Met Office - September 2014 Likely Driest On Record For UK
Early Met Office figures have suggested this is going to be the driest September since 1910, with ‘exceptionally low’ rainfall and the month featuring among the top five warmest on record.
The UK has received 19.4 mm of rain – just 20% of the normal amount of rainfall – breaking the former driest record of 23.8 mm in 1959. Northern Ireland has been the driest region, with just 6.5 mm of rain, while Scotland was the wettest with 33.3mm of rain. Nevertheless, this is set to be the second driest September on record for Scotland.
This is also the joint fourth warmest September on record, with mean temperatures of nearly 14C – 1.2C above the long-term average, thanks to an area of high pressure that has dominated the country over the month.
Forecaster Peter Sloss from the BBC Weather Centre explained that October should see wetter and colder weather.
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http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/09/30/uk-set-for-driest-september-on-record/
