2020 SUMMER RAINFALL COM PARISON FOR NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & EAST ANGLIA
2020 SUMMER RAINFALL COM PARISON FOR NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & EAST ANGLIA
|
Group Member |
Dianna Perowne |
Pauline Roberts |
Graham Allison |
David King |
Terry Read |
Peter George |
Met. Office Averages |
|
Site Month |
Hevingham Norfolk |
Wendling Norfolk |
Thorpe St Andrew Norfolk |
Brooke Norfolk |
Sisland Norfolk |
Pakenham Suffolk |
East Anglia |
|
May |
0.0mm |
5.0mm |
6.0mm |
4.5mm |
4.0mm |
3.5mm |
4.2mm |
|
June |
44.0mm |
64.5mm |
55.0mm |
72.7mm |
67.3mm |
74.1mm |
56.8mm |
|
July |
41.0mm |
52.0mm |
57.0mm |
56.5mm |
45.6mm |
42.3mm |
51.0mm |
|
August |
60.0mm |
109.5mm |
114.0mm |
72.5mm |
59.0mm |
94.2mm |
73.4mm |
|
May – August Total |
145.0mm |
231.0mm |
232.0mm |
206.2mm |
175.9mm |
214.1mm |
185.4mm |
|
Year to Date Total |
330.5mm |
409.0mm |
427.0mm |
402.4mm |
373.1mm |
406.4mm |
363.0mm |
It has been another topsy-turvy period of weather with highs and lows of temperature and rainfall. The driest May for 100 years, and near record breaking temperature highs in July and August. However, it might be said that this ‘good summer’ was just what we needed during the Corona Virus lockdown.
The rainfall figures above seem fairly consistent across our region, the highs and lows dependent on catching an elusive rain cloud. The totals for the year to date are about average, yet deep down the soil is very dry. I received 31.0mm, in little more than an hour, on 26th August; this was very welcome and was absorbed very quickly with little or no run-off to the adjacent stream.
I note that the high rainfall of August is not unusual, in fact, my personal records of the last 18 years show that our main holiday month is, on average, the wettest of them all.
Peter George
03/09/2020