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South Benfleet gets about 554 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 65 mm; driest March, 33 mm). That is 52% drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.9 km away. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Reference
HYRAIN_4045c832fa61c539f4d84ab000bdd41b03e778c4
Source
EA Hydrology archive
Coordinates
51.54111, 0.566422
County
Essex
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