We hadn't really had the heat which powered this storm, in fact the day before barely reached 13C so it was a bit unfair to be hit by almost 30mm in less than an hour!
Thunder rumbled to the North and West for most of an hour before the rain and hail hit at about 5pm
Peak rain rate was an astonishing new calculated record of 1080mm/hour!
Roof guttering and drains were swamped and water cascaded everywhere for several minutes but luckily it ended as quickly as it began so the river only rose to a modest level and no major damage was caused.
It was rather similar to the June 2005 event which devastated Bilsdale and Hawnby after droppng well over 6" over a couple of hours.
Westerdale had a similar 30mm in that storm too.
