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Rainfall totals January to December
The information below has been taken from the Met Office Hadley
Centre precipitation series.
| January to December
2003 Rainfall |
|
Area
|
Rainfall (mm)
|
1961-90 average (mm)
|
Rainfall as % of average
|
Compared to previous Jan-Dec
totals
|
|
Eastern Scotland
|
571.6
|
753.1
|
76
|
Driest in series, previous driest
being 1972 with 584.0 mm, 1931.
|
|
NE England
|
616.2
|
774.5
|
80
|
5th driest in series, driest being
1964 with 578.9 mm, 1873. Driest since 1964, when
578.9 mm was recorded.
|
|
NW England &
N Wales
|
815.9
|
1015.7
|
80
|
8th driest in series, driest being
1887 with 711.1 mm, 1873. Driest since 1996, when
788.9 mm was recorded.
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
829.2
|
1026.5
|
81
|
3rd driest in series, driest being
1933 with 782.3 mm, 1931. Driest since 2001, when
790.8 mm was recorded.
|
|
Scotland
|
1113.0
|
1354.8
|
82
|
3rd driest in series, driest being
1955 with 1082.9 mm, 1931. Driest since 1971, when
1107.7 mm was recorded.
|
|
SW England &
S Wales
|
842.2
|
1024.9
|
82
|
12th driest in series, driest being
1921 with 664.6 mm, 1873. Driest since 1976, when
840.3 mm was recorded.
|
|
England and Wales
|
761.4
|
915.1
|
83
|
25th driest in series, driest being
1788 with 612.0 mm, 1766. Driest since 1975, when
758.6 mm was recorded.
|
|
Southern Scotland
|
1153.1
|
1373.7
|
84
|
9th driest in series, driest being
1941 with 1018.5 mm, 1931. Driest since 2001, when
1152.2 mm was recorded.
|
|
SE England
|
607.0
|
721.6
|
84
|
16th driest in series, driest being
1921 with 396.4 mm, 1873. Driest since 1996, when
582.8 mm was recorded.
|
|
Northern Scotland
|
1383.6
|
1614.0
|
86
|
11th driest in series, driest being
1941 with 1163.0 mm, 1931. Driest since 1978, when
1310.2 mm was recorded
|
|
Central England
|
567.0
|
643.4
|
88
|
31st driest in series, driest being
1921 with 408.3 mm, 1873. Driest since 1996, when
497.8 mm was recorded.
|
|
Driest 12-month spells in series
| Driest 12-month spells
in series |
|
|
Lowest rainfall (mm)
|
Period of lowest rainfall
|
Series length
(back to)
|
|
Central England
|
389.1
|
August 1975 to July 1976
|
1873
|
|
SE England
|
395.7
|
September 1975 to August 1976
|
1873
|
|
Eastern Scotland
|
451.5
|
July 1972 to June 1973
|
1931
|
|
NE England
|
498.2
|
October 1958 to September 1959
|
1873
|
|
England and Wales
|
522.1
|
August 1784 to July 1785
|
1766
|
|
NW England &
N Wales
|
597.6
|
April 1995 to March 1996
|
1873
|
|
SW England &
S Wales
|
602.7
|
September 1975 to July 1976
|
1873
|
|
Northern Ireland
|
728.8
|
April 1933 to March 1934
|
1931
|
|
Southern Scotland
|
945.7
|
November 1968 to October 1969
|
1931
|
|
Scotland
|
988.1
|
October 1958 to September 1959
|
1931
|
|
Northern Scotland
|
1117.7
|
July 1968 to June 1969
|
1931
|
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