Hadley Centre: Precipitation data

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England and Wales precipitation

Annual and monthly precipitation

The monthly time series of England and Wales total precipitation begins in 1766. The series is currently based on weighted averages of daily observations from a network of stations in five regions. It is the longest instrumental series of this kind in the world, and differs from the England and Wales Rainfall series produced by the National Climate Information Centre, which uses all available data since 1914. View the lastest Annual and Seasonal anomalies.
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Daily precipitation

	Daily England and Wales precipitation totals are based on daily weighted totals from a network of stations within each of five England and Wales regions. Provisional daily totals are available with a two-day time lag on request. A full quality control is performed on the 5th of each subsequent month, allowing monthly totals to be updated.
Image is updated monthly

References

Alexander, L.V. and Jones, P.D., 2001: Updated precipitation series for the U.K. and discussion of recent extremes. Atmospheric Science Letters doi:10.1006/asle.2001.0025.
Wigley, T. M. L., J. M. Lough and P. D. Jones, 1984: Spatial patterns of precipitation in England and Wales and a revised homogeneous England and Wales precipitation series, J Climatol, 4, 1-25.
Wigley, T. M. L. and P. D. Jones, 1987: England and Wales precipitation: a discussion of recent changes in variability and an update to 1985, J Climatol, 7, 231-246.
Gregory J. M., P. D. Jones and T. M. L. Wigley, 1991: Precipitation in Britain: an analysis of area-average data updated to 1989, Int J Climatol, 11, 331-345.
Jones, P. D. and D. Conway, 1997: Precipitation in the British Isles: an analysis of area-average data updated to 1995, Int J Climatol, 17, 427-438.

Hadley Centre contact

All queries about the dataset should be directed to climat@metoffice.gov.uk.