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The basic climate of the UK annually is wet and cool in winter, spring, and fall with frequent cloudy skies, and drier and cool to mild in summer. The climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a humid temperate oceanic climate , or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of north-west Europe. [ 1 ]
The driest thirty-six consecutive months are from August 1853 to July 1856 with an annual average of 750.8 millimetres (29.56 in), very closely followed by October 1783 to September 1786 with an annual average of 751.2 millimetres (29.57 in), and April 1805 to March 1808 averaging 760.4 millimetres (29.94 in) per annum. [2]
This type of climate features cool winters with frequent cloudy skies and rain showers (and on occasion snow), and mild summers. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed all year round. London has a long history of meteorological observations, with precipitation records beginning as early as January 1697 at Kew Gardens . [ 2 ]
Average monthly precipitation (in mm) for selected cities in Asia ; City Country Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ref. Mawsynram: India: 133.0 8.3 15.7 27.4 29.8 26.0 5.7
This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1
The study found human-induced climate change had led to the average rainfall on stormy days becoming around 20% heavier. It said the kind of intense storm rainfall seen in 2023/2024 had become 10 ...
Highest 24-hour total (UK national average) 31.7 mm (1.25 in) UK (national average) [9] 3 October 2020 Highest 48-hour total 405 mm (15.9 in) Thirlmere, Cumbria 4 to 5 December 2015 Highest 72-hour total 456.4 mm (17.97 in) Seathwaite, Cumbria 17 to 19 November 2009 Highest 96-hour total 495 mm (19.5 in) Seathwaite, Cumbria
The project involved the transcription of 130 years worth of handwritten rainfall records – more than five million individual observations.