Last month was one of two halves; almost daily rainfall to the point of flooding at the start and a hot dry precursor to summer to finish.
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In terms of rainfall November 2015 was strange for Mudgee, the month began with torrential rainfall and ended with a long dry spell which has lasted nearly half of the month.
The area received close to 20mm above the average, 97mm compared to 78.8mm for 1994 to 2014, not that you would notice recently as it hasn’t rained since before Wednesday the 18th.
The wettest 24 hour period of the month was in the lead up to 9am on Wednesday the 4th when 33mm was recorded.
The Tuesday afternoon prior to that saw flash-flooding in many areas throughout town.
Another 22mm was recorded in the following days, before a six-day dry spell, then 23.8mm on Friday the 13th took November past the monthly average only for the wet weather to completely disappear for weeks since.
Overall the average maximum temperature for the month of 27.8°C was 1.5°C above the norm for November in Mudgee.
The hottest day of the month, the 37°C recorded on Friday the 20th, was also the hottest day of 2015 at the time of print, surpassing 36.8°C back on March 20.
It was one of seven days during the month which peaked above the 30°C mark, with even more making it to the high 20s.
The average minimum temperature for the month was 13.2°C, which was over 2 degrees hotter than the November average for the last 25 years.
There were only six occasions when the overnight temperature dropped to below 10°C.
In the 24 hours to 9am on Sunday the 29th the bottom temp was 17.7°C which was the highest of the month.
According to Weatherzone.com.au most of Australia experienced record breaking heat and long dry spells, with only small areas that picked up more rain than usual.
The wet first half of November in Mudgee seems to put the area in that small group, however it did come after an October which saw 20mm less than average rainfall with three heat records broken.
Summer has begun and it’s predicted that most of the nation will continue the same trend, with hotter and drier than usual conditions.