Natste aprilmaand ooit in Perth
Perth about to break 80 year weather record.
The Bureau of Meteorology says Perth is on the verge of breaking an 82-year-old record for April rainfall. More than 27 milimetres has fallen this morning taking the city's rainfall for the month to the second highest on record. The Bureau Climate Information Officer John Relf says rainfall this month has already tripled the April average of 44 milimetres. "Our current total for the month now sits at 135.6, so that puts us in the number two spot, not very far from the wettest April on record with 148.8 milimetres in 1926," he said. "So if you're very good at your maths we've only got another, about 13.4 milimetres to actually break the record."
Bron: ABC | Gewijzigd: 13 februari 2017, 11:52 uur, door Joyce.s
The Bureau of Meteorology says Perth is on the verge of breaking an 82-year-old record for April rainfall. More than 27 milimetres has fallen this morning taking the city's rainfall for the month to the second highest on record. The Bureau Climate Information Officer John Relf says rainfall this month has already tripled the April average of 44 milimetres. "Our current total for the month now sits at 135.6, so that puts us in the number two spot, not very far from the wettest April on record with 148.8 milimetres in 1926," he said. "So if you're very good at your maths we've only got another, about 13.4 milimetres to actually break the record."
Bron: ABC | Gewijzigd: 13 februari 2017, 11:52 uur, door Joyce.s
Every cloud has a silver lining
Perth records wettest April on record
Perth has broken an 82-year-old record for its highest April rainfall. Rainfall for the month has reached 152 millimetres, beating the previous record of 148.8 mm in 1926. The Bureau of Meteorology's Caroline Bojarski says a downpour this morning broke the record.
Most of the rainfall actually has just happened within the last hour, so far from 9:00am yesterday we've reached six-mil, and most of that was this morning, he said. The chief executive officer of WA Farmers, Doug Parker, says the rain should prove to be a good head start to the growing season.
Well you could never say that they have received enough rain, but they have received enough to start seeding in some areas, he said. In some areas which had very poor seasons in the past couple of years, those farmers round there have got smiles on their faces at the moment because they have got some green tinges coming through.
The situation at this stage is much better than last year because the rain is so much more widespread even though it has missed some areas. But generally speaking farmers are quite happy with the start to the season are are looking forward to a successful start to the season.
Farmers on the South Coast, Great Southern and Merredin areas are yet to receive substantial falls.
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Perth has broken an 82-year-old record for its highest April rainfall. Rainfall for the month has reached 152 millimetres, beating the previous record of 148.8 mm in 1926. The Bureau of Meteorology's Caroline Bojarski says a downpour this morning broke the record.
Most of the rainfall actually has just happened within the last hour, so far from 9:00am yesterday we've reached six-mil, and most of that was this morning, he said. The chief executive officer of WA Farmers, Doug Parker, says the rain should prove to be a good head start to the growing season.
Well you could never say that they have received enough rain, but they have received enough to start seeding in some areas, he said. In some areas which had very poor seasons in the past couple of years, those farmers round there have got smiles on their faces at the moment because they have got some green tinges coming through.
The situation at this stage is much better than last year because the rain is so much more widespread even though it has missed some areas. But generally speaking farmers are quite happy with the start to the season are are looking forward to a successful start to the season.
Farmers on the South Coast, Great Southern and Merredin areas are yet to receive substantial falls.
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