Dry start to February
Only 25.7mm of rain has been recorded on the Peninsula in the first two weeks of February.
This is only 16 per cent of the the February average of 162mm, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.
It currently is the second driest month in 19 years.
Only February 2016 was drier, with a total of 22.1mm of rain for the month.
The cumulative total for the year is 168.1mm, which is 40 per cent less than the average cumulative total at the end of February of 279mm.
However, this total is already more than the cumulative total at the end of February 2021 which was 165.5mm.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 17 Feb 2023
Jim Morrison, Umina