August rain below average but close to median
The 37.8mm of rain recorded on the Peninsula in August was well below the monthly average, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.
It was 29.2mm, or 43.6 per cent, less than the August average of 67mm.
The fall was eighth lowest in 18 years and just below the median of 44m, in a range between one millimetre in 2005 and 216.6mm recorded in 2015.
The year's total at the end of August was 1768.9mm.
The first three days of September saw 24.2mm of rain towards a monthly average of 65mm.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 3 Sep 2022
Jim Morrison, Umina