A record third drought in 2013 a possibility in SW England
 

Hi

I've just been examining the UKP daily rainfall data maintained by the Met Office as you do on beautiful days such as day because you're very, very sad and...

I know the spring here in the SW had been dry, but I never realised that we had already had two drought (old style 15 days =0.25 mm on any day) events here, and that we probably are already on day 17 of the third (if my Vantage Pro is correct here in mid Devon).

Hopefully I have parsed the data correctly but I'm sure you'll put me right if I haven't!

Bruce.

Blog: http://xmetman.wordpress.com/
CET: http://www.centralenglandtemperature.co.uk/cet.html
EWR: http://www.simplyrain.co.uk/

A record third drought in 2013 a possibility in SW England
 

On Saturday, July 20, 2013 1:31:49 PM UTC+1, exmetman wrote:
Hi



I've just been examining the UKP daily rainfall data maintained by the Met Office as you do on beautiful days such as day because you're very, very sad and...



I know the spring here in the SW had been dry, but I never realised that we had already had two drought (old style 15 days =0.25 mm on any day) events here, and that we probably are already on day 17 of the third (if my Vantage Pro is correct here in mid Devon).



Hopefully I have parsed the data correctly but I'm sure you'll put me right if I haven't!



Bruce.



Blog: http://xmetman.wordpress.com/

CET: http://www.centralenglandtemperature.co.uk/cet.html

EWR: http://www.simplyrain.co.uk/

Correct Bruce.
Third of the so called drought periods this year in Wembury after the ones of Feb/Mar and Mar/Apr. Rather different then though as it was perishingly cold.

Now with high insolation it is a bit more taxing for the fauna and flora. Wall to wall sunshine for 16 days in a row. And today it is blowing a hooley from the east.
Soil deficits are way down.

This was all bound to happen after last years deluge. Law of averages see.
:-0

Len
Wembury, SW Devon coast
No inflatables allowed

A record third drought in 2013 a possibility in SW England
 

On 20/07/13 14:31, Len Wood wrote:


This was all bound to happen after last years deluge. Law of averages see.
:-0


Wasn't last year's deluge to make up for the previous two year's drought
though? :-)

A record third drought in 2013 a possibility in SW England
 

On Saturday, July 20, 2013 4:16:02 PM UTC+1, Adam Lea wrote:
On 20/07/13 14:31, Len Wood wrote:





This was all bound to happen after last years deluge. Law of averages see.

:-0





Wasn't last year's deluge to make up for the previous two year's drought

though? :-)

Well exactly.
Be my guest.
Choose your averaging period.
Not too short though.
To hell with climate change.

Len
Wembury

A record third drought in 2013 a possibility in SW England
 

On 20/07/2013 13:31, exmetman wrote:
I've just been examining the UKP daily rainfall data maintained by the Met Office as you do on beautiful days such as day because you're very, very sad and...

Here are the more notable dry(ish) spells this year I've recorded:

Feb 15th - March 6th (20 days) = 0.0 mm
24th March - 7th April (15 days) = 0.0 mm
April 14th - May 7th (24 days) = 5.6 mm
May 30th - 10th June (12 days) 0.0 mm
July 4th - 21st July (17 days) = 0.0 mm
June 24th - 21st July (24 days) = 5.3 mm

Since mid-February lengthy dry spells have dominated. No wonder the
countryside is bone-dry and brown.

Monthly sunshine total now up to 256 hours. Should exceed 300 hours
quite easily this month.

--
Nick G
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk