Here in Stafford it's been pretty crap since late September, last year - Rain interrupted by showery rain, with some light rain showers, but rain later.
There was one notably cold winter's day; mid December - I cycled to Stoke via the canal path and arrived as it began to snow (A "skiers folly" snow event).
Over the winter and early spring, the local Parkrun course was on the "B" route for about 3 months due to atypical flooding. I don't know the technical terms, but it was water "coming up", i.e. the water table was so high it caused a perpetual flood on the route.
The bike and walking routes were a bog for months (much longer than usual), then the undergrowth/overgrowth went mental.
Even now, where I'd expect Cannock Chase to be "blown out", it's "dry" but not "dry, dry" and it wont take many more days of rain (like yesterday) before the perma puddles form.
Been here about 8 years and never experienced such a cacky 12 months.
This summer has rarely been "hot" in comparisons to previous years and yes, there have been a (very) few dry weeks, but these have been book-ended with daily showers or outright downpours.
In my experience, its running up there with the 18 months of Autumn that was 2012/13.
Looking at 30 day forecast (yes, I know), it looks poor.
To the South East of Stafford is a low lying area I think is called Radford Meadows.
Over the winter it floods. This last winter and spring, it became an inland sea.
It took an extraordinarily long time to drain and, it seemed, there remained a small area flooded (or at least “very boggy”) up to about four weeks ago. Again, in our experience of Stafford, this seems unprecedented.
Basically, it’s been a cack summer. Really poop.
Posters in the South East clearly have had a very different experience, jammy gits.
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03 September 2024 13:01:31
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