Gales, Heavy Rainfall, Floods–August 1971
September 3, 2021
By Paul Homewood
Probably the most extreme August in our series was that of 1971.
Much of northern England saw double the usual rainfall, and there were some extremely heavy rainfalls at times. Flooding was reported in many places as far apart as Bristol, Durham, Londonderry and York.
To cap it all, temperatures fell below freezing on the 8th in Lanarkshire:
https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk/IO_2b47d3ed-da1f-4046-a059-1f9b72ff9e95/
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
You see, extreme weather has been going on a long time and it’s all our fault. Gis yer money and you will feel better.
Paul, yesterday’s article “August 1961–Floods & Heatwaves” wouldn’t open for me, it said Error 404 Page not found!
I just opened it from the column on the right, Recent Posts!
Paul, where do you get historical rainfall data for Scotland from. I really would like to pinpoint the wet summer of 50 odd years ago that I remember. A site to download data would be finr.
Thanks
We’re having a serious drought in the far north of Scotland – second driest summer in 160 years according to local paper (Sutherland and Caithness). Wick River is dry. Some rain would be good.
Lanarkshire was frosty, I know I was there?