Maleny Weather

 For the first time in 117 years there were 19 consecutive rain-free days in January, breaking the previous record held in January 1939 with 15 days. The dry spell was finally broken with a thunderstorm at 6.00pm on Friday 29^th when the parched ground was moistened with 8.2mm of precipitation.  Total rainfall for January was 154.6mm, representing 132.2mm below average for Maleny.  The monsoonal belt drifted south, and ex-TC Olga moved down the Queensland Coast as a rain depression, giving some moderate falls of rain to our region. In the 24 hours to 9.00am on Monday 1^st February the MWS recorded 105.0 mm. The maximum storm rain-rate was 164.6mm/hour at 3.30pm on Saturday 30^th