The total rainfall for January now stands at 200.8mm. The all time record for monthly rainfall is 203.5mm, which was set in November 2002, this will probably be broken by the end of the day.
Author: Eric Gilbert
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January – hail, thunder, fog and twice average rainfall
What a month! Hail on four days, thunder on two occasions, fog during the morning of four days, winds gusting to well over 40mph and a total rainfall of 193.8mm so far (over 7 1/2 inches) which is more than twice the long-term average.
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January 2014 second wettest month on record
Not only is the rainfall total of 172.2mm to date the highest for any January month, beating the previous record of 147.3mm, but it is now the second wettest month ever recorded. The record for the wettest month was recorded in November 2002 with a total of 203.5mm.
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Wettest January on record
With a total of 148.8mm of precipitation so far this month it is the wettest January since records began in 1984 and there are still 14 days left in the month.
The previous high precipitation record, of 147.3mm, was set in January 2008. In contrast the record low, of 9.4mm, was set in 1997. -
Warmest start to January since 2007
The first two weeks have been very mild with minimal air frosts. It is the 7th warmest start to January since 1984 being almost 2C above the long-term average with a mean of 5.8C.The coldest start to January was in 2010 with a mean of -1.9C and the record for the warmest start was 7.6C in 2007.
Rainfall in the first two weeks, totalling 138.7mm, make it the 4th wettest January when we are only halfway through the month. Another 10mm of precipitation would break the record.