There certainly has been a mixed bag of weather over the past week. It all started with a scorcher on Monday when a steep fall in barometric pressure sent the afternoon’s temperature soaring to a maximum of 35°C by 3.00pm. This is eight degrees above the mean maximum temperature for the month. The Heat Stress factor recorded at the time was a high of 46°C. Not since 21st January 2000 has there been such a high temperature in January.
What a contrast the above was to the end of the week when on Saturday the maximum temperature struggled to reach 22°C, five degrees below the norm !
Sunday brought the fortnight’s dry spell to an end when showers turned to some continuous rain from a northwest cloudband bringing rainfall of over 40mm, and some welcome relief to local gardens and low level water tanks.
