{"id":498665,"date":"2022-10-06T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sydney-smashes-annual-rainfall-records\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T08:00:01","slug":"sydney-smashes-annual-rainfall-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sydney-smashes-annual-rainfall-records\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sydney smashes annual rainfall records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276a6ad436d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276a6ad436d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sydney-smashes-annual-rainfall-records\/#%E2%80%9CSydney_smashes_annual_rainfall_records%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Sydney smashes annual rainfall records&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSydney_smashes_annual_rainfall_records%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Sydney smashes annual rainfall records&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/australias-most-populo.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/australias-most-populo.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Australia's most populous city Sydney smashed a 70-year annual rainfall record Thursday after a year marked by devastating east coast floods.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/australias-most-populo.jpg\" alt=\"Australia's most populous city Sydney smashed a 70-year annual rainfall record Thursday after a year marked by devastating east \" title=\"Australia's most populous city Sydney smashed a 70-year annual rainfall record Thursday after a year marked by devastating east coast floods.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Australia&#8217;s most populous city Sydney smashed a 70-year annual rainfall record Thursday after a year marked by devastating east coast floods.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s most populous city Sydney smashed a 70-year annual rainfall record Thursday after a year marked by devastating east coast floods.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>By early afternoon, Sydney had registered its highest annual rainfall total on record\u20142,216 millimeters\u2014with some 86 days still left until the end of the year. <\/p>\n<p>Sydney&#8217;s previous wettest year was 1950, when there were 2,194 millimeters of rain.<\/p>\n<p>It was the highest figure recorded since annual rainfall data for the city of Sydney were first collected in 1858.<\/p>\n<p>With a La Nina weather pattern forecast to bring a wetter-than-average summer, it is likely the final 2022 tally will be significantly higher.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney, along with the broader state of New South Wales, is bracing for another heavy deluge this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>State emergency services minister Steph Cooke said Thursday that more rain could have a severe impact. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that our catchments are saturated, our dams are full, and our rivers are already swollen. So any additional rainfall, no matter how minor, is likely to exacerbate flooding circumstances,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any additional rainfall has the potential to cause flash flooding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The annual rainfall data comes from a weather station in Sydney&#8217;s central business district. <\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Bureau of Meteorology said Thursday that flood warnings were in place for large sections of eastern Australia, including parts of Queensland, New South Wales, and northern Victoria.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/sydney-along-with-the.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/sydney-along-with-the.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Sydney, along with the broader state of New South Wales, is bracing for another heavy deluge this weekend.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/sydney-along-with-the.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney, along with the broader state of New South Wales, is bracing for another heavy deluge this weekend\" title=\"Sydney, along with the broader state of New South Wales, is bracing for another heavy deluge this weekend.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Sydney, along with the broader state of New South Wales, is bracing for another heavy deluge this weekend.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Extreme weather<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The east coast flooding catastrophe in March\u2014caused by heavy storms that devastated parts of Queensland and New South Wales\u2014claimed more than 20 lives. <\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of Sydney residents were ordered to evacuate in July when floods again swamped suburbs on the city&#8217;s fridge.<\/p>\n<p>Australia has been at the sharp end of climate change, with droughts, deadly bushfires, bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef and floods becoming more common and intense as global weather patterns change. <\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s east coast has been repeatedly lashed by heavy rainfall in the past two years, driven by back-to-back La Nina cycles.<\/p>\n<p>A rare third consecutive La Nina was recently declared, prompting further rain and flood warnings for the coming summer. <\/p>\n<p>Higher temperatures mean the atmosphere holds more moisture, unleashing more rain. <\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s Insurance Council has previously estimated more than Aus$5 billion ($3.2 billion) worth of catastrophe claims were made in 2022.  <\/p>\n<p>Catastrophic bushfires swept through huge chunks of New South Wales in the &#8220;Black Summer&#8221; of 2019 and 2020, scorching 5.5 million hectares\u2014about seven percent of the state&#8217;s total landmass.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Thousands more flee as Sydney floods track north\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Sydney smashes annual rainfall records (2022, October  6)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  6 October 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-10-sydney-annual-rainfall.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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