Peninsula scores twice average rainfall

The rainfall recorded for March on the Peninsula was 237.5mm, more than twice the monthly average for March.

The total was 124.5mm or 110 per cent more than the March average of 113mm, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.

Almost all the rain fell in the second two weeks of the month.

Heavy rain was recorded on three days - March 15, 16 and 21 - with falls of 54.7mm, 80.5mm and 67.8mm respectively.

The total for the first three months of the year is 52.7 per cent above average for this time of year, with 603mm recorded, compared to the average of 395mm.

Spreadsheet, 1 Apr 2016

Jim Morrison, Woy Woy