Rainfall Statistics, 2012

[Lake District Blizzard]

Wettest Summer on record by a mile, has now been followed by the wettest autumn on record by a mile,

which has equated to the wettest year on record, by a mile.

beating the wettest year 2000 by 50mm already

[TonyH]

Wettest Summer on record by a mile, has now been followed by the wettest autumn on record by a mile,

which has equated to the wettest year on record, by a mile.

beating the wettest year 2000 by 50mm already

What;s the figure to date sounds impressive?

[Lake District Blizzard]

unfortunately (fortunately) im in a very dry part of the lake district in comparison to the wetter parts at least

i live down the road from a met office rain gauge which i managed to get data for going back to 1978, so use this for historical comparisons.

Annual Total is for 2012 is 1331,0mm

wettest on record was 2000 with 1280mm

Annual average is 1063mm

Edited December 2, 2012 by rjd1000

[TonyH]

Rainfall 2012, Llanwnnen, Ceredigion

Jan: 108.2mm = slightly dry

Feb: 64.2mm = dry

March: 23.5mm = very dry

April: 126.0mm = very wet

May: 52.7mm = rather dry

June: 218.3mm = exceptionally wet!

July: 100.5mm = rather wet

Aug: 158.9mm = very wet

Sept: 80.3mm = rather dry

Oct: 149.9mm = average

Nov: 185.4mm = rather wet

2012 Total so far: 1268mm

Edited December 2, 2012 by TonyH

[TonyH]

Rainfall 2012, Long Lawford, Rugby, Warwickshire (thanks to Dad)

Jan: 39.5mm = rather dry

Feb: 20.5mm = dry

March: 25.3mm = dry

April: 129.3mm =exceptionally wet

May: 56.0mm = near average

June: 124.0mm = very wet, twice the average

July: 98.3mm = wet

Aug: 64.8mm = slightly wet

Sept: 42.5mm = near average

Oct: 64.0mm - near average

Nov: 101.7mm = very wet

2012 so far: 766.2mm

[Aaron]

January -- 57.7mm

February -- 20.1mm

March -- 15.2mm

April -- 121.1mm

May -- 45.4mm

June -- 135.0mm

July -- 67.3mm

August -- 51.2m,

September -- 97.9mm

October -- 58.2mm

November -- 82.5mm

Year to date -- 751.6

Only rainfall record IMBY is April.

Edited December 2, 2012 by Aaron

[Terminal Moraine]

138.0 mm in November here, 111% of the 1981-2020 average. This takes the annual total to 1181.3 mm which is above average but a long way short of the record of 1376.9mm in 2000.

[Verglas]

just looking back on previous years for november and total for years

2009 nov 232mm (incomplete year total as new wx stn)

2010 nov 178 total 1328mm

2011 nov 84 total 1210mm

2012 nov 150 total 1455mm

so although not as much for the month the year is higher so far

[sunny scunny]

95.3mm of rain here in November.

[ARW WeatherMan]

My weather station is only a cheapy £60 one so there is a chance of some errors but this is what I have so far?

January: 32.4mm

February: 23.4mm

March: 21.9mm

April: 90mm

May: 33.2mm

June: 112.5mm

July: 76.9mm

August: 28.3mm

September: 30mm

October: 95.1mm

November: 104mm

December:

Total for 2012: 647.7mm

Which is 2.3mm off of the average anual rainfall for london! Still got a month to go though obviously and so definately a wetter than average year (No suprise there )

Wiki- "Parts of England are surprisingly dry, which is contrary to the stereotypical view—London receives just below 650 millimetres (25.6 in) per annum,^[30] which is less than Rome, Sydney or New York City"

[The PIT]

Passed the old record today reaching 1068mm passing the record set in 2000 of 1065.8mm. If December is average it's going to pass it by quite a margin.

[Mark Neal.]

This is November Rainfall here in Headington,Oxford as recorded on my Rainfall Log App.

Edited December 4, 2012 by Mark Neal.

[Terminal Moraine]

Yesterday's rain takes the annual total here to 1249.8mm and makes 2012 the 4th wettest year in the last 35 years.

Only 4.4 mm required to beat 2008 which is currently the 3rd wettest but a whopping 91.8 mm needed to surpass the 2nd wettest in 2002.

[sunny scunny]

The rainfall for the year so far here is 844.5mm, with 37.3mm so far for December.

[The PIT]

Looking like another month that's going to hit 100mm plus if the forecast is right. That will be six times this year and one close miss. Amazing when you consider at the beginning of the year they were talking of stand pipes due to a continuing drought. The previous record is well truly smashed.

[Weather-history]

The way things are looking, it looks as though the wettest December since 2002 for England and Wales is on the cards.

[The PIT]

Passed the 100mm mark early this morning. We've now got around 1170mm for the year and plenty to come yet looking at the models. We won't beat the wettest December on record which is 214.5mm set in 1978 though.

[Terminal Moraine]

Passed the 100mm mark early this morning. We've now got around 1170mm for the year and plenty to come yet looking at the models. We won't beat the wettest December on record which is 214.5mm set in 1978 though.

What did you get in December 1965, Pit?

I recorded 236.4mm at a lower, and drier site, about 9 miles from where I am now. There was 53.3 mm on the 9th with serious flooding in the local towns of Ashbourne and Matlock.

[Summer Sun]

This December is the wettest since 2007 so far 65mm has fallen up to yesterday

The highest in recent years was 2007 when 56mm fell

The Driest December was in 2010 when just 20mm fell but that was also the coldest and snowiest for decades

[Bobby]

1,850mm this year now, 150mm more for 2 meters. Possible I think but probably not.

[TonyH]

Close but no cigar as they say..

I will get very close to 1500mm, just over 1400mm so far.

Edited December 22, 2012 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

Comfortably over 1300 mm here but it will still take a very wet spell indeed to beat 2000 which recorded 1376.9 mm, the wettest year on my records.

[TonyH]

I would say it is possible TM with 9 days remaining and a very unsettled outlook.

Not expecting to reach my wettest of 1553mm in 2008 though, 6 inches in 9 days is almost impossible!

[Terminal Moraine]

You could be right, Tony. I can't remember what my exact total is, and I'm at work so can't look, I think around 1320mm not counting what's fallen since 0900. That would leave around 57 mm in the next nine days; Possible but not probable I'd say as the three days from Christmas Eve until Boxing Day, at the moment don't look like adding much here unless the shallow low moving across southern England early on Monday moves further north, so it's down to what happens from Thursday onwards.

[The PIT]

What did you get in December 1965, Pit?

I recorded 236.4mm at a lower, and drier site, about 9 miles from where I am now. There was 53.3 mm on the 9th with serious flooding in the local towns of Ashbourne and Matlock.

189.2 mm little chance of getting near that unless that heavy rain over Wales pays us a visit.