On course for lowest annual rainfall in 19 years
The Peninsula is on course to record its lowest annual rainfall in 19 years, following on from the wettest year last year.
Only 15.5mm has been recorded in the first 13 days of October, more than 80 per cent below the monthly average of 79mm, according to Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.
The cumulative total for the year to date is 579.9mm, compared to an average at the end of October of 1134mm, almost twice the current total.
The next lowest total at the end of October was 797mm in 2018.
The lowest annual total was 993mm in 2019.
Average rainfall for the last three months of the year is 266mm, which would only bring this year's total to 830mm.
More detail is available online at http://bit.ly/PNrain
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 13 Oct 2023
Jim Morrison, Umina