January rainfall one third below average

January ended with a monthly rainfall of 80.7mm, a third (33.9 per cent) below the average rainfall for the month of 122mm.

More than half of this, 46.1mm, fell in the last four days of January, according to figures supplied by Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.

Five days in January had more than five millimetres of rain, and another six days had at least one millimetre.

A further 14mm has fallen in the first five days of February, bringing the year's total to 94.7mm.

The average February rainfall total is 160mm, with an average cumulative total at the end of February of 282mm.

SOURCE:

Spreadsheet, 5 Feb 2021

Jim Morrison, Umina