The long-running England & Wales Precipitation [EWPEWP The England Wales Precipitation series began in 1766 and is the longest instrumental series of this kind in the world.] series began in 1766, and is the longest instrumental series of this kind in the world. It’s part of the HadUKP series of datasets of UKUK The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. regional precipitation. Here are five charts of seasonal and annual totals from 1766 to 2024. To each of them I’ve added a 10 year centred moving average, along with a linear trend from 1766 to 2024. Data for Autumn 2024 isn’t in yet, but I’ll update it when it has. Basically in the last 258 years precipitation across England and Wales:-
- Winters have got a much wetter up from 198 mm to 276 mm (+39.4%)
- Springs have got rather wetter up from 175 mm to 195 mm (+11.5%)
- Summers have got drier down from 245 mm to 212 mm (-13.6%)
- Winters have got a little drier down from 273 mm to 268 mm (-1.9%)
- Annually things have got wetter from 890 mm to 952 mm (+6.9%)
