Where has the rain gone

[Petrolsmasher]

Has noone else noticed how little rain we have had lately.

For the past 2 months i swear it only rained 3 times at most, its abnormal.

[glenrobbo]

It has all been driven away by my TVR.

Apparently.


Help Global Warming. Drive a V8*.


* mine's only a V6, but it seems to be doing the trick.

[4Q]

Whereabouts are you? We had loads here in Derbyshire with localised flooding, including in my garage a couple of weeks ago and I drove through a terrible rainstorm up the M20 on Tuesday.

Edited by 4Q on Saturday 13th April 09:14

[road_rager]

as someone who rides a motorbike daily I'm not complaining!

[Welshbeef]

It’s not been cold really either no proper winter hardly any storms or games or anything.

I think I’ve had to scrape the windscreen 4 times this year max - I’ve a screen guard cover but not even bothered to get it out vs last year on every night in Winter.

In the ski resorts they had an amazing early season with unimaginable levels of snow but then 18+ degrees taking it all away and not really.


The jet stream has been very high in 2019 so all the weather the south Med/North Africa usually gets we have had.

[Hub]

Apparently March was the 5th wettest on record!

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office...

[Carl_Manchester]

Petrolsmasher said:

Has noone else noticed how little rain we have had lately.

For the past 2 months i swear it only rained 3 times at most, its abnormal.

i would say that it rained harder for less days. we also had hard hail storms three times during March in three separate weeks. two were with lightening.

[Cotty]

Welshbeef said:

It’s not been cold really either no proper winter hardly any storms or games or anything.

What do you mean its bloody freezing, currently 1c in London

[ST_Nuts]

Won't be long before we run out of water and become extinct.

[Tebbers]

We had ferocious winds and rain about 3-4 weeks ago in the south east. I should know as I was trying to cycle then

But on the whole it’s been a pretty mild winter. Wouldn’t say it’s been particularly dry - as I speak it’s just started raining

[sparks_E46]

Pissed it down in North Dorset a few times in the last couple of weeks.

[GT03ROB]

It's global warming I tell ya.

Had a mild winter here too. Normaly see 30c below, but its rarely been below -10c. Currently basking in mid 20s.

[Welshbeef]

Cotty said:

What do you mean its bloody freezing, currently 1c in London

How many times this season have you scraped the screen?
How much snow have we had?
How many storms have we had
How many bales have we had.

I’ve been cutting the lawn so have my neighbours for a month already that says a lot

[glenrobbo]

Welshbeef said:

How many bales have we had?

I’ve been cutting the lawn so have my neighbours.

That's very Christian of them.

[Speckle]

I cycle to work every day and I can confirm that it has rained A LOT over the last 2 months!

(I'm in the Cotswolds)

[Cotty]

Welshbeef said:

How many times this season have you scraped the screen?
How much snow have we had?
How many storms have we had
How many bales have we had.

I’ve been cutting the lawn so have my neighbours for a month already that says a lot

It can be cold without having any of that

[Thankyou4calling]

We have very low levels of rainfall in the UK.

As an example, London.

It’s perceived by many that it’s always raining but the reality is that in a league table of rainfall in world cities London would be well down the list.

Less than Barcelona, Istanbul, Miami, New York, Bridgetown, Sydney and many others from what I can see.

Edited by Thankyou4calling on Saturday 13th April 11:03

[Thankyou4calling]

Cotty said:

What do you mean its bloody freezing, currently 1c in London

1c is above freezing

[Hub]

Thankyou4calling said:

It’s perceived by many that it’s always raining but the reality is that in a league table of rainfall in world cities London would be well down the list.

The perception is probably because it spends more time raining with lower amounts - drizzle and light rain, rather than short heavy tropical downpours that dry up in 10 minutes when the sun comes out again!

[Baby Shark doo doo doo doo]

Flooding near Welshpool and much of Herefordshire last month. They’ve had a fair bit!