West Cornwall misses the rain (so far) Browner here than 2022

[Graham Easterling]

I've lost count of the number of days pulses of rain have moved north just to the east, mainly affecting east Cornwall & Devon, this summer. We've missed out almost completely. Today has been another example. Rain's been pluming north over east Cornwall & west Devon during the day, not a drop here.

This scenario was most notable in June, when much of Devon & Cornwall saw normal or above normal rainfall. Just 71% of the 1991-2020 norm in Penzance, even less at John Chappell's Lands End site. Just to the east Camborne 89%, 142% at Plymouth. 

MetO anomaly map for June managed to pick it up, dark brown on Scilly, where the desalination plant is working flat out.

June followed by 54% of normal rainfall in July, 6% so far this month. Currently, the driest summer in Penzance since 1996. With the wind, sun, high temperatures and predominantly sandy soils,  it's a bit of a desert out.

Graham

Penzance

[Graham Easterling]

No rain, back to warm sunshine today, reached 21.5C @ 14:00. Last 30 minutes a NE breeze has picked up knocking a degree off the temperature, and signs of some cloud approachng from the east.

Series of warm nights, last 5 nights minimum:- 18.1C, 17.4C, 17.0C, 17.3C, 17.7C. Helped by the SST now being >18C (18.6C Porthleven, 18.3C Penzance, 18.2C even out at St. Mary's Sound off Scilly) and a generally onshore wind. Offshore NE now.

Scilly 15:30

Graham

Penzance