Finally we made it to "average" rainfall!
31/12/09 15:39 Filed in: Villager's
News
Assuming we get no further rain between posting
this news and midnight tonight (New Year’s Eve),
the total rainfall recorded unofficially for 2009
by the gauge in our garden is 534 mm.
This compares with 241 mm in 2006, 477 mm in 2007, 362 mm in 2008, and a long-term average for the region of 520 mm.
So finally, our annual rainfall has cracked average - but I, for one, will not be in the least surprised if “average” is now permanently down on where it was. This has already happened elsewhere across southern Australia (Perth and Melbourne).
Let’s hope for some “tropical in-feeds” to provide summer rain and help ease the stress on gardens.
Elizabeth H.
This compares with 241 mm in 2006, 477 mm in 2007, 362 mm in 2008, and a long-term average for the region of 520 mm.
So finally, our annual rainfall has cracked average - but I, for one, will not be in the least surprised if “average” is now permanently down on where it was. This has already happened elsewhere across southern Australia (Perth and Melbourne).
Let’s hope for some “tropical in-feeds” to provide summer rain and help ease the stress on gardens.
Elizabeth H.