Perth's winter the driest in 70 years!

1points Posted 1090 days, 4 hours ago by GeorgeW

The latest figures from the weather bureau in Western Australia confirm Perth is having its driest year for almost 70 years. The state's capital has recorded only 215.6 millimetres of rain for the seven months to July. The previous record low for the same period was 304.5 millimetres in 1940. Bureau spokesman Neil Bennett says so far this year the rainfall is more than 300 millimetres below average.

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Source: http://au.news.yahoo.com/060731/21/zz98.html

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