Singin’ In The Rain (part 1)
Storms also make us wet, so I decided to take a look at how wet the UK has gotten these past few decades…
Following on from Not Gone With The Wind part 1 and part 2 is this little tray-bake dedicated to what Britain does best… rain!
I’ve decided to keep the same sample grid:
But this time I’ve flipped from ICOADS to NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network Daily Database (GHCNd) and that big green box will ensure I’m looking at all land based weather stations across the UK and Ireland. To ensure we are looking at the biggest and best stations I decided to limit the Climate Explorer query to those stations with at least 60 years worth of data records, there being 71 of these including three stations in Northern France but what the heck! C’est la vie!
As regards precipitation I opted for mean daily rainfall owing my distrust in data quality, with stations popping in and out of existence with the passage of time. Total rainfall would be wonderful, as would maximum daily rainfall but these require precision and reliable bucket wangling from all stations all of the time. I think not!
If anybod…