Less rain in May
May finished with rainfall almost 20 per cent below the average for the month, according to figures provided by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.
A total of 97.6mm was recorded for the month, 22.7mm less than the May average of 118.3mm.
The year-to-date total at the end of May was 820.1mm, 18.5 per cent above May's average cumulative figure of 692.3mm.
A further 34.4mm rain fell in the first week of June, which has a monthly average is 130.5mm.
The falls bring the total for the year to 854.5mm, already above the June cumulative average of 822.8mm.
Temperatures for May ranged from a high of 24.2 degrees on May 1 to an overnight minimum of 8.3 degrees on May 18, according to the local weather website www.peninsulaweather.info.
Average overnight minimum temperature was 12.0 and average daily maximum was 20.5.
Highest minimum was 15.2 degrees on May 1 and lowest maximum was 16.5 on May 23.
The highest wind gust was 24.8 km/h recorded on May 4.
Spreadsheet, 7 Jun 2013
Jim Morrison, Woy Woy
www.peninsulaweather.info