No rain has fallen on the Peninsula in almost three weeks to Friday, September 4, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.
The last fall recorded was of 0.5mm on Sunday, August 16.
Nevertheless, the rainfall for August was 70.3mm, marginally above the August average of 67mm.
The cumulative rainfall for the year stands at 1222.7mm, which is 31.2 per cent above the average figure at the end of August of 932mm.
The majority of the month’s rain came in just one day: 43.6mm recorded on August 10.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 4 Sep 2020
Jim Morrison, Umina