2020 AUTUMN RAINFALL COM PARISON FOR NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & EAST ANGLIA
2020 AUTUMN RAINFALL COMPARISON FOR NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & EAST ANGLIA
|
Group Member |
Pauline Roberts |
Graham Allison |
David King |
Terry Read |
Peter George |
Met Office Averages |
|
Site Month |
Wendling Norfolk |
Thorpe St Andrew Norfolk |
Brooke Norfolk |
Sisland Norfolk |
Pakenham Suffolk |
East Anglia |
|
September |
122.0mm |
128.0mm |
112.2mm |
99.4mm |
46.7mm |
53.1mm |
|
October |
103.0mm |
112.0mm |
137.3mm |
112.8mm |
103.4mm |
111.2mm |
|
November |
49.5mm |
44.0mm |
56.5mm |
43.6mm |
38.9mm |
35.8mm |
|
December |
123.5mm |
150.0mm |
138.5mm |
117.0mm |
122.2mm |
105.0mm |
|
Sept – Dec Totals |
398.0mm |
434.0mm |
444.5mm |
372.8mm |
311.2mm |
305.1mm |
|
Jan – Aug Totals |
409.0mm |
427.0mm |
402.4mm |
373.1mm |
406.4mm |
363.0mm |
|
Year Totals for 2020 |
807.0mm |
861.0mm |
846.9mm |
745.9mm |
717.6mm |
668.1mm |
Without doubt this has been a wet four month period. The similarity between the September to December total rainfall and that of the equivalent total for the first eight months of the year only emphasises this point. Although this holds for the north of the region (Norfolk) further south in Suffolk and for the region as a whole the figures are further apart.
The 53.1mm East Anglian average rainfall in September was normal. October was 172% of normal and December was nearly double at 194%, however November was only 59% of the expected norm. These figures illustrate how unpredictable our weather can be.
The sunshine readings for the September to December period, based on Met Office averages, show a bright September, a near normal November and December, but a dismal 55% of average sunshine in October.
2020 will be remembered for the Corona Virus pandemic. But our weather throughout the year has also had its highs and lows, swinging from glorious sunshine to rainfall deluges, calm tranquillity to blustering gales. Whatever 2021 has in store we’ve still got the weather.
Peter George
06/01/2021