Rainfall exceeds monthly average already

Only halfway through March, the Peninsula has already received almost a third more rain than the monthly average.

A total of 145mm has been recorded up to March 18, which is 32mm (28.3 per cent) above the March average of 113mm, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.

Most of the rain was recorded in just two days.

A fall of 54.7mm was recorded in the 24 hours to 9am on March 15, and 80.5mm was recorded on March 16.

The rainfall brings the cumulative total for the year to 510.5mm, which 29.2 per cent higher than the year-to-date average at the end of March of 395mm.

Spreadsheet, 18 Mar 2016

Jim Morrison, Woy Woy