MOST of the capital cities saw near or above average rainfall amounts during this summer after a wet second half. The exception to this was Perth, with almost no rain.
In the east, recent deluges have helped Brisbane and Sydney blast past the average summer rainfalls. Brisbane's average summer rainfall is 349.6mm and this year they saw 484.8mm, but last summer was also a wet one with 535.8mm.
Sydney typically sees around 297.8mm over the summer, but this year they climbed 44mm above that to 342.2mm. This only made it Sydney's wettest summer in two years, after 438.6mm fell in 2008.
Across the south, falls were closer to average with Melbourne picking up 140.6mm, compared to their summer average of 154.4mm. However, this did make it their wettest in four years.
Adelaide saw a wet start to the summer before rainfalls tapered off, they received 57.8mm compared to the average 64mm, but it was the wettest in four years.
Perth remained bone dry through the summer and their average is usually 34.8mm. This was easily their driest summer in the 65 years of records.
For Darwin, they tallied 1516.4mm this summer, over the average of 915.5mm and their wettest summer in 12 years.
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