I looked this one up as I wanted this on this forum - With acknowledgments to Kevin Bradshaw.
The most notable event of August 1912 was the destructive rainstorm in Norfolk which did severe damage in Norwich which resulted in the deaths of 4 people. 7.25 inches of rain fell with uncomfirmed reports of a total close on 9 inches in Brundall just west of Norwich. This one I was told personally myself there on having a discusssion with someone in the Royal Met Society many years ago.
August 1912 is about as a poor summer month you can get, it holds all 3 worst records: coldest, dullest, wettest.
Compared to August 1995 which holds sunniest, driest, warmest.
The contrast between August 1911 and 1912 is very notable.
CET: 18.2
CET: 12.9
rainfall: 54.9mm
rainfall: 192.9mm
Lots of people suffered and died from the heat in 1911, whilst people suffered in 1912 for different reasons either through the floods, the damp and the cold.
Camden Square
Wettest month since October 1903
Mean temp: 57.9F (-4.4F)
Sunshine: 106.5hrs
Highest max: 73.2F (4th)
Rain: 4.89" (+2.50")
Rain days: 25
Tenterden
Rain: 6.23" (+3.81)
Rain days: 28
Sunshine: 145.0hrs
Totland Bay
Mean temp: 57.6F
Sunshine: 123.4hrs
Highest max: 67.6F
Bury St Edmunds
Rain: 8.29" (+5.77")
Rain days: 24
Highest max: 70.0F (4th)
Launceston
Rain: 9.55" (+6.38")
Rain days: 27
Highest Max: 62.9F (29th)
Southport
Rain: 4.81" (+1.08")
Rain days: 24
Mean temp: 55.4F
Three waterspouts over the sea on the morning of the 3rd.
Highest max: 67.0F (4th)
Sunshine: 119.3hrs
Hull
Rain: 4.95" (+1.90)
Rain days: 23
Sunshine: 52.0hrs
Highest max: 68.0F (16th, 17th)
Haverfordwest
Rain: 7.66" (+3.45")
Rain days: 25
Sunshine: 96.6hrs
Highest max: 65.1F
Nowhere in the UK recorded a maximum of 75F.
From Robert Cross of Worstead
"We had a remarkable rainstorm here on the 26th August which yielded 5.89" in the 24 hours, by far the largest amount I have ever registered in one day during the last 25 years. The total for the month is 9.86", which is a record. The barometer fell to 28.95", which is a lso a record for August.
The damage done is enormous. More than 40 road bridges have been swept away, railways flooded and trains stopped. The wind backed from SE to NW and blew a gale. Thousands of trees have been blown down."
August 1912 CET trackometer (12.9)
1. 12.9
2. 12.3
3. 11.7
4. 12.7
5. 12.9
6. 13.0
7. 13.1
8. 13.2
9. 13.1
10. 13.1
11. 13.0
12. 12.8
13. 12.7
14. 12.6
15. 12.6
16. 12.6
17. 12.7
18. 12.8
19. 12.9
20. 12.9
21. 12.8
22. 12.8
23. 12.8
24. 12.9
25. 13.0
26. 12.9
27. 12.9
28. 12.8
29. 12.9
30. 12.9
31. 12.9
Here is the isohyet map from the British Rainfall 1912 edition of the Great Norfolk rainstorm
Readings from John Willis of Ipswich Rd, Norwich
26th August 1912.
4am: 0 inches
9am: 0.87 inches
10am: 1.43 inches
11am: 2.02 inches
12pm: 2.82 inches
1pm: 3.97 inches
2pm: 5.07 inches
3pm: 5.77 inches
4pm: 6.32 inches
6pm: 6.66 inches
10pm: 7.02 inches
4am: 7.32 inches
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