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A village in Pembrokeshire is believed to be enduring the longest spell of consecutive rainy days in Britain for 92 years.

The 700 villagers at Eglwyswrw in Pembrokeshire have experienced rain every day since the deluge began on October 26 last year – and it shows no signs of stopping.

And the waterlogged residents say the epic rainfall this winter has been of “biblical proportions”.

Howard Lewis, 73, who runs a Shire horse centre in the village, said: “It’s making people miserable, all we are getting is grey skies and rain.

“We’ve had some bad years but I can’t remember it raining every day for so long.

“Every time you go out the front door it’s raining – it’s raining now.”

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'Rain of biblical proportions'

A rainbow lit up the sky on Friday as a brief spell of sunshine gave locals respite from the rain – but it failed to lift their sodden spirits.

Brian Llewellyn, who runs the local garage and shop, said: “It’s been awful ­– there’s no end to it.

“It’s starting to hit people in their pockets, you can’t get any work done. Farmers, builders and fencing contractors have all been hit.

“I sell wellington boots and umbrellas but it rains so much here everyone’s already got them.”

Farmer and county councillor John Davies has brought his sheep in from the hillsides because they have developed wool rot because of the ceaseless rain.

John, 52, said: “We’ve had rain of biblical proportions.

“It’s poured down for almost 80 days and nights so by that reckoning we would need two arks.

“It is grinding people down both physically and psychologically.

“Our sheep are pretty hardy animals but even they are looking down in the mouth. Their fleeces are not getting the chance to dry out because of the endless rain.

“It’s not stopped since October – I’ve never seen the ground as saturated as it is now.”

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Findings are almost record-breaking

Fed-up farmers have been forced to let their beet fodder crops rot in the ground because fields are so waterlogged.

Villagers have nowhere to drown their sorrows because both local pubs – the Butchers and the Serjeant’s Inn – have shut.

One local firm is cashing in on the record rainfall by supplying water tanks to villagers.

They claim homes in Eglwyswrw can use rainwater to meet more than 50% of their household requirements.

The only silver lining to the clouds passing over Eglwswrw is that it stands 423-feet above sea level and never floods.

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The nearby Whitechurch weather station has for 74 days in a row recorded at least 0.2mms of rain (up till 9am on Friday) to comply with the Met Office definition of a “rainy” day.

(Image: Hadyn Iball)

The latest figures show 9.6mms (0.4 inches) of rain fell in the 24 hours to 9am on Friday – and after showers during the day another downpour was set to lash Eglwyswrw tonight.

But the village is still short of the British record set between August 12 and November 8 1923 when Eallabus, Isle of Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland, had 89 successive rain-days.

Met Office meteorologist Emma Sharples said: “The figures for Whitechurch are almost record-breaking and they can’t be sniffed at. But that sequence could be broken next week because we are expecting some drier days.

“The rainfall figures for the Whitechurch station are consistent with the extreme rainfall we’ve had so far this winter. The wind has been mild and moist from the south and south west. Warm air holds more moisture and the direction of the wind has been key – the Pembrokeshire coast is the first point at which the rain bearing clouds meet the land.”