Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research
Foot and Mouth Disease in Livestock and Reduced Cryptosporidiosis in Humans, England and Wales
William J. Smerdon*, Tom Nichols*, Rachel M. Chalmers†, Hilary Heine*, and Mark Reacher*
Table 6
Monthly precipitation values (mm), England and Wales, 1991–2001a
| Month | Approx wks | Yr |
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 1961–90 mean | ||
| Jan |
1–4 |
97.5 |
48.7 |
115.3 |
131 |
162.6 |
65.9 |
16.4 |
121.2 |
127.7 |
46.5 |
84.4 |
91.0 |
| Feb |
5–8 |
64.3 |
44.8 |
13.8 |
85.2 |
114.8 |
83.3 |
115.9 |
20.1 |
49.1 |
95.1 |
105.3 |
65.0 |
| Mar |
9–13 |
74.3 |
82.2 |
26.6 |
94.0 |
70.6 |
43.2 |
30.7 |
88.0 |
69.6 |
32.7 |
107.5 |
74.0 |
| Apr |
14–17 |
70.9 |
75.9 |
94.8 |
76.3 |
28.1 |
51.0 |
24.6 |
132.6 |
76.3 |
142.6 |
100.0 |
61.0 |
| May |
18–21 |
13.6 |
51.4 |
89.3 |
71.1 |
48.5 |
58.4 |
72.8 |
35.4 |
55.5 |
98.0 |
42.1 |
65.0 |
| Jun |
22–26 |
103.0 |
38.0 |
68.6 |
36.1 |
20.2 |
29.6 |
136.7 |
119.8 |
89.2 |
43.0 |
44.4 |
65.0 |
| Jan–June mean |
1–26 |
70.6 |
56.8 |
68.1 |
82.3 |
74.1 |
55.2 |
66.2 |
86.2 |
77.9 |
76.3 |
80.6 |
70.2 |
| Jul |
27–30 |
70.7 |
89.7 |
88.6 |
45.0 |
37.6 |
43.6 |
45.9 |
56.5 |
26.1 |
63.8 |
73.2 |
62.0 |
| Aug |
31–35 |
27.8 |
134.6 |
54.4 |
75.7 |
9.1 |
79.9 |
104.0 |
47.2 |
115.8 |
65.9 |
86.3 |
77.0 |
| Sep |
36–39 |
64.9 |
96.9 |
119.6 |
106.2 |
123.3 |
34.0 |
34.3 |
102.1 |
120.6 |
132.6 |
82.9 |
78.0 |
| Oct |
40–43 |
72.1 |
90.5 |
94.4 |
103.5 |
52.0 |
87.8 |
72.3 |
154.7 |
86.5 |
188.0 |
135.4 |
87.0 |
| Nov |
44–48 |
93.4 |
148.5 |
75.9 |
87.9 |
82.8 |
134.3 |
122.1 |
88.8 |
67.3 |
182.1 |
65.1 |
92.0 |
| Dec |
49–52 |
49.3 |
78.6 |
172.0 |
138.0 |
91.1 |
55.5 |
108.5 |
96.8 |
142.4 |
137.2 |
43.5 |
95.0 |
| Jul–Dec mean |
27–52 |
63.0 |
106.5 |
100.8 |
92.7 |
66.0 |
72.5 |
81.2 |
91.0 |
93.1 |
128.3 |
81.1 |
81.8 |
| Annual mean | 1–52 | 66.8 | 81.7 | 84.4 | 87.5 | 70.1 | 63.9 | 73.7 | 88.6 | 85.5 | 102.3 | 80.8 | 76.0 |
aIncluding the 1961–1990 mean. Source, University of East Anglia (16).
