Rainfall down 21 per cent
Despite 55.3mm rain on the last two days of March, it was not enough to bring the month's rainfall to the March average of 129.4mm.
The month's total of 101.9mm was 27.5mm, or 21 per cent, short of average, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Woy Woy.
However, the total for the year of 328.3mm hovers around the cumulative average of 349.4mm.
In the first nine days of April, a total of 28.8mm had fallen compared to an average for April of 126.4mm.
Temperatures in March varied from a minimum of 14.7 on March 16 to a maximum of 35.2 on March 21, according to figures from www.peninsulaweather.info.
The lowest maximum was 19.8 on March 1 and the highest minimum was 23.0 on March 7.
The highest wind gust was 36.0 km/h recorded on March 12.
Spreadsheet, 9 Apr 2010
Jim Morrison, Woy Woy
www.peninsulaweather.info