Wettest day recorded since the summer - Met Office

The Met Office says the rainfall was short of records

Heavy downpours on Wednesday led to Guernsey's wettest day since last summer, the Met Office said.

The Guernsey Met Office said 33.3mm (1.3in) of rainfall was recorded in a 24-hour period at Guernsey Airport, a third of the island's 92mm (3.6mm) monthly average for January.

"We now stand at 148.1mm (5.83in) month to date," forecasters said, which was the wettest day since 23 August.

Guernsey Police warned islanders of flooding and said affected areas, including Route Des Safes in St Pierre Du Bois, were prone to floods.

The Met Office said most of the rain had fallen across a period of eight hours, between 08:00 and 16:00 GMT.

However "it was short of any records", it said.

"Wettest January day was in 2001 (35.8mm/1.41in) and the wettest day on record was in July 2004 (62.5mm/2.46in)."