An average rainfall year after two years of extremes
Last year had close to average rainfall throughout the year after two years of rainfall extremes.
A total of 1352.6mm of rain was recorded in 2024, only slightly (4.2 per cent) above the 20-year average of 1298mm.
The 2023 total of 876mm was the lowest in 20 years, while 2119mm in 2022 made it the wettest year in that period.
Above average rainfall in the second quarter of the year saw the half year figure of 999.5mm at 22 per cent above the average of 819mm.
However, below average rainfall in the second half of the year brought the figure back close to average by the end of the year.
December received about one third of its average rainfall, with 34.3mm recorded compared the average of 95mm.
The first 10 days of 2025 have recorded 64.3mm, more than half the January average of 117mm.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 10 Jan 2025
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