Glastonbury floods

Friday, June 24, 2005Pilton, Shepton Mallet, United Kingdom

rain 6am–9am52°F

Mild through the night near 62°F, cloud building toward dawn. The rain began about six in the morning and came hard, with thunder over the farm around nine and the air dropping into the 50s, then more heavy rain through the middle of the day that turned the fields to rivers. It eased after three. The late afternoon warmed toward 72° under breaking cloud, the evening grey and damp again.

Rain
0.94"
Humidity
91%
Wind
16 mph
Daylight
16.6 hrs
High / Low
70° / 59°F
Felt like
72° / 52°F
Snowfall
0.0"
Pressure
29.96 inHg
Gusting to
20 mph
Wind from
north
Sunrise / Sunset
4:55 am / 9:29 pm
Day's character
thunderstorms

Close to what instruments recorded. From the Bristol station, 16 mi away.

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