A hundred and eighty-four millimetres, against a previous record of one fifty-one
The figure
A hundred and eighty-four millimetres, against a nineteen-year mean of eighty-one and a previous maximum of a hundred and fifty-one.
What it is not
Evidence about anything beyond this garden. Nineteen years is short and one gauge is one gauge, and both caveats matter.
What it is
The only continuous local record. The nearest official station is eleven miles away and reads differently in most months.
