RAINFALL IN SYDNEY PASSES 1950 RECORD

SYDNEY has been soaked by its wettest year on record with almost three months of expected above-average rain to spare.

Australia’s biggest city beat its 1950 record of 2,194mm (86.4 inches) at 12.30pm today after 27.2mm (1.07in) of rain fell at the Observatory Hill rain gauge during the morning, the Bureau of Meteorology said. Records at Observatory Hill go back to 1859.

Heavy rain is forecast to continue across the city, peaking on Saturday.