In the first quarter of 2021, average rainfall in the United Kingdom was 36.3 millimeters more than than the ten year mean (2002 to 2011). Rainfall in the following quarter was 129 millimeters less than the ten-year mean, and the biggest negative deviation since 2016.
Quarterly change in rainfall compared to ten year mean in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021
(in millimeters)
Average rainfall deviation based on 10 year mean from 2002 to 2011.
* Data is provisional
Prior to 2016 data was published by Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, the department was remodeled into Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), which has since published the data.
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (January 27, 2022). Quarterly change in rainfall compared to ten year mean in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021 (in millimeters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322819/quarterly-change-in-rainfall-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Quarterly change in rainfall compared to ten year mean in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021 (in millimeters)." Chart. January 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322819/quarterly-change-in-rainfall-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2022). Quarterly change in rainfall compared to ten year mean in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021 (in millimeters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322819/quarterly-change-in-rainfall-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Quarterly Change in Rainfall Compared to Ten Year Mean in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2010 to 2021 (in Millimeters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322819/quarterly-change-in-rainfall-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Quarterly change in rainfall compared to ten year mean in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2021 (in millimeters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322819/quarterly-change-in-rainfall-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 19, 2022)