Tuesdays are the wettest day of the week
It rains more on a Tuesday than any other day of the week, it has been revealed.Rain analysts from The University of Manchester have looked at data from the past 110 years, to work out when it rains most.
While Tuesday was found to be the wettest day of the week, it was closely followed by Sunday. Worryingly Saturdays were also found to have been getting wetter in recent years.
Finding that Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays were the driest days will also be presented at Manchester Science Festival 2009.
While we are not quite convinced by this research (whenever we are at work on a Tuesday it seems to be sunny out) I think with might have our umbrellas at the ready next week just to be sure.
Atmospheric scientist Dr Andy Russell said: "As a scientist I want to test the old theory that it rains more at the weekend, not only because rainy weekends ruin your social life, but to see whether cars, factories and industry, which are much more active during the week, affect our weather patterns.
"These preliminary results are extremely interesting, although we need to do further work to assess how widespread this pattern is and the reasons behind it."
LINKS
The University of Manchester
Manchester Science Festival 2009
"These preliminary results are extremely interesting, although we need to do further work to assess how widespread this pattern is and the reasons behind it."
LINKS
The University of Manchester
Manchester Science Festival 2009
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