Canberra missed the worst of the weather predicted to bring Canberra’s average monthly rainfall in two days, with only about 10-20mm millimetres falling over the weekend, according to the Bureau of Meteorology; well short of the August average of 47 millimetres.
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However, rain is expected to continue on Monday morning and into the afternoon, when it is due to ease into isolated showers.
While it may have put a dampener on some weekend activities, it brought an end to the an unusually dry period for the capital.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Sean Carson said Tuggeranong and southern parts of Canberra received only 10-12mm of rain while Belconnen and Gungahlin received around 20mm.
"It’s been a pretty dry couple of months, so we’re going to get upward of 20 millimetres over a couple of days. It’s breaking the dry-spell a little bit," the BOM forecaster said.
He said it was still possible heavier rain could hit the capital overnight into Monday morning with “a significant rain band starting to creep over the ranges”, but it seemed the worst of the weather missed us to the east.
"A lot of places just to the east of Canberra have seen upwards of 20 millimetres [this weekend]," he said, and Goulburn recorded more than 30 millimetres in 12 hours on Sunday.
By Monday morning, Goulburn had received 61mm with rain continuing to fall and Braidwood had picked up 71mm.
The rain clouds have kept minimum temperatures up, and Monday morning will be no exception, with a relatively balmy four degrees predicted – a nice change from recent freezing minimums – and a maximum of 12 degrees.
"On Wednesday once that cloud clears a bit we’ll be going for a minimum of minus one and a maximum of 14," the forecaster said.
Don't get used to the clear days, though, there's a chance of a shower on Friday and possibly more rain into next weekend.
