Another dry month
The Peninsula is facing another dry month, after August's rainfall was well below average.
Just 22.1mm has fallen so far this month, compared to a monthly average of 61.9mm, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.
This follows a total for August of 33.2mm, just 40 per cent of the average of 81.2mm for the month.
It was the third month in a row to record below average rainfall.
Year-to-date rainfall at the end of August was just 770.2mm, 15 per cent below the average for this time of year of 905.3mm.
Temperatures so far this month have ranged between an overnight low of 9.0 on September 8 to a high of 26.1 on September 10, according to figures from www.peninsulaweather.info.
The highest minimum was 16.0 on September 1 and the lowest maximum was 17.3 on September 7.
Atmospheric pressure ranged between 1003hPa and 1027hPa.
The highest wind gust was 30.2km/h, recorded on September 5.
Spreadsheet, 10 Sep 2010
Jim Morrison, Woy Woy
www.peninsulaweather.info