A Met Office spokeswoman, Helen Chivers, said Britain's geographical position meant that "we get rainfall before anyone else in Europe" and because Britain gets the storms first, "they are sometimes the strongest".
Steep in Scottish history for five minutes and you realize that all this breathtaking greenery has been watered with more blood than Hawaii gets rainfall in a year.
Ironic, because local news stated that it was the first time in weeks that the beach city was projected to get rainfall, much less the 11-20 mph average winds and thunderstorm that came with it.
Mist the area with water if your area does not get rainfall during that time.
"If you have rainfall, you have got to get it out.
The Loing River, a tributary of the Seine, has risen to levels not seen since 1910, and the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, got more rainfall last month than in any May since 1960.
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"Some locations near the equator get more rainfall than normal during El Niño, while others have reduced rainfall," he said.
The leeward side (northern face) of the mountains receives less rain while the southern slopes, well-exposed to the monsoon, get heavy rainfall.
Even if we get normal rainfall for the rest of the season, this year's mountain snow pack -- which melts to feed our reservoirs in spring and summer -- will be at 50 to 70percentt of normal.
