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Since his teenage years, John Hale has been interested in Meteorology and has taken daily readings at home. Initially these consisted of many different readings of temperature observed from a variety of thermometers located in the Stevenson Screen which, with his father’s help, he constructed in the 1950s (see photo), together with other observations such as wind speed and direction - and most importantly rainfall.
Still using his Met Office approved 5 inch Snowdon rain gauge (made by Negretti & Zambra), since moving to Dorset in 2002 John has continued to record precipitation on a daily basis and his later records (from 2011) can be accessed below on this page, together with the graphic above showing Annual Rainfall.
Year
Inches
Millimetres
Max in a day
2003
31.91
810.51
1.27
32.26
2004
32.02
813.31
1.27
32.26
2005
28.34
719.84
1.13
28.70
2006
32.88
835.15
1.04
26.42
2007
38.15
969.01
1.64
41.66
2008
34.37
873.00
1.21
30.73
2009
38.85
986.79
1.41
35.81
2010
30.92
785.37
1.73
43.94
2011
27.98
710.69
1.23
31.24
2012
47.50
1206.50
2.10
53.34
2013
35.57
903.48
1.73
43.94
2014
48.06
1220.72
1.22
30.99
2015
33.30
845.82
1.17
29.72
2016
33.04
839.22
1.58
40.13
2017
32.30
820.42
1.12
28.45
2018
33.27
845.06
1.10
27.94
2019
39.59
1005.59
1.82
46.23
2020
39.56
1004.82
1.94
49.28
2021
33.14
841.76
2.59
65.79
2022
30.56
776.22
1.68
42.67
2023
46.89
1191.01
1.61
40.89
2024
0.00
0.00
Annual Rainfall in Numbers
Annual Rainfall in Numbers
Daily Rainfall for each Year
Interpretation Notes for above tables
Daily Readings in Bold are maximum for month
Tr = Trace = Observed non-measurable precipitation
Daily Readings with a cyan background colour
= precipitation all or in part as snow
= precipitation all or in part as snow
Click year above to open its PDF table
Note: The current year’s table is updated monthly
or occasionally at times of exceptional Rainfall
Note: The current year’s table is updated monthly
or occasionally at times of exceptional Rainfall
Most Rainfall Recorded in a 24 Hour Period (since records started in 2003):
2.59 inches (= 65.79 mm) on 12th July 2021
2.59 inches (= 65.79 mm) on 12th July 2021