Rainfall at four-year high

Rainfall to date this year remains the highest in four years, according to figures recording by Woy Woy resident Mr Jim Morrison.

Falls totalling 123.8mm between Sunday and Wednesday last week brought the monthly total to 217.7mm and the cumulative total for the year to 640mm.

This was almost twice the rain which had fallen by the end of April in 2006.

The cumulative total for April in each of the previous three years was 558.8mm last year, 343mm in 2006 and 385.7mm in 2005.

April last year was also a high rainfall month with 292.9mm, but in the previous two years April had low rainfall.

In 2006, just 12mm fell, and in the previous year the total for April was just 22.5mm.

However, March this year was the driest March in the last four years with just 57.5mm falling, compared to 126.2mm in 2007, 82.5mm in 2006 and 118.5mm in 2005.

Spreadsheet, 24 Apr 2008 Jim Morrison, Woy Woy