Rainfall Statistics

[dbozkurt]

Hi there

Does anybody know where you can get rain statistics that is not going to cost me £250 a shot. I tried the Met Office unless I wanted it for a school project thats what it was going to cost me.

What I would like is historical data for Benbecula and Stornoway and current data. The weather is very wet up here the last couple of months and since I can not get out much with my camera because of the weather and the dark, I need something else as a hobby and I also love the weather.

I once did this in Surrey where I used to live but our local water company kept daily rainfall figures on the internet.

Somebody suggested SEPA, any other thoughts.

Thanking you inadvance

Debbie

[eeyore]

hi debbie

this is the current data for benbecula


i got this here Weather at Benbecula Airport (BEB): Weather and Climate in Benbecula Area, Scotland, UK you might want to contact them and ask if they have past records also

[Dennis1234567]

Sun, rain and temps from 1873 -2006 in Stornoway (yearly figures)
http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/...rnowaydata.txt

[dbozkurt]

Thanks Dennis thats great, missed that page when looking at the met office. Sorry to be greedy but does anyone know where I can get Benbecula rainfall too?

Debbie

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by dbozkurt

Thanks Dennis thats great, missed that page when looking at the met office. Sorry to be greedy but does anyone know where I can get Benbecula rainfall too?

Debbie

if you read my post above you will see that you already have the benbecula data

[dbozkurt]

Sorry eeyore but I think the information quoted in the website was the average rainfall in mm, as its already showing figures for November and December, I also checked against another site and certainly it was quite dry in the islands for July and August. I have found the link very helpful though and my other half actually works at Benbecula Airport so I might see if he can obtain any figures from the tower. I have found when trying to find data personal weather stations on line very confusing as they are not so well controlled as met office data stations, but I think Benbecula Airport is regulated by the met.

Thanks again

Debs

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Originally Posted by dbozkurt

Hi there

Does anybody know where you can get rain statistics that is not going to cost me £250 a shot. I tried the Met Office unless I wanted it for a school project thats what it was going to cost me.

What I would like is historical data for Benbecula and Stornoway and current data. The weather is very wet up here the last couple of months and since I can not get out much with my camera because of the weather and the dark, I need something else as a hobby and I also love the weather.

I once did this in Surrey where I used to live but our local water company kept daily rainfall figures on the internet.

Somebody suggested SEPA, any other thoughts.

Thanking you inadvance

Debbie

Try floodwarn, they have links to lots of live data and rain gauges. Best of all its free.

[larachmor]

I run my own weather station - started as a hobby, but it is now an official Met Office Station - not Benbecula I'm afraid - I'm based in the Cairngorms National Park....... all data is freely available going back to Jan 2001

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