May - July Wettest On Record In UK - And July's Not Even Over Yet - Guardian

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The three months from May to July have been the wettest on record even before July is over, the Met Office has revealed.

Figures show that 387.6mm of rain have already fallen across England and Wales, making it the wettest May to July since records began in 1766.

The figures will come as no surprise to the thousands of people who have been forced from their homes by the recent devastating floods - the worst in modern times. The total rainfall was 208% higher than the average for May to July, forecasters said.

The extreme rainfall in June, where 103.1mm of rain fell at Fylingdales in North Yorkshire in a 24 hour period between June 24 and 25, was followed by a similar deluge in July when Pershore College in Worcestershire saw 120.8mm of rain fall on July 20. Both downpours resulted in extensive flooding across much of England and Wales.

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1. A sign of what's to come.

The latest news on weather patterns says that the cloud layers are pulling away from the equators and moving toward the poles (both north + south). So countries closer to the equator will fry, and countries further north will be flooded.

Cliss prediction: give it another year or two, and the "anti-global warming" voices will shut up like clams. We'll be working together to solve this mess.