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Tuesday 31 January 2017

Wettest January in 17 years for Perth, Australia

Source: www.sott.net --- Monday, January 30, 2017
Perth has broken a 17-year weather record overnight by copping more than 31 millimetres of rain - the sixth wettest January day on record ever. The maximum temperature in Perth on Monday reached just 20.3 degrees, making it one of the coldest January day's on record. The coldest ever was 19.7 degrees back in 2007. The average maximum temperature for Perth in January is typically a much warmer 31.6 degrees. A total of 31.8 millimetres of rain fell in the Perth gauge between 9am Monday and 9am Tuesday making it the wettest January day in Perth since 2000 and the heaviest rain Perth has seen since July 17 last year when 32.8 millimetres fell. For the entire month of January, Perth has recorded 45.4 millimetres of rain, making it the sixth wettest January on record. The average is just 9.7 millimetres. ...



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