In February there was 101mm of rain. There were 17 days without rain. The wettest day was Monday 25th February with 21mm.

In January there was 274mm of rain. There were 12 days without rain. The wettest day was 21st January with 45mm.
(Thanks to Mr Blake of Ghyll Bank for these figures – there was a technical hitch with our usual source).

Rainfall in 2008 facts:-
In 2008, there was £1459 mm of rain.
The driest month was April with 36mm of rain.
There were 177 days with no rain at all.
The wettest day of the year was 28th December with 42mls.

In December there was 200mm of rain. There were 12 days without rain. The wettest day was 28th December, with 42mm.

In November there was 135mm of rain (more than twice as much as in October). There were 12 days without rain. There were two wettest days, both with 24mm – Sunday 17th and Wednesday 28th.

In September there was 122mm of rain. There were 19 days without rain. The wettest day was Monday 27 September with 37mm.

In October there was 67mm of rain. There were 21 days without rain. The wettest day was Sunday 28 October with 22mm.

In August there was 82mm of rain (much down on the previous two months).
There were 18 days without rain. The wettest day was Saturday 4 August with 15mm.

In July there was 135mm of rain (even more than June).
There were 11 days without rain. The wettest day was Sunday 1st July with 22mm.

In June there was 123mm of rain (compared with 92mm in May).

There were 13 days without rain. The wettest day was Wednesday 13th, when 23mm fell.

In May, there were 92mm of rain, with the maximum amount being 12mm on Wednesday 16 May. There were 15 days without rain.

In April there were 36mm of rain (about two thirds of this fell in one day, Monday 23 April). There were 23 days without rain. This compared with 164mm in March.

The figures from the rain guage in Tich and Madeleine's garden at Cherry Cottage show that in March there were 164mm of rain.

There were 15 days with no rain at all. But on Sunday 4, Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 March there was 72mm of rainfall, only a fraction less than in the whole of February.