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Description: Climate Change at Manilla, NSW, Australia
[For explanation of this graph, see below: “About drought duration graphs” .]
Two periods of extreme rainfall shortage had extended through the mid-winters of 2018 and 2019. These were acute shortages of seasonal to annual duration. However, by the end of 2019 these very short-term rainfall shortages had ended: they were no longer extreme shortages in the 1st percentile. Although they were not even serious shortages, the fact that monthly rainfalls were below average prevented district water storage levels from rising. As the 15-month, 18-month, and 24-month shortages persisted beyon
Extreme rainfall shortages linked to the 2018-19 drought at Manilla are now concentrated in the mid-range of duration – about 3-years to 10-years. From 30-month duration up to 240-months duration, nearly all the selected durations are coloured red for extreme rainfall shortage, persisting up to the current month (August 2020). In this super-drought, extreme shortages of longer duration consistently had onset earlier than those of shorter duration: the longest, that of 240-month duration, started before 2000
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