Walton rainfall!!

[Leighb]

I was looking at the RNLI live weather this morning, and it appears that Walton has had a years rainfall this month!!! 7438.7 mm = about 24ins.

Has their system developed a decimal point error or is Walton under water?

 

[pvb]

Some say the RNLI's statistics are unreliable!

 

[Stork_III]

Looks distinctly odd. 7438.7mm is about 24 ft not ins!!!. From records page, highest daily rainfall was 39.35 ins on 6/12/15, highest in 1 hour 11.03 ins at 8.40 today. !!!! And Cumbria are worried about only 14 ins in 24 hours.:ambivalence:

 

[johnalison]

No wonder the tide's been so strong in the Wallet lately.

 

[Leighb]

Looks distinctly odd. 7438.7mm is about 24 ft not ins!!!. From records page, highest daily rainfall was 39.35 ins on 6/12/15, highest in 1 hour 11.03 ins at 8.40 today. !!!! And Cumbria are worried about only 14 ins in 24 hours.:ambivalence:

My bad. I meant feet. Still something very odd, the rest of the stats on the site look normal.

These things happen though. Earlier this year on the Harwich HA site their weather sensors were showing that the wind direction at Shotley was 180deg different to all the others. I eventually e-mailed them and pointed this out. Never had any acknowledgement, but not long afterwards it was corrected. :encouragement:

 

[dennyjc]

I was looking at the RNLI live weather this morning, and it appears that Walton has had a years rainfall this month!!! 7438.7 mm = about 24ins.

Ah ! My rainguage does a similar thing in strong winds
The wind shakes the 'tipping scale' used to measure the gathered rain
and falsely clocks up a huge phantom rainfall.
I've tried tethering the pole but can't completely stop it from happening.

 

[Gargleblaster]

Looks distinctly odd. 7438.7mm is about 24 ft not ins!!!.

24 feet is not unknown in some places in the world, although perhaps not on the East Coast of Britain. I remember arriving at Tabubil International Airport and seeing a sign saying 'Average Rainfall 8.1Metres'. 8.1 Metres is closer to 27 feet than 24 feet. It stopped raining for about 3 hours one afternoon {it was the dry season} while I was there and the electricity cut out as the hydroelectric generator didn't have enough water.

 

[Leighb]

It is now up to 8365 for the month!!

 

[johnalison]

24 feet is not unknown in some places in the world, although perhaps not on the East Coast of Britain. I remember arriving at Tabubil International Airport and seeing a sign saying 'Average Rainfall 8.1Metres'. 8.1 Metres is closer to 27 feet than 24 feet. It stopped raining for about 3 hours one afternoon {it was the dry season} while I was there and the electricity cut out as the hydroelectric generator didn't have enough water.

There was a lovely programme a few years ago about the wettest place on earth, which was in NE India. What was fun was that there were two villages, both competing for the title, and both busy trying to log the biggest annual fall. It did look very wet.