November 1909. Very dry Novembers as compared to other very dry months are very rare. The driest November on record, November 1945, is not even in the top 50 driest months ever record for England and Wales. November 1909 recorded 33.0mm for England and Wales and is the 5th driest November on record and yet since January 2010 we have recorded 3 drier months than this.

High pressure, frosts and sunshine dominated this month, it wasn't until the last week that the weather became unsettled which prevented it from being exceptionally dry compared to other months.

Some rainfall totals

Camden Square: 18.8mm

West Dean (Hants): 14.7mm

Ramsgate: 9.1mm

Bury St Edmunds: 20.8mm

Bath: 30.7mm

Torquay: 27.4mm

Coventry: 20.3mm

Worksop: 6.8mm

Derby: 12.7mm

Hull: 14.7mm

Newcastle: 21.6mm

Llandudno: 37.6mm

Edinburgh: 21.6mm

Dundee: 7.9mm

Dublin: 59.9mm

Cork: 18.0mm

Londonderry: 70.4mm

Belfast: 36.8mm

Warrenpoint: 25.6mm

Sunshine totals

Tenterden: 117.8hrs (Jordan)

Totland Bay: 127.6hrs (Campbell-Stokes)

Haverfordwest: 109.7hrs (Campbell-Stokes)