Cumbria experiences very wet August according to data

According to data compiled by Starling Roost Weather, which collates records from Environment Agency weather stations and maps them, places such as Honister have had 904.4mm of rain from August 1 to the time of writing (August 29). 

UK rainfall according to the Starlings Roost data (Image: Starlings Roost)

Other places in Cumbria that have had more than 450mm of rain are: 

• Seathwaite Farm (745.8mm)
• Ennerdale (514.8mm)
• Mickleden Middle Fell Farm (506.8mm)
• Brotherswater (483.9mm)
• Force Crag (475.6mm) 

Honister Pass received over 100mm in six hours on the morning of August 22.

Outside of the Lake District, Watchgate, which is near Kendal, recorded 223.6mm. Palace Nook, near Barrow, recorded 147.2mm. Summergrove, between Whitehaven and Cleator Moor indicated 292.5mm, and Willow Holme which is near the centre of Carlisle registered 107.8mm. 

A close up of weather stations in Cumbria (Image: Starlings Roost)

According to the Met Office the average rainfall in the UK for July, which was the last complete month, was 82.4mm.  The Starling Roost data suggests that many places in other parts of England received less than 20mm of rainfall in August. 

Even in famously wet Greater Manchester the highest recorded rainfall was in Sweetloves, near Bolton, registering 97.6mm of rain this month - far below many parts of Cumbria. 

Six out of the top 10 English weather stations for total rainfall during August were in Cumbria (Image: Starlings Roost)

Much of the rain has come from Storm Lilian which left Fell Foot park, normally a popular spot for the summer tourists looking to enjoy the southern shores of Windermere, underwater.

The storm blew through the region last Friday (August 23) causing disruption to the road and rail network. 

Lilian was the twelfth named storm of this storm naming season which runs from September through to the following September. This is the furthest through the list of names the western European storm naming group has got so far since the current format started in 2015 with the UK, Irish and Dutch meteorological offices now working together to name storms.