Annual rain fall.

[onthehoof]

645 mm here, average 560 so nearly 20% above average

 

[Spudie]

Upgraded my Davis station last month and lost all my data for the last few years……..Bugger

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Hi, am i correct assuming the long term average in that chart is the average of the three years? If so there really is insufficient years to give a long term average, i would say. Cheers

No. That's the long term average according to the Rothamstead weather station 7 miles away.

 

[Hindsight]

No. That's the long term average according to the Rothamstead weather station 7 miles away.

Ok. Bit of monthly variance. could show similar for here in Lincs. Actually very similar deviations here. Cheers

 

[Will Blackburn]

Wetter year than average here in North Cheshire.
J 137
F 46
M 68
A 35
M 122
J 65
J 130
A 75
S 59
O 94
N 68
D 139

Total 1038mm

 

[Macsky]

Was a local teacher that lived beside the farm that provided official measurements to the met office, not sure how accurate the more recent data is as he died a few years ago, I expect it’s got a bit wetter judging by how much the older folk mention it, but maybe not.

 

[kiwi pom]

Its interesting to see some parts of the UK with similar totals to here (never measured it when I still lived there as it seemed to rain all the time) and yet we'd say it was dry here with not much growing without irrigation most years.
All about temps, humidity and soil type I guess. Plus we tend to get large amounts in one go followed by bugger all for a month or so.

 

[puppet]

1030mm here though a new rain gauge for Xmas will update that. 22mm yesterday.

 

[Jop]

939mm down here in Devon. Drier than most years, just all at the wrong times

1419mm here in west Devon. Always amazed by the difference in the south west.

 

[tinsheet]

2020. 2021
J 175mm. 224mm
F 298mm. 100mm
M 150mm. 97mm
A 25mm. 20mm
M 25mm 274mm
J 194mm. 66mm
J 85mm. 136mm
A 239mm. 306mm
S 35mm. 82mm
O 398mm 195mm
N 144mm. 70mm
D 386mm. 214mm

2154mm. 1784mm.

wetter than most but dryer than some.
@exmoor dave like the Caribbean down with you!!

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I've no Idea on volumes but other than being a bit too dry in April and a bit too wet in May, 2021 was near enough perfect grass growing weather for me.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Annual don't mean a lot here , it's how much you get at certain times , this year as been wet but manageable

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Wow

fû*k me, some of you live in a dry desolate place don’t you . . .

We had a hell of a dry winter, following a dry autumn, but caught enough showers since

if you get out of our rain-shadow, by travelling 10 minutes either direction, you get an extra 400mm or so, and an extra 50mm per 5 minutes southwest

looking at our total it's only a few mm more than our "drought years" but much better timing (and the management changed a bit!)

 

[exmoor dave]

2020. 2021
J 175mm. 224mm
F 298mm. 100mm
M 150mm. 97mm
A 25mm. 20mm
M 25mm 274mm
J 194mm. 66mm
J 85mm. 136mm
A 239mm. 306mm
S 35mm. 82mm
O 398mm 195mm
N 144mm. 70mm
D 386mm. 214mm

2154mm. 1784mm.

wetter than most but dryer than some.
@exmoor dave like the Caribbean down with you!!

Those ram lambs must think they've ended up in Siberia up with you

 

[Farma Parma]

well 2021 ended in a wet day but a rough total here North of Newcastle is 740mm poss just a bit wetter than ave.
2020 was 648mm for a comparison. Good riddance its been a sh!t of a year in some ways & Fab in others

 

[tinsheet]

Those ram lambs must think they've ended up in Siberia up with you

They've been busy, keeping them selves warm

 

[tinsheet]

Amazing the difference across this small country.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Each dot on this line would represent an extra 10in of rain, going from 30in on the cliff farms to 70in on the southern edge of the moor.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Are there any weather stations that people would recommend? Ideally something I can see from phone or PC

 

[wr.]

1015mm here with April being the driest - 15mm and May the wettest - 187mm.
About average really. Across the valley on the Brecon Beacons, you could add nearly a metre to our total.
As @tinsheet says, "Amazing the difference across this small country."
No wonder the weather is mostly the first topic of a conversation.