Is Terrigal the wettest place on the Central Coast?
As an old Bureau weatherman I’m always interested in the rainfall differences we experience across the Central Coast and on occasion these can be quite pronounced.
The Bureau of Meteorology has an official automatic weather station located at Hylton Park, Gosford, and I always compare the data from this source with that from my home weather station located at Terrigal.
Rainfall patterns are quite different between the two, with a case in point being the 24 hours ending at 9am Friday, February 16, when 49.0mm was recorded at Gosford, and 94.9mm at Terrigal – nearly double that of Gosford!
In fact on the available evidence Terrigal appeared to be the Central Coast rainfall champion with second place going to Toukley (74) and the bronze shared between Avoca and Kincumber (70).
However each situation produces variations; different strokes for different folks.
Email, Feb 16
Richard Whitaker, Terrigal