|
Rainfall totals August to October
2003
The information below has been taken from the Met Office Hadley
Centre precipitation series.
| August to October
2003 rainfall |
|
Area
|
Rainfall (mm)
|
1961-90 average (mm)
|
Rainfall as % of average
|
Compared to previous Aug-Oct totals
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
123.6
|
294.9
|
42%
|
2nd driest in series, driest 1972
with 118.8 mm, series back to 1931.
|
|
Southern Scotland
|
173.5
|
410.0
|
42%
|
2nd driest in series, driest 1972
with 136.2 mm, series back to 1931.
|
|
SE England
|
80.0
|
190.1
|
42%
|
4th driest in series, driest 1947
with 59.5 mm, series back to 1873. Driest since 1972
when 75.7 mm was recorded.
|
|
SW England &
S Wales
|
132.5
|
263.4
|
50%
|
3rd driest in series, driest 1978
with 91.2 mm, series back to 1873. Also driest since
1978.
|
|
England and Wales
|
123.6
|
242.5
|
51%
|
4th driest in series, driest 1947
with 83.3 mm, series back to 1766. Driest since 1972
when 110.7 mm was recorded.
|
|
Central England
|
87.0
|
168.1
|
52%
|
3rd driest in series, driest 1947
with 44.5 mm, series back to 1873. Driest since 1959,
when 77.1 mm was recorded.
|
|
Scotland
|
227.4
|
397.4
|
57%
|
3rd driest in series, driest 1972
with 159.7 mm, series back to 1931. Also driest since
1972.
|
|
NW England &
N Wales
|
169.4
|
295.6
|
57%
|
7th driest in series, driest 1947
with 101.1 mm, series back to 1873. Driest since 1972
when 105.7 mm was recorded.
|
|
NE England
|
119.0
|
204.7
|
58%
|
7th driest in series, driest 1947
with 64.8 mm, series back to 1873.
|
|
Eastern Scotland
|
132.7
|
215.0
|
62%
|
5th driest in series, driest 1972
with 74.4 mm, series back to 1931.
|
|
Northern Scotland
|
338.6
|
475.0
|
71%
|
12th driest in series, driest 1939
with 219.6 mm, series back to 1931.
|
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Station data August to October 2003
Based on data available on 4 November 2003 (top five driest).
| August to October
2003 rainfall |
|
Station name
|
Rainfall (mm)
|
1961-90 average (mm)
|
Rainfall as % of average
|
|
Brize Norton (Oxfordshire)
|
47.6
|
173.3
|
27%
|
|
Wattisham (Suffolk)
|
51.0
|
150.3
|
34%
|
|
Bedford (Bedfordshire)
|
52.4
|
142.6
|
37%
|
|
Lyneham (Wiltshire)
|
52.4
|
186.2
|
28%
|
|
Met Office London
|
53.8
|
144.7
|
37%
|
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