HIGHEST DAILY RAINFALLS FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR
mm inches
JANUARY 238.4 9.39 Loch Sloy main adit Strathclyde 17 January 1974
FEBRUARY 196.6 7.74 Ben Nevis Highland 6 February 1894
MARCH 164.3 6.47 Glen Etive Highland 26 March 1968
APRIL 182.1 7.17 Seathwaite Cumbria 22 April 1970
MAY 172.2 6.78 Seathwaite Cumbria 8 May 1884
193* 7.60* Walshaw Dean Lodge West Yorkshire 19 May 1989
JUNE 242.8 9.56 Bruton Somerset 28 June 1917
JULY 279.4 11.00 Martinstown Dorset 18 July 1955
AUGUST 238.8 9.40 Cannington Somerset 18 August 1924
SEPTEMBER 190.7 7.51 West Stourmouth Kent 20 September 1973
OCTOBER 208.3 8.20 Loch Avoich Highland 11 October 1916
NOVEMBER 211.1 8.31 Lluest Wen Reservoir Rhondda 11 November 1929
DECEMBER 199.1 7.84 Dalness Highland 17 December 1966
* Approximate value
SOME EXTREME RAINFALLS FOR SPECIFIED SHORT DURATIONS IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1870 TO DATE
* Asterisk denotes approximate value
DURATION IN AMOUNT OF LOCATION COUNTY DATE
MINUTES RAIN (mm)
5 32* Preston Lancashire 10 August 1893
10 45 Carlton-
12 51 Wisbech Cambridgeshire 27 June 1970
15 56 Bolton Greater Manchester 18 July 1964
20 63 Sidcup Kent 5 September 1958
20 63 Hindolveston Norfolk 11 July 1959
25 67 Pershore Worcestershire 11 June 1970
30 80 Eskdalemuir Dumfries & Galloway 26 June 1953
45 97 Orra Beg Antrim 1 August 1980
60 92 Maidenhead Berkshire 12 July 1901
75 102 Wisley Surrey 16 July 1947
75 95 Ilkley North Yorkshire 12 July 1900
90 117 Dunsop Valley Lancashire 8 August 1967
90 111 Miserden Gloucestershire 10 June 1970
100 116 West Wickham Greater London 22 July 1934
105 116 Sevenoaks Kent 25 June 1980
120 131 Knockholt Kent 5 September 1958
120 155 Hewenden Reservoir West Yorkshire 11 June 1956
120 193* Walshaw Dean Lodge West Yorkshire 19 May 1989
155 169 Hampstead Greater London 14 August 1975
180 178 Horncastle Lincolnshire 7 October 1960