This week has been a very wet week, especially the past two days, with it feeling like I’ll never see the sun again! As it has been rather wet, I thought that I would check out the long-term outlook for the weather over spring. Whether this forecast will be correct, or not, is anyone’s guess at the moment, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out to be wrong!

Today, the forecast has said that we have a low chance of getting 70mm of rain today (but a high chance of at least 25mm). It is safe to say that the lower diction has been exceeded by far. At home, my weather station says that we have had 58.4mm of rain since midnight, with no sign that the rain will stop any time soon! This comes after 51.1mm yesterday and a forecast saying it will rain all weekend too.

As both my working life and home garden are impacted by the weather, no matter whether it is wet or dry, I thought that I would have a look at the long-term weather forecast for spring. I got my information from the Bureau of Meteorology, which is the national weather forecasting body for Australia.

I’ll start with spring rainfall predictions. There is between a 60-80% chance of having above average rainfall for the eastern half of Australia (which is where Sydney is located). There is also an increased chance that a lot of this eastern half of Australia will have an ‘unusually high’ amount of rain over spring.

As for temperatures over spring, it is predicted that they will be warmer than average-with both minimum and maximum temperatures likely higher than usual. There is also a chance of both day and night temperatures being unusually high too.

All this means that I’m in for warm, wet and humid weather over spring, which is never that much fun when I’m working, or for a productive vegetable garden (veg needs some sun as well as water and warmth)!