June rainfall

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- 28/06/2012 at 1:39 pm #52270
  TF_JohnH
  As I type this we are in the midst of a thunderstorm with heavy rain. 3 days ago my weatherman told me its the 3rd wettest June on record, 2007 was the worst when many parts of this region were underwater. This follows a very wet May and the wettest April on record!! I can cast my mind back to the first festival of the year at Whiteacres in March when it was mid 20s and sunny.
  Just what is going on? We had almost no rain all winter.
  The poor farmers just wont know which season its supposed to be.
- 28/06/2012 at 1:54 pm #160163
  TF_gazer
  sod the rain we have just had hail as big as the ice cubes i only normaly see in my vodka glad i was inside it looked dangerous
- 28/06/2012 at 5:04 pm #160165
  TF_GLEBE1
  @gazer wrote:
  
  sod the rain we have just had hail as big as the ice cubes i only normaly see in my vodka glad i was inside it looked dangerous
  
  Same here in Sunny Leicester!!
  We spent an hour bailing water out of our workshop and when the storm passed EVERY car in the carpark was peppered with dents from hailstones the size of walnuts including one of the lads brand new Beamer!!
  No one I’ve spoken to has ever seen anything like it
- 29/06/2012 at 8:08 am #160185
  TF_JohnH
  This happened to a friend last year on holiday in France, the dents can be repaired quite cheaply.
- 29/06/2012 at 9:49 am #160188
  TF_Waveney One
  @JohnH wrote:
  
  Just what is going on? We had almost no rain all winter.
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  No rain/hail/snow/frogs/cats/dogs or other precipitation here in sunny Suffolk yesterday.
  
  As to what is going on, it is just a normal year of British weather. Some years are hot/cold/cool or whatever, others dry/wet or average. That is why we get averages and occasionally records. As ‘records’ only go back a couple of hundreds years at most even breaking them is nothing special in terms of British weather over the years though perhaps they may seem exceptional in terms of lifetimes, especially short ones 🙂
- 30/06/2012 at 11:20 am #160214
  TF_Pedro
  Sorry fo anyones plight…but all this rain is sure making them Trent Whiskers ave a chew 🙂
  River wise we will be in fo a bumper summer if the current weather continues 😎
- 01/07/2012 at 8:29 pm #160246
  TF_freddy the frog
  :eek:i suppose were lucky down here the only worry we have is a hosepipe ban,its been a very wet june but apparently the wrong type of wet
- 02/07/2012 at 4:36 pm #160278
  TF_mick brov
  the wettest drought ive ever heard of.
- 03/07/2012 at 7:58 am #160299
  TF_JohnH
  Statistics show June was wettest for over 100 years, records started 1910. It was also the dullest. The three months April-June were also the wettest on record, not surprising as April was also the wettest month on record.
  Looks like July is picking up where June left off with no change in sight “for weeks” according to the BBC weather centre.
  Lets hope things pick up when the schools break up later this month.
  The only moan I have read about from farmers is the brocolli crop is suffering!!
- 03/07/2012 at 9:01 am #160301
  TF_orexina
  You fools……..its GLOBAL WARMING. We’re all going to die!!!!!
  
  But don’t worry I can save you all but you have to pay more green taxes.
  
  As said it looks good for the rivers though. The Bristol Avon has a good flow and colour so looking good for the National.
- 03/07/2012 at 9:51 am #160303
  TF_JohnH
  Of course if we all pay more green tax the Government will fix all of this, how silly of me!!
- 06/07/2012 at 12:11 pm #160402
  TF_JohnH
  July has certainly picked up where June left off. Its tipping it down here today with flooding forecast. I think some around us maybe having it worse than us. The rivers around here may be unsafe to fish this weekend.
  I was at Mallory yesterday and the ground is sodden, it was steamy hot until it tipped it down about 8 oclock.
- 06/07/2012 at 6:00 pm #160415
  TF_caster rob
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  Wettest start to a season I’ve ever known.
  
  Trent’s a right mess.
  
  Still haven’t needed to buy a rod-licence yet.
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