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PRECIPITATION IN THE BRITISH ISLES: AN ANALYSIS OF AREA‐AVERAGE DATA UPDATED TO 1995
Author(s) -
JONES P. D.,
CONWAY D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(19970330)17:4<427::aid-joc139>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - precipitation , climatology , northern ireland , environmental science , geography , meteorology , history , geology , ethnology
This paper updates precipitation series for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for 1990 to 1995. A new precipitation series for the whole of Ireland for 1840 to 1995 is developed. Recent changes in seasonal precipitation totals in all three regions are discussed. In all regions, recent precipitation in winter (DJF) has increased and summer (JJA) precipitation has decreased. This trend is most evident in Scotland, where the November to April total for 1986 to 1995 is 30 per cent more than corresponding values in 1951 to 1980. For England and Wales the 1995 summer was the driest on record, with 7 mm less rainfall than in 1976, the previous driest summer. Over Scotland and Ireland the 1995 summer was also dry but not as exceptional. © 1997 by the Royal Meteorological Society. Int. J. Climatol. 17, 427–438 (1997).