Driest Start Since 1976? No, 2010 Was Drier

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By Paul Homewood

The period between January and June this year was the driest in England since 1976, the Met Office has said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62303330

I have already pointed out that both 1996 and 2010 had drier starts to the year than this year. The BBC, of course, produced the above chart for England & Wales, so I assumed the reference to England was a typo. It turns out, however, that 2010 had a drier start for England & Wales, as well as just England:

2022 : 319.1mm

2010 : 305.1mm

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/pub/data/weather/uk/climate/datasets/Rainfall/date/England_and_Wales.txt

Of course, a headline that says “Driest Start Since 2010” does not really have the same ring to it!

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JULY 27, 2022