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Wettest year in 60 years, Sydney close to breaking record

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to hammer Australia’s east coast as an almost 60-year weather record is smashed.

August 28, 2022 - 2:22PM

Large parts of eastern Northern Territory, southwest Queensland, western and southern NSW, northern Victoria, and northern Tasmania look likely to see between 15 and 40mm of rain on Monday.

The warning comes as NSW looks to break the record for the most rainfall in 60 years...

Sydney copped more than two metres of rain in eight months for the first time in almost 60 years.

An added 200mm will see it be the wettest period on record for the region.

With the added rainfall forecast to come this week, Sydney will have experienced its wettest year since 1963, and the most rain this early in the year since records began in the 1800s.

In 1950, the Sydney’s highest rainfall was recorded at 2,194mm for the year.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned of a wet summer earlier this month, giving a 70 per cent chance of a La Nina weather event.

In a La Nina year, the average rainfall between December and March is 20 per cent higher than regular years.

Since 1900, Australia has experienced 19 La Nina weather events, with 12 causing flooding in eastern states.