Yesterday (10th November) nearly 24mm of rain fell. This made it the wettest day of the year so far and the wettest day since November 19th last year. November ranks, on average, as the wettest month of the year in many parts of the country, but in the last 20 years, in this area, October has been a wetter month. A daily rainfall total of 24 mm in November is actually not uncommon here. It has occurred 4 times during the last 20 years, and 3 of those occasions have been during the last 8 years. On each of the last 3 very wet November days, more than 30 mm of rain have fallen. The wettest day was the 5th November 2000 with 33 mm of rain. The wettest day in the area from historic records appears to have been the 25th November 1938 when nearly 42mm of rain was measured.
