September 1951–Wet & Windy

By Paul Homewood

   Last month was pretty uneventful, pleasantly warm for the most part, with a couple of hot days thrown in. Not dissimilar in fact to September 1941.

The September of 1951 however was marked by frequent storms:

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https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/IO_6c22464c-2432-4922-994a-e5b843939817/

The daily record rainfall in Oxford has only been exceeded once since, in 1968.

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October 2, 2021 at 06:24AM

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