According to this article on Weatherzone, Melbourne recorded tis driest ever March in 2024 with just 2.8mm of rain recorded at the Olympic Park site. It states that the city records go back 170 years.
As mentioned by ryant1234 above, the 1st of April was a wet day in Melbourne with 53.2mm recorded at the same site in the 24 hours to 9am on the 2nd. Melbourne Airport recorded 53.0mm in the same period.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/wet ... ch/1887381
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Re: Australian Weather
Have read and heard there is some pretty intense rain systems heading for the eastern states this weekend.
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SMH: NSW weather LIVE updates: Wild weather set to continue over weekend as torrential rain, wind lashes Australia’s east coast
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw ... 5fhrn.html
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Following heavy rainfall overnight across Sydney's water supply catchments, Warragamba Dam is at full capacity and started spilling at 5:45am. ...
https://twitter.com/WaterNSW/status/177 ... 5fhrn.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw ... 5fhrn.html
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Following heavy rainfall overnight across Sydney's water supply catchments, Warragamba Dam is at full capacity and started spilling at 5:45am. ...
https://twitter.com/WaterNSW/status/177 ... 5fhrn.html
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Ah yes, good old Warragamba. The debate continues as to whether they should raise the wall or not. My dad has had 300mm (150mm of that in two hours this morning). He’s near the Illawarra escarpment.Orion wrote: ↑Sat 06/04/2024 11:57 SMH: NSW weather LIVE updates: Wild weather set to continue over weekend as torrential rain, wind lashes Australia’s east coast
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw ... 5fhrn.html
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Following heavy rainfall overnight across Sydney's water supply catchments, Warragamba Dam is at full capacity and started spilling at 5:45am. ...
https://twitter.com/WaterNSW/status/177 ... 5fhrn.html
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Re: Australian Weather
As mentioned above, it was very wet in the Sydney area on Friday/Saturday (5th/6th April) and below are the rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am on Saturday 6th - taken from the BOM website and for sites closest to the CBD:
160.6mm at Canterbury
145.0mm at Sydney Airport
128.2mm at Lucas Heights
124.4mm at Bankstown
112.2mm at Holsworthy
103.0mm at Parramatta
82.2mm at Olympic Park, Sydney
The Observatory Hill site stopped reporting rainfall on Friday evening.
160.6mm at Canterbury
145.0mm at Sydney Airport
128.2mm at Lucas Heights
124.4mm at Bankstown
112.2mm at Holsworthy
103.0mm at Parramatta
82.2mm at Olympic Park, Sydney
The Observatory Hill site stopped reporting rainfall on Friday evening.