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Adelaide's wet winter not letting up

Craig McIntosh, Wednesday July 27, 2016 - 12:35 AEST

Statistically, July runs second to June as the wettest month of the year for Adelaide. This month, however, is well and truly on top of the podium as the wettest month so far this year.

Regular Southern Ocean-borne storms have been delivering a good drenching to the City of Churches and surrounds during July. Currently Adelaide has received about 40% more than the normal monthly level, and at 108mm, it's the wettest July in three years.

For winter so far, Adelaide has caught 45mm more than the June-July average of 158mm and only needs a splash of 0.7mm to make this the wettest June-July in 20 years.

Keeping the residents of Adelaide well-hydrated so far this winter, Mount Bold Reservoir is capturing its biggest June-July rain in 21 years with 353mm so far. At well over one-and-half times the two-monthly average, it's the reservoir's fifth wettest June-July in 66 years of records.

For most of the state it has been the wettest start to winter in three years, but in the southeast it's been the wettest start in 52 years for Mount Gambier (297mm so far) and 27 years for Robe (286mm so far).

As the recent run of storms come to an end and a very broad high pressure ridge takes over, it's unlikely there will be any significant rain for the next few days. However, a cold front will affect southern SA this weekend, bringing a chance for rainfall totals to edge past those of June-July 2013 in some places, including Adelaide.

August looks like starting on a wet note as a more intense front moves in early next week, bringing a risk of flooding again to the south of the state.

- Weatherzone

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