Loads of flooding around the North West this evening. I had to detour from the M62 to my home.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.8 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 5.0 mm (as at 10:00 pm BST (21:00 UTC) tonight on Wednesday 16 October 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 49.6 mm (60.0% of 1991-2020 October average)

Number of rain days during this month: 7 (53.8% of 1991-2020 October average)

Number of dry days during this month: 7

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 110.0 mm (52.0% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 17 (46.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 20

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 753.8 mm (96.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 117 (85.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 109

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.

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) yesterday morning: 11.4 mm (as at 7:10 am BST (06:10 UTC) this morning on Thursday 17 October 2024)

Total for this month so far: 56.0 mm (67.7% of 1991-2020 October average)

Total for this autumn so far: 116.4 mm (55.0% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Total for this year so far: 760.2 mm (96.9% of 1991-2020 annual average)

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.

Another 11 mm fell overnight since that thundery spell, was mostly just dynamic showery stuff but puts it at 23 mm in 24 hours up to now (11 am). 

57.2mm for the month so above average and the annual at 803.8mm is already above the average (750mm) and a second year in a row above 1000mm is a distinct possibility.

Up to 68mm after a horrific  33mm fell across Wednesday and Thursday. It's just relentless and the complete antithesis of normal with coastal locations subjected to the highest rainfall totals whereas further inland the traditionally wettest places escape with little by comparison.

Nigg  which used to be the driest local site picked up  an incredulous 49.6mm. Also right on the coast Balmedie had 43.6mm.

Further inland Westhill, which used to be wetter had only 26.6mm. My station is roughly equidistant between the two.

Looking at where you would expect the wettest part of the region to be, Glenmuick had 15.4mm and Inverey (Braemar) only 8.4mm.

This is not a one-off. It's happening repeatedly. Now 16 consecutive Octobers with 50mm+ when during the 20th Century roughly 1 in 4 would record less than this.

Looking highly unlikely to get a month with under 40mm this year for what would be the first time since 1977. November and December slightly more likely to record it than October but still improbable. I've recorded three Novembers with less than 40mm since 2005 (2011, 2012 and 2020) and three Decembers (2006, 2014 and 2016). In addition 2007 and 2011 recorded exactly 40mm which would still be drier than any month this year.

Data For Recent Days

24 hour total up to 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 15.0 mm

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 0.0 mm (as at 12:00 pm BST (11:00 UTC) noon on Monday 21 October 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 76.4 mm (92.4% of 1991-2020 October average)

Number of rain days during this month: 11 (84.6% of 1991-2020 October average)

Number of dry days during this month: 8

This means that only at least another 6.4 mm of rain now needs to fall 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 actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, only at least another 2 official rain days 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: 136.8 mm (64.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 21 (57.7% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 21

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 780.6 mm (99.5% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 121 (88.0% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 110

This means that only at least another 3.8 mm of rain now needs to fall between now and the end of this year in order for this year to go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

Note

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

Data For Recent Days

Total since 10 am BST (09:00 UTC) this morning: 3.6 mm (as at 11:30 pm BST (22:30 UTC) tonight on Friday 25 October 2024)

Monthly Data

Total for this month so far: 81.2 mm (98.2% of 1991-2020 October average)

Number of rain days during this month: 13 (100.0% of 1991-2020 October average)

Number of dry days during this month: 10

This means that only at least another 1.6 mm of rain now needs to fall 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 actual rainfall amounts.

In addition to that, more official rain days have now been recorded this month than the 1991-2020 October average and so regardless of what happens between now and the end of this month, this month will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the number of rain days.

Seasonal Data

Total for this autumn so far: 141.6 mm (67.0% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of rain days during this autumn: 23 (63.2% of 1991-2020 autumn average)

Number of dry days during this autumn: 23

Annual Data

Total for this year so far: 785.4 mm (100.1% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of rain days during this year: 123 (89.5% of 1991-2020 annual average)

Number of dry days during this year: 112

This means that more rain has now fallen during this year than the 1991-2020 annual average and so regardless of what happens during the rest of this year, this year will now go down as being wetter than average in terms of the actual rainfall amounts.

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.