Rainfall

Readings taken by Graham Pond at Sea Lane, Ferring - inches

Inches	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
January	0.71	4.56	3.13	3.37	3.87	1.52	0.99	2.58	4.87
February	2.06	3.17	4.13	1.51	0.86	0.68	1.96	4.15	1.14
March	0.70	5.27	2.02	1.20	1.86	1.78	1.98	1.74	2.80
April	4.16	2.37	0.74	1.19	2.16	1.64	1.11	0.06	2.01
May	4.36	0.67	3.54	1.15	0.86	1.55	3.36	3.47	3.30
June	0.71	0.51	3.90	1.24	1.41	0.67	0.41	3.30	1.21
July	3.34	1.65	1.97	2.24	1.85	2.02	0.97	4.00
August	1.36	2.55	2.23	1.00	2.89	2.11	2.03	0.96
September	4.84	3.24	0.93	0.03	1.64	2.14	3.06	0.63
October	9.75	5.01	2.71	2.44	4.72	3.73	4.53	2.02
November	6.63	1.11	6.39	5.10	1.17	2.10	3.59	3.38
December	5.39	1.39	5.11	4.24	2.76	2.13	3.84	2.37
Totals	44.01	31.50	36.80	24.71	23.05	22.06	27.83	28.66
Equiv mm	1118	800	935	628	586	562	707	728
The wettest months are October, November, December The dryest month is June. The figures are rather less than other seaside places.

The readings are taken each day around 9am in his garden at Sea Lane Ferring by Graham Pond. Graham started taking measurements at East Preston in 1963 and since then has had a great interest in all things climatical.

The measurements shown here are in inches. If you are eager to climb into the 21st Century then one inch = 25.4mm

30 Year Average figures are taken at Bognor.
Max Temp - 13.7 deg C
Min Temp - 7.7 deg C
Days of air frost - 24 days
Sunshine - 1902.9 hours
Days of Rain fall - 110
Rainfall - 717.4 mm
Bognor is the dryest place in the UK where measurements are taken.
Figures are taken from the Met Office website

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