Weather Reports

2012 Spring Rainfall Comparison for Norfolk, Suffolk & East Anglia

Written by Peter George. Posted in Weather Reports

MONTH

Dianna Perowe

Peter Semmence

Peter   George

H.P.S.   Average

Met. Office Average

 

Hevingham Norfolk

Drayton Norfolk

Pakenham Suffolk

Norfolk & Suffolk

East Anglia

January

31.0mm

41.5mm

28.0mm

33.5mm

38.2mm

February

12.5mm

10.0mm

14.5mm

12.3mm

12.2mm

March

51.0mm

66.0mm

38.0mm

51.6mm

33.7mm

April

106.0mm

136.0mm

91.0mm

111.0mm

110.8mm

Period Total

200.5mm

253.5mm

171.5mm

208.4mm

194.9mm

YEAR TOTAL

200.5mm

253.5mm

171.5mm

208.4mm

194.9mm

It is no wonder that the weather is such a talking point! We now have another superlative, "The wettest April for 100 years". It was certainly the wettest April by far since my records began in 2002. It was also my wettest month since August 2010. As can be seen in the above chart, the rainfall in January to March, by contrast, was very low and a major factor in the imposition of the hosepipe ban.

It has been a funny year all round - the Met. Office sunshine figures for March were 175.3 hours, 166% of average, whereas April only achieved 135.8 hours, 91% of average.

As a result of our appeal for new rainfall data, the summer months' report in the September issue will also include readings from Caister, Sisland and Wendling.

Peter George