789.99mm was my end total, so not dry by any means but hides some big seasonal variability. Last year was 1109.35 for comparison, or 'very wet' and featuring an absurdly wet September.
For whatever reason Twells seems to do fairly well from showers etc. - far enough west that I can pick up some stuff in a west/south westerly, not terrible for showers moving up from France and on the increasingly rare occasions it's relevant I do well from north easterly or east north easterly convection.
Breaking it down a bit, spring was very dry and mild/warm although not overly warm in comparison to 2024, summer was very hot and had a dry June and August and a wet July (which was concentrated in a couple of bouts of unsettled stuff from memory). Overall we had 5 dry or very dry months over spring and summer, coupled with a lot of hot weather which peaked demand for water.
Appreciating the SE gets a lot of water from chalk aquifers, just using IMBY stats (I know I shouldn't!) the main water issues for me are caused by a complete failure to build new reservoirs. Population density is so much higher than it was when I was younger (I'm 48 physically, mentally it varies 🤪) and we've added essentially nothing to our reserves AFAIK. That's probably best for a different thread and area of the forum though!
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