Madam, readers who keep an eye on the Ross Weather Station reports may have noticed April was pretty wet.

Because our reports run from Monday to Sunday it can sometimes be difficult to keep tabs on the information, but if their impression was that it was raining every time they went out they weren't far wrong. There were only five dry days and the total rainfall of 184.9mm (over seven inches) made this the wettest April since 1930.

The Met Office has records for Ross going back to the 1850s thanks to Henry Southall, Fred Parsons and all the weather reporters, such as June Swallow, from when the Weather Station was re-opened in 1985. The second wettest April was in 2000 (172mm) and the third wettest was in 1998 (122mm).

March was very dry with only 12.9mm (half an inch) but surprisingly only the 6th driest from 1930 with March 1938 and March 1961 recording almost no rain at all.

That's British weather for you!

Dr Andrew Rogers

Observer In Charge

Ross Weather Station