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Rainfall now above average

 

Rainfall was more than twice the average for the month of April, with a total of 292.9mm having fallen by April 28.

More than 220mm of this fell in five days last week - April 23 to 27 - according to Woy Woy resident Mr Jim Morrison.

The long-term average for the month is 125.7mm.

Last week's heavy fall also took the rainfall for the year to date to 558.8mm, more than 80mm above the average for the first four months of the year.

Last year it took until July to exceed 550mm.

It has been estimated that a Peninsula home with a roof area of 150 square metres would have been able to collect 33,000 litres of rainwater last week.

Mark Snell, March 27