He points out that there are several small areas nearly twice as wet as Seathwaite, and suggests that the common error has lasted so long because meteorological literature has not provided definite figures to disprove it.
This lack of precise information has been due to the lack of rain gauges near the summits of the highest mountains in the four wettest areas over which the average annual rainfall exceeds inches—areas in Snowdonia, the English Lake District, on Ben Nevis, and at the head of the River Garry in the western highlands of Scotland.
Glasspoole considers that in the light of records now available and a study of the relationship between average rainfall and the configuration of the land, estimates can be made of the maximum rainfall in each of the four areas.
In Snowdonia we have Glaslyn, at 2, feet, with inches, which is probably a little less than the figure for the summit, only about yards away. In the Lake District it is thought that inches is not exceeded in the wettest area, which includes Scafell and Scafell Pikes, while Ben Nevis, in spite of its greater elevation, is more isolated and in consequence offers less obstruction to the moisture-bearing winds, and its summit has a rainfall estimated at only about inches.
At the head of the River Garry, however, the fall on Sgurr na Ciche is thought to be comparable with that of the summit of Snowdon over a small area, namely, about inches, compared with the inches of Seathwaite Farm, which last is not even the wettest habitation in Great Britain.
The data covers climate in the cities over 30 a year period from Filtering it by the number of days per year with rain, on average, produces a slightly different set of results. By this measure, Glasgow is the rainiest city in the UK with rainfall experienced almost half the year — a miserable In terms of regions, the southwest wins the prize for the wettest area of the UK, followed by the south east and then the north west.
The Met Office has issued warnings for rain for this weekend covering the southwest of England, reinforcing the fact it is, in fact, a very soggy region. UK weather: Met Office warns of thunderstorms. UK's wettest towns and cities mapped - and it's not Manchester! Cardiff wins the top spot for soggiest city in the UK Image: Getty. The top 20 rainy cities and towns in the UK Image: Getty. However, when it comes to rainy days, Aberdeen beats High Wycombe by one extra day, with Aberdeen averaging Coventry follows behind with 66mm of rainfall each month in 16th place.
Both of these cities can expect almost 11 days of rainfall each month on average. In fact, residents of the South Western city of Bristol can expect an average of With 66mm of rain each month, Eastbourne comes in 17th. Following closely behind with 65mm of rainfall is Exeter and Southampton. Our research can reveal that Exeter averages around Residents in the East Sussex town can expect 63mm of rainfall each month — 33mm less than Cardiff in first place — and an average of 9.
In second place with four cities making up the top 20 is the South East of England.
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