A breathtakingly awful total of 232.8mm here compared to an average of 70mm 🤢
Only 1876 was wetter when 238mm was recorded at the obervatory in Old Aberdeen. The total of 537.4mm for the final quarter would appear to be a record 🤢
Annual total reached a preposterous 1118.4mm and the only unequivocally wetter year on record was 1872.
A full list of all the other years when 1000mm was recorded within the city boundaries
1872: 1238 (Seafield Cottage), 1101 (Old Aberdeen)
1923: 1122 (Craibstone), 1081 (Parkhill House), 1079 (Cranford House)
2002: 1089 (Dyce)
1877: 1064 (Grammar School), 1034 (Old Aberdeen)
1984: 1055 (Craigiebuckler), 1054 (Dyce)
1903: 1016 (Cranford House)
1951: 1013 (Craibstone)
1924: 1012 (Cranford House), 1005 (Craibstone)
1876: 1003 (Grammar School)
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Aberdeen: The only place that misses out on everything
2023 - The Year that's Constantly Worse than a Bad November
2024 - 2023 without the Good Bits