Sydney has officially experienced its wettest year on record, with 2199.8mm of rainfall measured at Observatory Hill in the past year. It surpasses the previous record of 2194mm, which was set in 1950. 9News MORE:
A record held for 72 years tumbled today as Sydney recorded it's wettest year tracking back 164 years when records began.
Shortly after 1pm today the city clocked a yearly total of 2199.8mm of rain - and the deluge just keeps on coming.Once drought-ravaged farm in outback NSW now surrounded by waterMonthly rainfall totals from the Bureau of Meteorology show the wettest months this year were March and July. These were the months where roads and homes in Western Sydney and the Hawkesbury were swallowed by muddy, brown floodwater.And Sydney's record-breaking deluge shows no signs of letting up.READ MORE:
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