So far this year, we've had an exceptionally wet spring followed by a dry summer, although that was a summer in which each month was progressively wetter than its predecessor. Now, we are into the a brand new month and a brand new season, so there will be a lot of questions being asked about where we go from there.

As we go into this month, a lot of people in SE England will no doubt be praying for rain (I think that Darren (Retron) springs to mind here) whilst those in NW Scotland in particular will just be praying for a much needed respite from their rainfall. Regardless of how all of that pans out though, this is the very place for reporting those all important rainfall totals for this month.

Although we have been under high pressure over the last couple of days, there is the chance of showers or thunderstorms moving up from the south in parts of England in particular during today, so there might already be one or two members who will already have something to report for this month by the end of today.

I have therefore started this thread just now so that these members will now have the chance to do so.

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 1.4 mm (as at 9:00 am BST (08:00 UTC) this morning on Monday 2 September 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 1.4 mm (2.5% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of rain days during this month: 1 (9.5% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of dry days during this month: 0

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 1.4 mm (0.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 1 (2.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 0

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 645.0 mm (82.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 101 (73.5% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 89

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form

by my own python script.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 9.2 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 6.8 mm (as at 1:30 pm BST (12:30 UTC) this afternoon on Monday 2 September 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 16.0 mm (29.0% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of rain days during this month: 2 (19.0% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of dry days during this month: 0

Already a thoroughly wet start to this month with more rain likely to come during the rest of today.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 16.0 mm (7.6% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 2 (5.5% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 0

Already, a thoroughly wet start to this autumn and a much wetter start to the autumn than what we had to the summer.

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 659.6 mm (84.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 102 (74.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 89

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form

by my own python script.

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 22.6 mm (41.0% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of rain days during this month: 2 (19.0% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of dry days during this month: 1

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 22.6 mm (10.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 2 (5.5% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 1

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 666.2 mm (84.9% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 102 (74.2% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 90

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form

by my own python script.

Yes very unlucky  . 35 mm here today with plenty of local flooding . You may do better tomorrow or weekend 

05/09 - 32.77mm

06/09 - 32.51mm

08/09 - 39.88mm 

Might manage a few light showers before the days out to nudge today's total to 40mm.

The rain has mainly been heavy or very heavy and large chunks have fallen in intense showers, with 3-4 thunderstorms, including one early this morning which dropped 18mm. 

Amazing the difference between your area and Leysdown! 

...... and here. Another 2.5mm here today bringing September's total up to 8.8mm. This follows 17mm total for August. In fact since mid July we have had just 30mm of rain. No wonder the ground is still cracked everywhere!

Yeah, Kent can be a funny place - I think most of the heavy convective stuff missed the East and North East of the county on Thursday and Friday whereas we were in something of a sweetspot.

I blame the North Downs - they act like a squeegee and on the rare occasion that we get snow from the NE they act in reverse, stopping the bulk getting further SW.

I'm up to 23mm for the month here, thanks to that 20-minute downpour yesterday. Leysdown was right on the western extremity of the very heavy rain, though, even a couple of miles away to the west there was much less.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 4.0 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm (as at 3:30 pm BST (14:30 UTC) this afternoon on Monday 9 September 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 28.8 mm (52.2% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of rain days during this month: 5 (47.4% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of dry days during this month: 3

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 28.8 mm (13.6% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 5 (13.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 3

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 672.4 mm (85.7% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 105 (76.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 92

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 5.2 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm (as at 4:00 pm BST (15:00 UTC) this afternoon on Tuesday 10 September 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 34.0 mm (61.6% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of rain days during this month: 6 (56.9% of 1991-2020 September average)

Number of dry days during this month: 3

This means that only at least another 5 official rain days now need to be recorded between now and the end of this month in order for this month to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 34.0 mm (16.1% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 6 (16.5% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 3

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 677.8 mm (86.4% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 106 (77.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 92

Note

This data has been obtained from https://www.ogimet.com  in raw BUFR format, and then converted into a more readable form by my own python script.