Daily rainfall totals (24 hours to 9am) for the event (total of 364.9 mm) at Ferny Grove:
4th Feb: 9.6 mm
5th Feb: 1.6 mm
6th Feb: 45.6 mm
7th Feb: 93.9 mm
8th Feb: 3.5 mm
9th Feb: 37.5 mm
10th Feb: 33.5 mm
11th Feb: 35.5 mm
12th Feb: 12.9 mm
13th Feb: 60.3 mm
14th Feb: 31 mm

Long period rainfall totals for 6, 9 and 12 months have returned to near average values, whilst totals for 18, 24, 36 and 48 months still remain below average.

Of the last 30 years at Ferny Grove this is the third highest February rainfall total (365.6 mm, 125% above the long term average and 203.8 mm above average) so far and the highest since 464.8 mm in 1995. 2015 was 328.5mm and 2013 was 231.2mm. Looking at only the total rainfall for the first 15 days of past Februaries results in 2020 being the highest on record. For all months of the year this is the highest since 375.4 mm in March 2017.

The daily rainfall totals were not significantly high but the sustained culmination of rainfall over a long period was quite exceptional for my location. The highest daily rainfall total of 90.9 mm was the 9th highest February daily rainfall total and the highest since 143.4 mm on the 24st in 2018. For any month it was also the highest since 143.4 mm on 24 February 2018.

For the number of days of consecutive days of rainfall this was 11 days which compared to previous February wet spells equalled 284.4 mm in 11 days between 14 February 2015 and 25 February 2015. That was the second highest on record, whereas the longest February wet spell is 14 days between 31 January and 7 February 2003 (99.5 mm).

When compared with previous wet spells across all months there were 24 other previous periods of greater than 11 days with the highest being 62 days between 28 March and 9 April 2011 (70.5 mm).

But as for wet spell total this event was significant compared to previous wet spells rainfall totals and was the highest for February (previously 284.4 mm between 14 February 2015 and 25 February 2015). For any month this was the highest since 459 mm between the 23 January and 29 January 2013.

The year to date total of 548.9 mm (242.1 mm above average and 78.9 % above average) when compared with previous January to February totals is the highest since 711.9 mm in 2013.