A note for Jiries about the continuing need for lots of rain, at least in the south

Bewl Water reservoir at 43%, and others in Sussex similar

https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/reservoir-levels

Ground water low and still descending; Worthing (scroll down) at drought level (yes, it will recover but winter rainfall is needed for that)

https://www.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/groundwater-levels

33.5 mm This Month

Why not move to Fort William? It's not that far away and then you could be really miserable

370.8 mm in October, 58.6 mm so far in November

https://www2.sepa.org.uk/rainfall

I understand your pain, though, as the SEPA gauges on this website in the Aberdeen area have only recorded around 10mm for November so far. Obviously you have a domesticated raincloud tethered to your location

In Yorkshire our reservoir levels are at approx 40% 

Been raining here (albeit mostly light rain and drizzle yesterday, today has had more heavier interludes) since early hours of yesterday and still going.

Yesterday had 10mm for the day, today is currently on 14.8mm.

Rainfall total wise I'm on 102.3mm - 50+mm of that was from the other day. Wasn't sure if my gauge was accurate as a bit out of step with one a few miles to my North for that event but having had a wander round that day water was forcing itself up through the ground and a lot of the paths had been stripped of leaves and topsoil so assume I'd got some convective enhancement within the rain and got 'lucky'. 

Means locally I've already had a wetter than average autumn. 

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT this morning (09:00 UTC): 2.0 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 0.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Total since 9am GMT this morning (09:00 UTC): 3.6 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1.8 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (as at 11am GMT this morning on Sunday 6 November 2022)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 27.2 mm (36.9% of 1991-2020 November average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 19.4 mm (29.7% of 1991-2020 November average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this month so far: 4 (31.1% of 1991-2020 November average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 3 (25.6% of 1991-2020 November average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this month so far: 0 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Seasonal Data

Total for this Autumn so far: 192.2 mm (90.9% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 176.6 mm (90.2% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this Autumn so far: 30 (82.4% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 30 (89.9% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this Autumn so far: 24 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 23 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

This means that just another 19.4 mm of rain or more now needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this Autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, this also means that just another 19.4 mm of rain or more now needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this Autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

Furthermore, this also means that just another 4 or more rain days now needs to be recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this Autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 550.6 mm (70.2% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 483.0 mm (66.4% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 110 (80.0% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 101 (78.8% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 150 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 148 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.

Below is the last meeting and published 14th October 2022

National Drought Group forecasts drought may remain beyond spring 2023

"Projections suggest average rainfall over winter will not be enough to prevent drought conditions in some areas next year.

Average rainfall levels over winter will still not be sufficient to avoid impending drought or drought conditions next year, the National Drought Group has forecast." 

"Many water companies have suggested impending drought or drought conditions will remain beyond spring in some areas– notably in parts of the South West, South East, East and Yorkshire and East Midlands - if rainfall is below average."

I thinks it's above average now, the amount of rain we've had recently

Lol 6 days into November and approaching 100mm already.

Both September & October were wet months with around 100mm of rainfall each. -Te average yearly rainfall for here is around 680mm meaning the first 2 months & 6 days of autumn have dumped close to half the annual rainfall. 

August by the way was also quite wet.

38.6 mm This month. 

50.6mm

Indeed we have just topped 125 mm mtd with some 45mm this weekend alone  30 if that today . Extraordinary  beginning to think Sussex is the new Lake District !

40.7mm this month,

The latest rainfall data for Edinburgh Gogarbank and the botanic gardens in Edinburgh are as follows:

Data For Recent Days

24 Hour Total Up To 9am GMT this morning (09:00 UTC): 4.8 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 2.4 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Total since 9am GMT this morning (09:00 UTC): 1.8 mm at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1.6 mm at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh (as at 7pm GMT this evening on Monday 7 November 2022)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 30.2 mm (41.0% of 1991-2020 November average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 21.6 mm (33.1% of 1991-2020 November average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this month so far: 5 (38.9% of 1991-2020 November average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 4 (34.2% of 1991-2020 November average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this month so far: 0 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 1 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Seasonal Data

Total for this Autumn so far: 195.2 mm (92.3% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 178.8 mm (91.3% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this Autumn so far: 31 (85.2% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 31 (92.9% of 1991-2020 Autumn average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this Autumn so far: 24 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 23 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

This means that just another 16.4 mm of rain or more now needs to fall at Edinburgh Gogarbank between now and the end of this month in order for this Autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, this also means that just another 17.2 mm of rain or more now needs to fall at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this Autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

Furthermore, just another 3 or more rain days now needs to be recorded at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh between now and the end of this month in order for this Autumn to go down as being wetter than average there in terms of the number of rain days.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 553.6 mm (70.6% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 485.2 mm (66.7% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of rain days during this year so far: 111 (80.8% of 1991-2020 year average) at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 102 (79.5% of 1991-2020 year average) at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh
Number of dry days during this year so far: 150 at Edinburgh Gogarbank along with 148 at the botanic gardens in Edinburgh

Note

This data has been obtained from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) by using a beta version of their latest upcoming API system.

4 river flood warnings in mid Sussex and one for Isle of Wight https://www.floodalerts.com/

A dozen other flood warnings are coastal from the Channel to the Hebrides, depending on whether the forecast squall reinforces extreme high tides tonight.

53mm for the month here so far. Surprised it is not more actually, as local rivers eg the Loddon are already over the fields in places. And as I mentioned on the model thread the local Nov 5 bonfire was so sodden it failed to light!

143 mm now after further downpours extraordinarily wet first week of Nov