Weather Reports

2020 AUTUMN RAINFALL COM PARISON FOR NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & EAST ANGLIA

Written by Peter George. Posted in Weather Reports

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