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NSW's Riverina sees a wet and warm month

Kim Westcott, Saturday July 30, 2016 - 15:00 AEST

For the Riverina area, July turned out to be consistently wet and warm.

Throughout the district, all locations experienced above average July rainfall. Some places such as Hay, Griffith and Wagga Wagga saw well over one-and-a-half times their monthly average.

For Griffith, July usually has ten rain days bringing 33mm of rain. This July, Griffith recorded 18 rain days, bringing 60mm of rain. It was a similar story in Albury, with an additional seven rain days, helping Albury record their wettest July in over two decades. Wagga Wagga had an extra five days of rain days, helping it have the wettest July since 1995.

This surplus of rain throughout the region was a result of a steady supply of rain-bearing cold fronts this month. As a result, mornings were warmer-than-average thanks to the addition of cloud that these fronts generate, essentially acting like a blanket.

At Wagga Wagga, mornings averaged three degrees warmer than the norm this month, giving it the title of third warmest July mornings in records dating back to 1871. It was a similar story across the Riverina, with Albury, Deniliquin, Narrandera recording their warmest July mornings in a decade or more.

Into August, this pattern looks to continue. The outlook for central and eastern parts of the state, including the Riverina, is likely to have at least average monthly rainfall and a high chance that mornings will remain warmer than average.

- Weatherzone

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