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2007 Rainfall

At the end of the day, rainfall locally in 2007 was normal. Some rain fell on 203 days of the year while the rainfall was somewhat heavier on 155 of those days.

During the year 919.8mm of rain fell. It is a small amount when compared to the high of 1122.2mm on 218 days in 2002. During the year gone by there was little sign of heavy rainfall until June.

Then the skies opened until September when it dried up again until mid November. In the end June was the wettest month of the year with 137.5mm of rain cascading down on 18 days. December with 116mm of rainfall on 17 days was the runner up in the washout stakes.

At the other end of the scale April was the driest month. What was the wettest day of 2007? The answer to that one was June 19th when 34.4mm of rain fell. With such differences in rainfall no wonder keeping an eye on the weather would drive one to distraction.