Another dry month
The Peninsula has experienced another dry month, with only 28.1mm of rain falling by Friday, May 27.
The rainfall is less than a quarter of the average for May of 116.8mm, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.
While heavy rain in April took the cumulative total above average at the end of April, the lack of rain in May has returned the total to below average.
The cumulative total for the year was 610.3mm, 44mm (about seven per cent) below the average of 654.3mm at the end of May.
Temperatures during May have ranged from 6.1 degrees on May 15 to 25.3 on May 21, according to figures from the www.peninsulaweather.info website.
Lowest maximum was 15.1 on May 25 and highest minimum was 14.9 on May 3.
Average minimum for the month was 10.8, while average daily maximum was 20.6.
Atmospheric pressure ranged from 1032 on May 17 down to 1004HPa on May 23.
The highest wind gust recorded was 35.6km/h.
Spreadsheet, 27 May 2011
Jim Morrison, Woy Woy
www.peninsulaweather.info