- Astrometeorology UK -
A Collection of Weather Events and Charts for the British Isles
This data is by no means exhaustive, but I think it gives a fair representative picture of the varied climate prevalent of these Isles, I also feel it is a healthy data/reference index for other budding Astrometeorological/Mundane researchers.
Sources include:
The Journal of Meteorology...abbr. (JM)
Climatological Observers Link - COL magazine...abbr. (COL)
Climates of the British Isles (Edited by Hulme and Barrow pub. Routledge) [Chapter 13 Weather Records and Extremes Dukes and Eden]...abbr. (CBI)
The Weather of Britain (Stirling - publishers: Giles de la Mare)...abbr. (WB)
The Weather Books series:...abbr. (WBS) or...
Essex.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight.
Sussex.
Surrey.
Berkshire.
Kent.
Norfolk & Suffolk.
Weather categories with Number of events.
Drought ...001-005
Intense Rainfall ...006-085
Thunderstorms ...086-268
Heavy Snow (Blizzards) ...269-330
Hailstorms ...331-393
Gales ...394-430
Tornadoes ...431-489
Fog ...490-495
Miscellaneous ...496-503
DROUGHT
001) 1893 Spring: "...remarkable for its lack of rain" (Essex)
Chart 001***spring solar ingress chart***
002) 1893 Spring: Hailsham, near Eastbourne, had no rain for sixty-one days from 17 March to 16 May. (WB)
003) 1938 Spring drought of thirty-eight days at Port William, south west Scotland, from 3 April to 10 May. (WB)
004) 1953 Gorleston, Tynemouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, thirty-six days between 20 February to 26 March. (WB)
005) 1974 April very dry. (WB)
INTENSE RAINFALL (25 mm is equal to one inch of rain)
(occasionally associated with thunderstorms)
006) 1897 12th November: Seathwaite, Cumbria, 204 mm. (WB)
Chart 002***sunrise chart***
007) 1901 12th July: Maidenhead. Berkshire's wettest day, 108.3 mm. (Berkshire)
008) 1901 29th July: Deluge at Wadhurst, Ticehurst and Cousley Wood, 3.25 inches of rain in less than an hour. (Sussex)
009) 1902 1st July: Ipswich, a fierce rainstorm gave 83 mm in just two hours. (Norfolk)
010) 1902 10th September: Surbiton. A violent downpour, 50 mm in 20 minutes. (Surrey)
011) 1903 30th May: Between 4:10 pm and 5:15 pm. Croydon 71 mm fell. (Surrey)
012) 1903 13th to 16th June: Continuous rain total 108 mm Buckhurst Hill area.(Essex)
013) 1903 10th June: Carshalton. Deluge 80 mm. (Surrey)
Chart 003***sunrise chart***
014) 1912 25th-26th August: Norwich 185 mm in 24 hours, Blundall 205 mm in 48 hours. (WB)
015) 1909 27th October: Portsmouth. 2.10 inches equalled only twice in 20 yrs. (Hampshire)
016) 1916 11th October: Kinlochquoich, Inverness, 208 mm. (WB)
017) 1917 28th June: Bruton, Somerset, 243 mm. (WB)
018) 1917 28th June: A remarkable 4.94 inches fell at West Tytherley. (Hampshire)
019) 1920 29th May: Louth, Lincolnshire, twenty-two people drowned and much damage.100 mm at Horncastle. (WB)
020) 1921 11th September: Orford, 88 mm. (Norfolk)
Chart 004***sunrise chart***
021) 1929 11th November: Lluest Reservoir, Rhondda Valley Wales, 211 mm. (WB)
022) 1930 22nd July: Castleton, North Yorkshire. 145 mm. (WB)
023) 1931 8th August: Boston, Lincolnshire, 155 mm, 100 mm fell in two hours. (WB)
024) 1941 26th July: Writtle. A remarkable 99 mm of rain fell in less than 2 hours.(Essex)
025) 1952 14th August night: Lynmouth, over thirty people died. Longstone Barrow (Exmoor) recorded 225 mm. (WB)
026) 1958 5th September: At Knockholt nr Tatsfield 131 mm in 2 hours second heaviest two-hour rainfall on record, part of the "Hailstorm of the Century" complex. (Surrey)
027) 1960 7th August: Cloudburst struck Worcester Park, New Maiden & Tolworth.
(Surrey)
Chart 005***sunrise chart***
028) 1960 7th October: Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 184 mm. (WB)
029) 1963 6th June: Southery, 150 mm during thunderstorm. (Norfolk)
030) 1965 20th November: Brighton 75 mm. (Sussex)
031) 1967 9th October: Great Langdale, Cumbria, 146 mm. (WB)
032) 1968 26th-27th March: North-West Highlands (Scotland) exceeded 250 mm. (WB)
033) 1968 1st July: Leeming, Yorkshire. 35.7 mm in 8 minutes. (WB)
034) 1968 14th - 15th September: Prolonged heavy rain much flooding. SE counties
Chart 006***sunrise chart***
035) 1971 5th August: Downpour at Walthamstow 58 mm rain fell. (Essex)
036) 1972 1st August: Old Costessey, Norwich, 141 mm in just two hours. (Norfolk)
037) 1973 21st May: Remarkable rain, Harold Hill measured 41 mm in 30 minutes. (Essex)
038) 1973 6th July: Cloudburst over Tolworth and Hook nr Chessington at 5.00 pm, 300 homes flooded. (Surrey)
039) 1973 20th September: West Stourmouth 187 mm record rainfall for Kent. (Kent)
040) 1974 17th January: Loch Sloy, Dunbarton (Scotland) 238 mm. (WB)
041) 1975 17th July: Aylsham, 120 mm in two hours. (Norfolk)
Chart 007***sunrise chart***
042) 1975 14th August 1600 - 1900 GMT: Hampstead, 170.8 mm in two and a half hours. (WB and JM)
043) 1975 14th - 15th September: Wettest September day 54 mm. Southampton. (Hampshire)
044) 1977 16th August: Hurley 74 mm. (Berks)
045) 1977 27th August afternoon: Cloudburst at St. Mary's Cray 89 mm. (Kent)
046) 1979 13th June: The Skipton flood. Embsay Moor, Yorkshire. 55 mm in fifty-three minutes, between 1324 and 1417 GMT. (WB and JM)
047) 1980 25th June 4.15 pm. Sevenoaks: Rain & hail 116.1 mm, may rank as the three or four most intense local storms on record. (Kent)
048) 1980 7th August: Cockthorpe, 105 mm in thunderstorm. (Norfolk)
Chart 008***sunrise chart***
049) 1980 11th October: Durrington, Worthing 133 mm. (Sussex)
050) 1981 9th July: Littleover, Derby. 80 mm in seventy minutes. (WB)
051) 1982 6th June: Stoke-by-clare, Suffolk, 39 mm in 25 minutes, a remarkable fall. (Norfolk)
052) 1991 1st August just after two o'clock: Severe storm, Guildford, rain falling at a rate of 1 mm every 15 seconds. (WB)
053) 1993 9th August: Culdrose 125 mm in nine hours to 9 h GMT. (WB)
054) 1996 28th & 29th August: Coltishall 102.4 mm, East Anglia. (COL)
055) 1997 8th July: Leatherhead, Surrey. 54 mm, 23 mm in 5 minutes. (JM)
Chart 009***sunrise chart***
056) 1997 5th August: Gloucester, severe flooding 55.6 mm in 70 minutes. (JM)
Notable twenty-four hour precipitation totals (CBI)
Amount (mm) Location Date
057) 279.4... Martinstown, Dorset - 18th July 1955
058) 242.8... Bruton, Somerset - 28th June 1917
059) 241.3... Upwey, Dorset - 18th July 1955
060) 238.8... Cannington, Somerset 16th August 1924
061) 238.4... Loch Sloy Main Adit, Strathclyde - 17th January 1974
062) 228.6... Long Barrow, Devon - 15th August 1952
063) 228.6... Upwey, Dorset - 18th July 1955
064) 213.1... Timberscombe, Somerset - 28th June 1917
065) 211.1... Rhondda, Glamorgan - 11th November 1929
066) 211.1... Upwey, Dorset - 18th July 1955
067) 208.3... Kinlochquoich, Highland - 11th October 1916
068) 204.0... Seathwaite, Cumbria - 12th November 1897
069) 203.2... Camelford, Cornwall - 08th July 1957
070) 200.7... Bruton, Somerset - 28th June 1917
071) 200.7... Wynford House, Dorset - 18th July 1955
Notable short-duration precipitation totals (CBI)
(within 60 minutes)
Minutes - Amount (mm) - Location Date
072) 05... 31.7... Preston, Lancashire - 10th August 1893
073) 10... 50.0... Wisbech, Cambridgeshire - 28th June 1970
074) 15... 55.9... Bolton, Gtr Manchester - 18th July 1974
075) 15... 38.1... Guernsey - 14th August 1914
076) 18... 45.2... Arundel, W. Sussex - 06th August 1956
077) 20... 63.5... Hindolveston, Norfolk - 11th July 1959
078) 20... 53.8... Canterbury, Kent - 07th August 1875
079) 25... 67.0... Pershore, Worcestershire - 11th June 1970
080) 25... 63.5... Silchester House, Hampshire - 24th June 1933
081) 30... 80.0... Eskdalemuir, Dumfries - 26th June 1953
082) 30... 73.7... Cambridge - 22nd July 1880
083) 50... 76.2... Acton, Gtr London - 07th August 1960
084) 55... 89.9... Eskdalemuir, Dumfries - 26th June 1963
085) 60... 92.2... Maidenhead, Berkshire - 12th July 1901