THERE was a once-in-a-generation storm which came complete with giant chunks of ice falling from the sky and a tornado to boot… followed by weeks of relentless rain.
And so it will come as little surprise that Jersey Met’s weather stations were working overtime in November – and one recorded the highest amount of rain in any month anywhere in the Island since records began.
Howard Davis Farm in Trinity measured 328.7mm during a month which saw almost daily rainfall.
Further south, however, the Maison St Louis Observatory in St Saviour – the main station used for recording rainfall – was slightly less wet, collecting 230.1mm.
Although impressive, it wasn’t enough to topple the record held by the thoroughly miserable November of 1910, when the Island was soaked by 266.4mm, and so last month is likely to be officially ranked as our second-wettest November on record.
Last month’s total was, however, almost twice the November average of 116.4mm.
The figures also revealed that this autumn, covering the period from 1 September to 30 November, was the mildest on record, with an average temperature of 15.4°C – 1.9°C above the seasonal norm.
It was the ninth wettest at Maison St Louis, with 401.4mm, but the wettest ever at Howard Davis Farm.
The soggiest autumn on record was in 1929, when 476mm of rain was recorded during the three-month period.
