Second month with above average rain

February has finished with rainfall 20 per cent above average, the second month in a row with above average figures, according to Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.

Rainfall of 50.7mm recorded at 9am on the first day of March was already one third of the way to the monthly average of 149.4mm with more rain on the way, suggesting the drought of the last six months of last year is broken.

A total of 184.9mm was recorded in February, compared to the month's average of 153.2mm.

Four days recorded more than an inch of rain, with 25.5mm recorded on February 1, 27.2mm on February 12, 29.7mm on February 23 and 69.5mm being recorded on February 24.

Cumulative total for the year to the end of February was 381.5mm, which was one third more than the average of 286mm.

With the rain recorded on March 1, the cumulative average of 435.4mm for March has already been reached.

Despite the falls being well above average, they were slightly less than the figures recorded for January and February last year, which had falls of 205.2mm and 218.7mm respectively.

Temperatures during February ranged from a low of 15.1 degrees on February 2 to a high of 30.6 on February 9, according to local weather website www.peninsulaweather.info.

Average overnight temperature for the month was 19.1 degrees, while the average daily maximum was 26.1.

Lowest maximum was 18.7 degrees on February 2, while the highest minimum of 22.4 was recorded on February 25.

Humidity ranged from 50 per cent to 100 per cent during the month, with the lower figure being recorded on February 6 and the higher figure being recorded on several days during the month.

Highest wind gust during the month was 38.9 km/h recorded on February 1.

Spreadsheet, 1 Mar 2013

Jim Morrison, Woy Woy

www.peninsulaweather.info