May rainfall is less than 30 per cent of average
A total of 22.5mm of rain has fallen on the Peninsula this month, less than 30 per cent of the average May total of 77mm.
The rainfall to Friday morning, May 26, brings the total for the year to 419mm, almost 40 per cent down on the end-of-May average of 693mm.
After showers during the day on Friday, no further rain was forecast for the rest of the month.
Despite being a dry month in a dry year, the month is not the driest in the last 19 years, nor is the month end figure the lowest, according to records provided by Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.
It was the fifth driest May, with May 2019 having the lowest total with just 5mm recorded.
This year's cumulative total is the fourth lowest, with 2006, 2018 and 2019 having lower totals.
See our online interactive rainfall graphs, created by Mr Craig Dewar of Umina, at http://bit.ly/PNRainfall for further comparisons.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 26 May 2023
Jim Morrison, Umina