Tonight, as in right now, it is raining. A good solid shower, and the green tree frogs are croaking big time.
No wonder the green tree frog loooks happy!
On Sunday 21 September, the rain gauge at Darwin Airport had gone 165 days without registering a single rain event. This is the longest spell of rain-free days recorded at Darwin Airport’s official recording site since records began in 1941. The previous longest dry spell was 164 days, from 7 May to 17 October 1976.
The most recent rainfall event recorded at the Darwin site was on 9 April. While Darwin’s dry season is aptly named, its unusual not to get some rain over the period. In fact, Darwin Airport has never recorded a completely dry dry-season, which runs from 1 May to 30 September.
A radio report indicated that at the airport some 3-5 kms south of here, there was a smidgin of rain earlier today, but none here.
Even the dog was distraught, and somewhat confused about this strange wet stuff coming out of the sky.
In the previous longest event, the following pre-wet season was particularly torrid, with lots of hot sticky weather and little follow up rain. And it was awful! Particularly as it was only a year or so after Cyclone Tracey, and many people, including us, were still living in makeshift houses, caravans or similar while rebuilding their own houses.
Hopefully there will be regular follow up showers. They certainly clear the air.
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