.... as of 12/1800Z JUL 2012, our month's rainfall total is now 132.3 mm:
this represents ~270% of the 1981-2010 eLTA & beats the July 2007 total
of 118.6 mm comfortably. This is significant as July 2007 was (using the
nearby Hurn record) the wettest July in their 1957+ dataset, so we've
almost certainly had, with less than half the month gone, our wettest
July for over half-a-century.

At Hurn, using the SYNOP data, the total rainfall this month is 125 mm;
this exceeds the previous July highest of 119mm in the aforementioned
2007. Of perhaps greater significance, again bearing in mind we've yet
to reach half-way this month, the combined rainfall total for June &
July at Hurn = 261mm: this exceeds the previous wettest such-named
pairing (again in 2007) by 45 mm.

Martin.


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West Moors / East Dorset
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