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Weather
With the heavy rainfall of April it is difficult to
realise a drought still exists, with ground water being extremely low.
Over the past two / three years we have become used to more dry days
than usual throughout the year.
Normal average rainfall for any twelve month period in this
part of the county is approximately 650mm. The graph below shows the
annual rainfall upto to each month listed.
e.g. During the twelve months ending with 31 October
2010 we had 592mm. In the twelve months to the end of November that
year we had just 539mm. In the twelve months to the end of December
2011 we received just 423mm and to the end of March 2012 just
415mm.
Only when the blue bars are regularly exceeding 600mm
can the drought be claimed to be at an end.
The large rise for April can only be partially
attributed to this years wet April, one has to remember that last
April (2011) we only had 3mm (instead of the expected 50+). This
affected the following 11 months annual totals
Rainfall year to date against Long Term Average
Average Maximum Temp 12C usually 16C
Average Minimum Temp 6C usually 7C
Rainfall for month 119mm usually 52mm
Rainfall beginning January to end of April 202mm
usually 187mm
Wet Days beginning January to end of April 48
usually 54
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