Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Armidale's early Spring washed away

Technically we're still in Winter, but towards the end of last week we had a taste of early Summer with some daily maximum temperatures exceeding 20 C, As usual, all good things come to a screeching halt and the last 3 days had a climatic wreck. Maximum temperatures plunged to + 6 C (43 F) and this was accompanied with gale force winds and heavy rain which yielded nearly 50 mm (c. 2 inches). Previous heavy rain over recent months had filled all the water storage dams around Armidale, so the heavy rain simply swept down Dumaresq Creek and generated even larger floods than I reported a few months ago. The river also seemed to be flowing faster. Have a look at these pictures:




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