Recent rainfall totals

Rain has continued to cause disruption across parts of the UK, with overnight rain adding to significant totals over the past few days.

The wettest place in the UK (and Scotland) since the heavy rainfall began on 19^th December to 6am this morning has been Tyndrum in Perthshire, with 155.0 mm of rain.

Cardinham near Bodmin, Cornwall, is the wettest place in England with 128.8 mm of rain and the wettest place in Wales has been Mumbles Head, West Glamorgan, with 107.0 mm of rain.

Ballypatrick Forest in Antrim has been the wettest place in Northern Ireland, with 89.0 mm of rain.

Some areas have exceeded their full-month December average since the 19^th – such as Plymouth, Devon, which has seen 128.8mm of rain compared to a December average of 118.8 mm.

Below is a table of the wettest places in the UK from 0000 HRS on 19th December to 0600 HRS today, 24th December. The final column shows the monthly average for December, clearly showing some places have exceeded their monthly totals:

SITE NAME	AREA	PRECIP AMOUNT(mm)	DEC AVG(mm)
TYNDRUM	PERTHSHIRE	155.0	300.9
CARDINHAM	CORNWALL	128.8	155.1
PLYMOUTH	DEVON	127.4	118.8
LISCOMBE	SOMERSET	125.2	171.2
OKEHAMPTON	DEVON	115.0	184.2
MUMBLES HEAD	WEST GLAMORGAN	107.0	110.3
TREDEGAR	GWENT	102.2	169.0
CARDIFF, BUTE PARK	SOUTH GLAMORGAN	97.0	125.3
SENNYBRIDGE NO 2	POWYS	96.2	179.5
ST ATHAN	SOUTH GLAMORGAN	93.2	122.4
DYCE	ABERDEENSHIRE	92.4	76.1
CARTERHOUSE	ROXBURGHSHIRE	92.4	132.0
CRAIBSTONE	ABERDEENSHIRE	92.0	79.8
BALLYPATRICK FOREST	ANTRIM	89.0	133.9

There is more unsettled weather to come this week, so for the latest information keep up to date with our forecasts and warnings.