Escaped relatively lightly here, with 132.5 mm for Feb here (228% of 1981-2010 average).
Still enough to cause some substantial flooding issues, though - in fact, somehow on par with the worst of 2013-14, despite that winter being far wetter. The preceding few seasons were all pretty close between 2013 and 2019, so it's hard to fathom how the flooding has become so severe this time around.
The winter began with the 9th wettest Dec and followed that up the 19th wettest Jan. To finish, Feb has landed a podium spot but only just (3rd). This may not sound exceptional, but the combined total is in fact 3rd wettest in records going back to 1957.
This highlights how unusual it is to have a persistently wet winter, with no markedly drier months.
Speaking of which, 2013-14 continues to astonish on reflection. It kicked off with 182.0 mm in Dec, 2nd wettest on record and with most of the rain falling in the 2nd half. Then came the horrendous Jan 2014 with 233.5 mm, wettest on record and 56.3 mm above the runner-up, 2008. Only Nov 2009 has seen a higher monthly total (243.0 mm) within 1957-2020.
As of that wasn't enough, Feb then threw down 179.5 mm (308% of LTA), obliterating the old record of 146.4 mm set in 1990.
Despite all this, giving a previously unimaginable (for these parts) winter total of 595.0 mm, 153.7 mm beyond the runner-up (1990) and 257% of the LTA (and over 200 mm above this winter's total!), the flooding didn't quite reach the levels seen in autumn 2000 (428.4 mm), thanks to since-installed flood defences that I've been hugely impressed with. The town feels immune to serious flooding now - but I expect climate change will do its best to prove that thinking to be wide of the mark in the years and decades to come!
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