Sydney has recorded the wettest July in history despite being in the middle of the month, and more rain is expected in the city in the coming weeks.
As of 9 a.m. this Thursday, Sydney’s Observatory Hill weather station reported 342.2 mm of rain since the beginning of the month, making it the wettest in July. history with records dating back to 1858.
The previous rainiest July was 1950 with 336 mm. The average rainfall in Sydney in July is 96 mm.
Weatherzone senior meteorologist Brett Dutschke said La Niña had been a “major player” in the amount of rainfall recorded in Sydney this year.
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“Even though La Niña has now faded a bit, we are in a new phase,” he said.
Although he has already broken the history books, Dutschke said the record is likely to have been broken with more rain expected to fall in Sydney for the rest of the month.
Dutschke said this was due to the combination of an unstable weather system developing on the coast, warmer-than-normal water also located on the coast and colder-than-normal air passing over it.
That combination means we won’t see another long period of dry weather until August, he said.