Although forecasters last week said that the rainfall totals for the year were only average, the full figures released today(THUR) show that a total of 1081.5mm of rain fell in 2012 – the third highest figure since records began in 1894.
It was beaten only by the thoroughly miserable years of 1930, which recorded 1,095.6mm, and 1960, which saw a total of 1,107.8mm.
The figures also confirmed that Jersey’s famously high sunshine levels had a bad year too, with just 2,181.1 hours of sun being measured at Fort Regent, below the average of 2,209.7 hours.
