Month's rainfall is about average
The Peninsula has had about average rainfall so far this month.
A total of 81.8mm had been recorded until the morning of Friday, January 20, according to Mr Jim Morrison of Umina.
This is about two thirds of the month's average of 117mm with one third of the month remaining.
Rain was recorded on 11 days, with only three days having more than five millimetres of rain.
They were January 7 (43.9mm), January 19 (10.0mm) and January 20 (12.9mm), accounting for 66.8mm of the total.
This month's rainfall is already greater than the January totals for the last two years.
Last year, 65mm was recorded for January and 80.7mm was recorded the previous year.
SOURCE:
Spreadsheet, 20 Jan 2023
Jim Morrison, Umina