Wettest/Driest

Wettest – No. of Rain Days

Mt Barker (Farming Service Centre in the Great Southern)
249 days in 1927
Source – Bureau  of Meteorology, Climate Services

Wettest – 12 months Period

Jarrahdale (Outer hamlet of Perth.)
2169mm.  1917
Source –  Bureau  of Meteorology, Climate Services

Wettest – 24 Hour Period

Whim Creek (Pilbara town)
747 mm. 3 April 1898
Source – Bureau  of Meteorology, Climate Services

Wettest – Average over 12 months

Pemberton (Timber town in the South West).
1437mm (74 years of record)
Source – Bureau  of Meteorology, Climate Services

Driest – Average of 12 months

Forrest (Trans Australia Railway Siding)
157mm (36 years of record)
Source – Bureau of Meteorology, Climate Services

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