Consecutive "Drought Days" (<0.2 mm) - up to and including 26th April 2025 (69 reports).
Date:
Report Type:
(from 01/01/2021 only)
24hr totals at 0600Z
Daily sum of 6hr totals
Rain Threshold: < mm
Min days to plot:

Dry spells
Inverbervie No 2 Since 16th Apr:
11 days
Dyce Since 18th Apr:
9 days
Redesdale Camp Since 19th Apr:
8 days
Tain Range
Eskdalemuir
Keswick
Walney Island
Carlisle
Shap
Warcop Range
Leeming
Bridlington Mrsc
Emley Moor No 2
Leconfield
Since 22nd Apr:
5 days
Kirkwall
Fylingdales
Waddington
Weybourne
Since 23rd Apr:
4 days
Fair Isle
Loch Glascarnoch
Aboyne No 2
Blackpool, Squires Gate
Hawarden Airport
Rostherne No 2
Nottingham, Watnall
Wittering
Holbeach No 2
Shobdon Airfield
Hereford, Credenhill
Pershore
Church Lawford
Bedford
Wattisham
Benson
Rothamsted
Andrewsfield
Shoeburyness, Landwick
Lyneham
Boscombe Down
Middle Wallop
London, St James's Park
Heathrow
Kenley Airfield
Isle Of Portland
Hurn
Wight: St Catherines Point
Thorney Island
Shoreham Airport
Tibenham Airfield
Since 24th Apr:
3 days
Crosby
Leek, Thorncliffe
Bingley, No 2
Northolt
Charlwood
Since 25th Apr:
2 days
Lossiemouth
Charterhall
Leuchars
Spadeadam No 2
Albemarle
Boulmer
Topcliffe
Wainfleet No 2
Marham
Jersey: Airport
Johnstown Castle
Shannon Airport
Gurteen
Mullingar
Ballyhaise
Since 26th Apr:
1 days


*MIDAS UK data available from 1853
*SYNOP data available from 2000

Data courtesy of MetOffice and OGIMET
OpenMIDAS Data - Met Office (2021): MIDAS Open: UK daily rainfall data, v202107. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 08 September 2021.


This map uses a combination of data sources to determine the number of consecutive "dry days" (using a user specified threshold of either less than 1.0mm/24h, 0.2mm/24h, or no measured rain at all). Dry spells are only plotted if all observations are present, if there are missing observations the dry spell will be terminated, even if following obs also are dry.

For dates before and including 31/12/2020, official quality controlled data from the National Climate Information Centre can be plotted for UK stations, from the OpenMIDAS dataset, should you select this option. Rainfall is typically measured at 08-09Z, and has been "thrown back" to the previous date. For sites in the other locations plotted on this display (Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man), either 24 hour totals reported at 06Z (thrown back to previous day), or sum of 00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z 6-hourly rainfall reports will be used. These are not quality controlled and are only available back as far as the year 2000.

For dates after 31/12/2020, data from the non-quality controlled SYNOP dataset will be used only.

Clicking on a station name opens a graph view for that station, which you can use to analyse the dry spell in more detail, and check to see if there are any missing observations either side of the calculated spell.


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