Durham’s Driest Year – 1989
Has the dry Spring happened before? After the phenomenally dry Spring this year, you might wonder whether this has happened before, and what was Durham’s driest year on record? Normal yearly rainfall in Durham (based on the 1991-2020 climatic mean) is around the 680mm mark. Spaced out evenly over the year, that is about 57 mm per month. But, it …