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Ben Domensino, 27 Feb 2017, 6:05 AM UTC

Perth leaves cool, wet summer behind

Perth leaves cool, wet summer behind
Perth is enjoying a warm and dry end to what has otherwise wet and relatively cool summer. The season drawing to a close tomorrow has been the city's wettest summer on record. There were 193mm of rain recorded between the start of December and the end of February, beating the old record of 180mm from 1954/55. This season's total is a whopping five times the city's long term average for summer. With rain comes cloud and often cooler daytime temperatures. Unsurprisingly, this has been Perth's coolest summer in 11 years, with an average temperature (combined minimum and maximum) of little over 23 degrees. Despite being the coolest summer in more than a decade, this value is close to the long-term average for summer, which is a reflection of the background warming experienced in recent times. As of today there have only been 18 days over 35 degrees this season, which is the second lowest amount for the past decade. This season will end with a more summer-like warm and sunny day tomorrow, reaching a top in the low-thirties. Looking further ahead, the state capital is forecast to experience warmer and drier than usual conditions during autumn.
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