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How much rain?

Figures for the staggering amount of rain that fell on the two counties on the 19/20 July.

More than six inches of rain - 157.4mm to be precise - fell on Pershore over the weekend of the July floods. You can see the official Met. Office figures for the whole of the region below the image:

Rianfall Map of England July 20 2007

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July 19 July 20 19/20 See (1)
Rainfall millimetres

Pershore College 36.6 120.8 157.4 >200 years

Great Malvern 18.6 88.3 106.9 163 years

Shobdon Airfield 14.6 55.4 70.0 19 years

Hereford Credenhill 19.0 50.4 69.4 20 years

(1) = estimated time in years until a similar event occurs.

Figures from Met. Office

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