norfolk wrote:where do u get these figures from? I wonder if there is a world one?
The UK Met Office ... http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ ... ather.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I picked up the site as I belong to a UK weather forum, though it is more other areas than just weather.
24 hours ending 2200 on 12 Aug 2010
Highest max .. 21.7°C Solent
Lowest max .. 13.2°C Loch Glascarnoch
Lowest min .. 7.4°C Aboyne
Highest rainfall .. 50.8 mm Woodford
Sunniest .. 9.5 hours Leconfield
Just reading about all the rainfall in the northwest. I grew up in the village right next to Woodford that you quoted above - a place called Poynton and my mates from home are amazed at how much rain they had in the last 24 hrs...
The north west of england has been very dry this summer, and they have been instigating 'hosepipe bans' - so after all this recent rainfall the dams should be pretty healthy again. Things recover pretty quickly back home compared to our catchments...
daviescr wrote:Great thread Onetahuti, are from the UK?
Just reading about all the rainfall in the northwest. I grew up in the village right next to Woodford that you quoted above - a place called Poynton and my mates from home are amazed at how much rain they had in the last 24 hrs...
The north west of england has been very dry this summer, and they have been instigating 'hosepipe bans' - so after all this recent rainfall the dams should be pretty healthy again. Things recover pretty quickly back home compared to our catchments...
A true blue Aussie, born in Dandenong, still live in Dandenong 60 years later, travelled the UK in the 1970s but the interest now of there is from a UK forum.
Highest max .. 24.9 °C Solent
Lowest max .. 14.4 °C Inverbervie
Lowest min .. 2.3°C Braemar
Highest rainfall .. 1.6 mm Trawsgoed
Sunniest .. 14.1 hours Prestwick
Highest max .. 26.5°C Solent
Lowest max .. 12.8°C Lerwick
Lowest min .. 3.5°C Tyndrum
Highest rainfall .. 16.4 mm Port Ellen
Sunniest .. 11.1 hours Woodford
Highest max .. 24.4 °C Hereford
Lowest max .. 14.3 °C Lerwick
Lowest min .. 9.9 °C Santon Downham
Highest rainfall .. 20.8 mm Aultbea
Sunniest .. 8.6 hours Glasgow
Highest max .. 21.5°C St James Park
Lowest max .. 12.5°C Cluanie Inn
Lowest min .. 7.0°C Hawarden
Highest rainfall .. 19.8 mm Bedford
Sunniest .. 10.5 hours Heathrow