East Dorset: notably dry July 2016
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 1:30 pm
July 2016 rainfall: West Moors & Hurn (East Dorset)
For West Moors (data since 2007) = 6.1 mm, easily the driest July [ and driest *any* month ] in that 10 year record: %age based on eLTA (1981-2010) = 13%
For Hurn (data since 1957) = 12.0 mm [provisional/based on SYNOP data], the *second*-driest July in that series, replacing the 9.0 mm recorded in 1983. The driest July was that of 1999, with 6.4mm. The 12.0 mm this year represents 25% of the LTA (1981-2010).
In the Hurn (1957+) record, there were just 11 'summer' months (JJA) with lower totals; what was more interesting is that these were all in the pre-2000 part of the record; we've had to wait 17 years for a summer month as dry as this July has been - the previous longest 'interval wait' was between 1983 & 1995 (12 years).
Martin.
For West Moors (data since 2007) = 6.1 mm, easily the driest July [ and driest *any* month ] in that 10 year record: %age based on eLTA (1981-2010) = 13%
For Hurn (data since 1957) = 12.0 mm [provisional/based on SYNOP data], the *second*-driest July in that series, replacing the 9.0 mm recorded in 1983. The driest July was that of 1999, with 6.4mm. The 12.0 mm this year represents 25% of the LTA (1981-2010).
In the Hurn (1957+) record, there were just 11 'summer' months (JJA) with lower totals; what was more interesting is that these were all in the pre-2000 part of the record; we've had to wait 17 years for a summer month as dry as this July has been - the previous longest 'interval wait' was between 1983 & 1995 (12 years).
Martin.