Maleny Weather

 After weeks of muggy weather with high humidity and temperatures four degrees above normal the thunderstorm at 2.00pm on Tuesday brought some welcome relief by clearing the stifling air with  torrential rain. In fact, we had 42 mm in 45 minutes. The greatest rate of fall was 130mm per hour, enough to trigger off the MWS flash flood warning alarm system.  24 hour rain to 9.00am Wednesday was 139.2mm, bringing the total rainfall to date this month to 481.2, representing 151mm over and above the 117 year average for Maleny. Creeks are again in full spate and dams are filled to capacity.