Rainfall Statistics, 2014

[Liam J]

I've seen zero rainfall so far this month, can't remember another September like it! Everywhere is like a dust bowl and the streams have all dried up!

[Terminal Moraine]

2.4 mm here so far this month so still on course to become the driest month of any since my records began just over 50 years ago.

That record is held by September 1986 with 8.2 mm.

[Polar Maritime]

Only 4.6mm here, So far..

Edited September 22, 2014 by Polar Maritime

[TonyH]

Gently raining and judging by the radar it is pepping up so sure to be a rain day..

[TonyH]

5.1mm overnight so ending the rainless September

[Terminal Moraine]

3.0 mm overnight taking the month's total to 5.4mm. The September 1986 record could still fall although light rain and drizzle is forecast for this area tomorrow.

[Polar Maritime]

6.3mm so far, After last nights affair..

Edited September 24, 2014 by Polar Maritime

[summer blizzard]

Very dry month here. Probably the driest since March 2012 or March-April 2011.

[TonyH]

Drizzle has added another 2mm or so today (Sept total now approx 7.5mm) at this rate it will be wetter than April 2007!

[Weather-history]

The way things are going, you got to fancy that September 2014 ending up in the top 10 driest Septembers on record for England and Wales

1959 8.0mm

1865 9.5mm

1804 11.9mm

1795 12.9mm

1910 16.4mm

1941 20.4mm

1907 22.6mm

1895 23.3mm

1929 23.6mm

1843 24.3mm

Looks like the driest September since 1959 now

[Terminal Moraine]

Looks like the driest September since 1959 now

Yes, it'll almost certainly be the driest September, and the driest calendar month, here since September 1959.

We're on 5.5 mm at present and little or no rain forecast before the end of the month. September 1959 was a few years before I began to keep records but other local stations recorded between 0.5mm and 2.3 mm that month.

I'm surprised September 1986 isn't in the top ten list, other areas must have received much more rain than here that month to take the England/Wales average above 24.3 mm.

[TonyH]

Yes, it'll almost certainly be the driest September, and the driest calendar month, here since September 1959.

We're on 5.5 mm at present and little or no rain forecast before the end of the month. September 1959 was a few years before I began to keep records but other local stations recorded between 0.5mm and 2.3 mm that month.

I'm surprised September 1986 isn't in the top ten list, other areas must have received much more rain than here that month to take the England/Wales average above 24.3 mm.

Exceptionally dry here in September 1986 TM, a station nearby recording just 11mm which may well have been drier than 1959 when hereabouts, according to the maps in British Rainfall, approx 15% fell ( c17mm) although with no actual monthly amount breakdowns provided.

Edited September 27, 2014 by TonyH

[Terminal Moraine]

Exceptionally dry here in September 1986 TM, a station nearby recording just 11mm which may well have been drier than 1959 when hereabouts, according to the maps in British Rainfall, approx 15% fell ( c17mm) although with no actual monthly amount breakdowns provided.

Just had a look in the 1959 volume of British Rainfall, Tony. I'm not sure how far from you these places are but the following totals are reported for September of that year.

Aberporth   8.9 mm

Aberystwyth  13.2 mm

Swyddffynnon ( Crug-las )  7.6 mm

Pembroke  9.1 mm

Haverfordwest   6.4 mm

Maenclochog ( Ddolwen Bridge ) 10.4 mm

[TonyH]

Hi TM some are within 20 miles just thanks, but no full breakdowns given, and with the % map wetter than 1986.

Looked in 'Monthly and annual totals..1986' and the E&W figure is 26mm so not quite making Mr Data's list!

Edited September 27, 2014 by TonyH

[reef]

September 1959 was the driest of the century locally with 6.9mm. 1986 was similar to this month with 20.7mm. 1985 was also pretty dry with 21.0mm.

[damianslaw]

Its been notably dry in the Lake District. Up until Tuesday, many parts had only seen a light drizzle, recent days have seen light rain off and on, but not very much.

 

However, its been a wet year so far, not exceptionally so.. August was wet in these parts.

[TonyH]

September 1959 was the driest of the century locally with 6.9mm. 1986 was similar to this month with 20.7mm. 1985 was also pretty dry with 21.0mm.

Indeed the east and especially SE less dry in Sept 1986, very dry for the north and west.

[Bobby]

8.5mm here, 5.6% of average. On course to become the driest month I've recorded.

[Terminal Moraine]

This evening's forecast on the BBC would indicate that the driest September since 1959 is by no means a done deal here.

A chance of heavy, perhaps thundery, showers tomorrow afternoon and evening; one of those could change things completely.

[Terminal Moraine]

After 2.5 mm from showers yesterday evening, September 2014 is now at 8.0 mm and is  only 0.2 mm from equalling the total in Sept' 1986.

[Polar Maritime]

A whopping 1.8mm last night giving a grand total here of 8.1mm  this Month.

[Polar Maritime]

From the MET. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2014/early-september-stats?WT.mc_id=Twitter_Weather_Newsrelease

 

[Polar Continental]

This evening's forecast on the BBC would indicate that the driest September since 1959 is by no means a done deal here.

A chance of heavy, perhaps thundery, showers tomorrow afternoon and evening; one of those could change things completely.

Yes it all changed here last night TM, 9.7mm from a thunderstorm, so not one for the record books here, more detail in today's reports.

[TonyH]

Still could be the driest September on record (from what I can find) in the local area, currently 8.8mm (driest from a nearby site 11mm Sept 1986). However depends on what that patch of light rain to the SW decides to do later today!

Edited September 30, 2014 by TonyH

[Weather-history]

The way things are going, you got to fancy that September 2014 ending up in the top 10 driest Septembers on record for England and Wales

1959 8.0mm

1865 9.5mm

1804 11.9mm

1795 12.9mm

2014: ~16mm up to 29th

1910 16.4mm

1941 20.4mm

1907 22.6mm

1895 23.3mm

1929 23.6mm

1843 24.3mm