tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post8805908222077072163..comments2024-03-09T18:27:46.282+11:00Comments on The Nature of Robertson: Rainfall in Robertson in 2011Denis Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-32705660892123120872012-01-02T18:12:45.781+11:002012-01-02T18:12:45.781+11:00Hi Barbara
I didn't have any trouble finding D...Hi Barbara<br />I didn't have any trouble finding Daintree on that page I linked to.<br />Copy and paste this link (all of it).<br />.<br />http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_nccObsCode=136&p_display_type=dailyDataFile&p_startYear=2011&p_c=-201053731&p_stn_num=031127<br />.<br />There are several stations listed, but some have data gaps.<br />The official list was not as impressive as your reports.<br /><b>4232 mm is amazing</b><br />.<br />Martin, near Queanbeyan, near Canberra, is both dry and also on old, poor soils.<br />Mind you, his land might not be good for farming, but he gets very nice Native Plants, because they are adapted to his conditions.<br />.<br />The marvels of evolution and adaptation.<br />. <br />You obviously keep your own records anyway, but it is good to be able to check with the official site.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-44825045992676799042012-01-02T17:14:03.868+11:002012-01-02T17:14:03.868+11:00I should have added that we had 5049 mm in 2010 - ...I should have added that we had 5049 mm in 2010 - and we do remember that as being a very wet year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-17821384972233111462012-01-02T17:10:37.140+11:002012-01-02T17:10:37.140+11:00Hi Denis, we totalled 4232 mm for the year in Dain...Hi Denis, we totalled 4232 mm for the year in Daintree. Although data is collected and reported to the BOM in Daintree Village it is apparently not an "official" station as I can't find any mention of it on their website. However we know our annual average is approx. 3.5 m in this area so we are a little above. Your comments regarding events that stick in people's minds is interesting. We had a lovely 'dry season' in 2011 although it was cut short by early rains it didn't seem like a very wet year. <br />Cheers <br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-90670050251489407812012-01-02T10:12:29.522+11:002012-01-02T10:12:29.522+11:00Hi Martin
It occurs to me that not everybody recor...Hi Martin<br />It occurs to me that not everybody records their own rainfall, (as you and I do).<br />I have added in some instructions to help people find their closest rainfall station.<br />And, with more difficulty, instructions on how people may use the Bureau's wonderful but immensely complicated website, to find their own local rainfall figures.<br />Thanks for providing the "spark" for me to help people get rainfall data comparisons with their own area.<br />Denis<br />(Blogging is best, when it is a collaborative art form!)<br />Thanks.Denis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-82179918393943118382012-01-02T09:32:30.455+11:002012-01-02T09:32:30.455+11:00Thanks Martin
I have edited in some conversion fig...Thanks Martin<br />I have edited in some conversion figures, for the old-fashioned amongst us, who still think of rainfall in "inches" (and who amongst us can honestly claim we don't?).<br />.<br />Your rainfall is 25.59 inches. <br />We got 68.48 inches, last year.<br />By contrast, Tully, Qld, gets 162.48 inches.<br />Cheers<br />DenisDenis Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10031115992910569116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19288377.post-76130841899191235802012-01-02T06:38:44.696+11:002012-01-02T06:38:44.696+11:00Denis
With that average rainfall and your deep fe...Denis<br /><br />With that average rainfall and your deep fertile soil no wonder stuff grows so well in Robbo. We struggle with 650mm of rain on rotten shale!<br /><br />WRT to the fire service folk, I think the experience of recent "controlled" burns in WA says all that is necessary. I once heard one of these guys complaining about use of tan bark in urban yards as being a fire hazard. Unfortunately he was being serious.<br /><br />Even more unfortunately their views seem to be shared by many Parks people. While this is probably a political imperative one should have thought they would understand more about Botany.<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.com