Little rain for start of July
Less than one 10th of month's average rainfall has fallen on the Peninsula in the first nine days of the month.
Only 5.5mm was recorded by Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.
July is one of the three driest months of the year, with an average rainfall of 66mm.
The other two months are August with 67mm and September with 66mm.
The cumulative rainfall figure for the year to end of June was 716mm.
While this was more than half of the annual average of 1278mm, the average figure at the end of June is 819mm.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 9 Jul 2021
Jim Morrison, Umina