RAINFALL REPORT 
   

November’s total was 121.2mm, 70% more than average. Mild but overall dull for the first couple of weeks with significant rainfall on the 11th (22.9mm) and a very wet spell of 47.4mm on the 13th and 14th as a result of Spanish-named storm Claudia. It was cooler with a bit more in the way of sunshine after this. Frosty starts on the 20th and 21st and again on the 26th. December’s total was 101.4mm, so again quite a wet month at 40% more than average. 11.6mm on the 1st saw the month in with 24.8mm on the 5th. Our own storm Bram on the 8th and 9th was for us just quite windy with 13.6mm of rain. The wet weather continued (12.1mm on the 18th) until the 21st, but it was also noticeably colder and quite breezy with a north to north easterly wind. Some sunshine but mostly dull, including Christmas, but New Years Eve was a lovely winter’s day after a frosty start. 

    So 2025: certainly it will be remembered for the very dry and sunny spring and summer, this being accompanied by a number of heatwaves, and for the new records set. Overall rainfall was only down 20% on the yearly average, but a big seasonal variation with spring and summer down 75% on the average whilst autumn and winter was up 25% more than the average