Rainfall close to last year's total

Rainfall so far this year is less than 50mm short of the total rainfall last year, according to figures provided by Woy Woy resident Mr Jim Morrison.

At the end of last week, 979mm had fallen so far this year.

This compared to 1022mm, just 43mm more, for the whole of last year.

Rainfall for the month was 342.5mm, of which 217mm fell over the Queen's Birthday weekend.

This compares to an average for the month of 128.1mm.

There were 10 days with more than 5mm of rain this month.

The next rainiest month this year was April which had 292.9mm and nine days with more than 5mm.

Mark Snell, 23 Jun 2007