Soggy Huddersfield has been hit by DOUBLE the normal amount of rainfall in January.

And although the downpours of recent weeks have not reached record levels, there is more bad news.

Huddersfield weather expert Paul Stevens warns: “There is more heavy rain on the way.”

The town has recorded more than 142mm of rain over the month – double the normal January average of 70mm.

But the town has escaped the horrendous flooding which has caused heartbreak in many areas of the south and west, after the wettest January on record.

Late yesterday six severe flood warnings were issued as rain, high winds and high tides continue to affect the UK.

The Environment Agency warnings, which mean “danger to life’’, are for coastal parts of Devon and Cornwall.

Numerous lower-level warnings and alerts have been issued across England and Wales, mostly in southern areas like Somerset.

The Met Office also warned of heavy rain in southern England – including the already flooded Somerset Levels – south Wales and parts of Northern Ireland.

Mr Stevens, of Salendine Nook, said: “It has been a very wet month in Huddersfield but we only have to go back to 2008 to find a wetter January.

“That year we had 164mm of rain in January, with other parts of the region getting more than 200mm.

“I have checked the records for the past 100 years and there have ben at least 10 January figures which have been higher.

“We have coped far better than many parts of the country and we have not seen the flooding that has been such a problem in many areas.

“The heavy rainfall has come in on storms sweeping in with milder weather and that has been the case for much of the month.

“The forecast is not much better. Over the next couple of weeks I think we can see depression after depression sweeping in and that could well mean more heavy rain, more wet and windy weather and more sleet or snow on the hills around Huddersfield.”