December rains above average
December finished with above-average monthly rainfall, according to figures provided by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.
A total of 85.2mm was recorded for December, most of which was recorded in the last week, to finish about 10 per cent above the average of 77.9mm for the month.
The year finished with a total of 1139mm, about six per cent down on the yearly average of 1215mm.
January started with rainfall of 33.9mm in the first eight days.
The January average is 102mm.
Meanwhile, separate records from a weather station in Umina show the average December minimum temperature was 19.4 and average maximum was 26.3.
Temperatures varied in December between a lowest overnight temperature of 14.0 degrees on December 2 to a highest daytime temperature of 33.8 on December 17.
Highest recorded wind gust for the month was 41.4 km/h on December 8.
The weather station records can be found online at www.woywoyweather.info and are updated every 15 minutes.
Spreadsheet, 8 Jan 2010
Jim Morrison, Woy Woy
Website, 8 Jan 2010
www.woywoyweather.info