At 12% of normal for December, the amount of rainfall in free areas increased due to yesterday's rainfall, with the rate of average rainfall since 1 October (the start of the hydrological year) at 82% of normal.
Indicatively, yesterday morning the rainfall for the month was limited to just 3% of normal for the month of December.
Based on preliminary data from the Department of Meteorology as of 08:00 today, the rainfall for the last 24 hours was 9.1 millimeters (mm),
with the total rainfall since the first of the month being just 13 mm compared to 105.6 mm which is normal based on historical data (1960-1990).
As of 1 October, the total rainfall that fell in free areas is 157.2 millimetres, which is 82% of the normal figure of 191.6 mm.
The highest rainfall of the last 24 hours was recorded at Psoka Cross station with 28.2 mm, followed by Paphos Airport station with 15.9 mm and Prodromos with 15.5 mm.
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