Time to build the Ark

I checked the Bureau of meteorology website today - and do it quite often I must admit. Is that sad? Being a bit of a science nerd???  And saw that our town was the very lucky recipient of 184.6 mm of rain in August. OMG - thats almost 53.6mm above average.

This time last year we were at 105.8 mm for august and the only thing in the garden doing really well were my mini Kangaroo paws.

2008 was even worse at 48mm for August.

Up to August 31st 2010, we have had 806.6 mm in total for the whole year. That's amazing! We haven't seen this type of rain quantity in a while.If we were rain harvesters, we'd be in for a bumper crop this year, thats for sure...

Look for yourselves - http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/

Follow its step by step instructions and select the town that is the closest to your area. Voila! 

I think this site is pretty easy to use. I use it to determine if the garden needs another drink or no...

But hows this for mythbusting...

Guess what London's average annual rain fall is?  A) 1000mm  B) 593mm    C) 200mm.

Answer: B. 593mm.  Who thought they get rained out all the time? 

http://london-lhr.airports-guides.com/lhr_climate.html

 so you can check that out for yourself....