Sydney is in the midst of its driest winter since 1938. The city has recorded only 22.2mm of rain since the start of June, compared to the 362.4mm of rain that fell around July last year. 9News MORE:
The start of winter is usually one of the wettest periods of the year in Sydney but the city has recorded only 22.2mm of rain since the start of June, according tostarted keeping records in 1859.The weather station on Sydney's Observatory Hill has recorded a paltry 22.2mm of rain from the start of June to July 13.This time last year was a completely different story to the barren start to winter this year.That is more than 16 times the rain Sydney has seen in the first half of this winter.
With no more rain expected to reach the gauge before 9am on Saturday, the only years in history that have seen less rain during the first half of winter were 1938 and 1918 . The lack of rain can be explained by the dominance of dry winds blowing from the west of the city and an absence of rain-bearing winds coming from the ocean to the east.Adding to that, this season there has been a lack of low-pressure air systems on the east coast of Australia and in the Tasman Sea.These low-pressure systems usually bring periods of heavy rain to the east coast of NSW in June and July.
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