Crymych weather 2023 - an unusual year.

[carlfrank]

Hi all,

A quick introduction. I live in Crymych, Pembs, sat at 265m asl on the east side of the Preselis. We get wet weather and are the butt of everyone's jokes about it always raining here. It rains often, perhaps not heavily but often. Snow can drift, but we've not had any significant snow since 2013. On the side of a hill cold air drops past us to the valley below. In 2010 they had -15c or near and we had only  -9c. 2023 however has been exceptionally wet, even by our standards.

A friend in the village has a weather station with data published online here. It shows 2483.6mm of rain fell in 2023, beating what was a wet 2022 (1868mm). Bear in mind both years we had a 6 weeks or so heatwave with very little rain, so this is compressed into fewer months, exacerbating the feeling of perpetual rain. I'm wondering if this is a top ten statistic for Wales or even the UK? Can anyone help and let me know?

It feels as if it's been incessant. I work outside and have been rained off soooo many times it's not funny. In 2016 the area was in the papers with Eglwyswrw having 83 days straight of rain. We didn't get the record. We had a break of 1 day and then it rained for 14 more consecutive days...

Part of the issue in getting data is that we are in a very geographically specific place in Pembrokeshire, with moist Atlantic air rising then condensing and falling on us east of the hills. Solva on the coast is much drier. Any official figures don't take local conditions into account as they are based at stations not in the hills, but at Milford Haven, Aberporth, Pembroke etc. Looking at data for Pembrokeshire can therefore be misleading, or at least that's my understanding - I'm happy to her otherwise.

Anyways, here's a view from the house one year.

Cheerio and here's to more balanced weather in 2024.

Carl

[TonyH]

Lovely view. Second wettest year here with 1642mm, wettest was 1737mm in 2020 (records began 2006). The wettest years historically locally are around 1800mm for this altitude, amongst these year 2000 and 1974. 1872 was a very wet year, when Carmarthen Gaol had 75 inches or approximately 1900mm.

Edited January 11 by TonyH

[TonyH]

Crymych 2338.3mm in 2000.

[carlfrank]

59 minutes ago, TonyH said:

Crymych 2338.3mm in 2000.

Yes? Before my time - I blew in in 2007. Andy (him with the station) confirmed wettest year he has recorded since he started with paper records (initially) in 1984. And second wettest Dec, the wettest being 2020.

[Harveyslugger]

On 02/01/2024 at 12:16, carlfrank said:

Hi all,

A quick introduction. I live in Crymych, Pembs, sat at 265m asl on the east side of the Preselis. We get wet weather and are the butt of everyone's jokes about it always raining here. It rains often, perhaps not heavily but often. Snow can drift, but we've not had any significant snow since 2013. On the side of a hill cold air drops past us to the valley below. In 2010 they had -15c or near and we had only  -9c. 2023 however has been exceptionally wet, even by our standards.

A friend in the village has a weather station with data published online here. It shows 2483.6mm of rain fell in 2023, beating what was a wet 2022 (1868mm). Bear in mind both years we had a 6 weeks or so heatwave with very little rain, so this is compressed into fewer months, exacerbating the feeling of perpetual rain. I'm wondering if this is a top ten statistic for Wales or even the UK? Can anyone help and let me know?

It feels as if it's been incessant. I work outside and have been rained off soooo many times it's not funny. In 2016 the area was in the papers with Eglwyswrw having 83 days straight of rain. We didn't get the record. We had a break of 1 day and then it rained for 14 more consecutive days...

Part of the issue in getting data is that we are in a very geographically specific place in Pembrokeshire, with moist Atlantic air rising then condensing and falling on us east of the hills. Solva on the coast is much drier. Any official figures don't take local conditions into account as they are based at stations not in the hills, but at Milford Haven, Aberporth, Pembroke etc. Looking at data for Pembrokeshire can therefore be misleading, or at least that's my understanding - I'm happy to her otherwise.

Anyways, here's a view from the house one year.

Cheerio and here's to more balanced weather in 2024.

Carl

Here in Hermon I recorded 2550mm of rain in 2023

[carlfrank]

12 hours ago, Harveyslugger said:

Here in Hermon I recorded 2550mm of rain in 2023

Amazing. I'm sure we also had a tad more here in Pentre Galar too as it's often raining here when it's not in Crymych.

[Harveyslugger]

1 hour ago, carlfrank said:

Amazing. I'm sure we also had a tad more here in Pentre Galar too as it's often raining here when it's not in Crymych.

Yes the rain in the preselis is actually ridiculous.the amount of times it would rain here and be sunny just out the hills