Record Rain for Oranjemund?

namweather · February 07, 2009, 08:06:27 AM

Hi Oranjemunders,

According to my weatherstation on the airport it rained 68.6mm last night.

Is this a record for Oranjemund? can we get some pictures of the water down there.

Regards
Namweather

Michael Alexander · February 07, 2009, 08:08:21 AM

Hi Namweather, thanks for that..... awesome weather for this part of the world........

SandyB · February 07, 2009, 08:11:33 AM

That should have washed away a lot of dust ??

namweather · February 07, 2009, 08:14:22 AM

Mike,

Can you grab your camera and post some pics for us?

Can you recall this much rain in history and when?

Namweather

Michael Alexander · February 07, 2009, 08:28:21 AM

I took my camera home yesterday, however I was discussing the record rain with the locals on the shopfloor, it seems the airport must of had a cloudburst over it, as there are no large puddles in the town itself....

the sky is still very gray here...

georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP) · February 07, 2009, 08:31:06 AM

If that 68 mm is correct, you must have a record

namweather · February 07, 2009, 08:34:23 AM

I just had the newspapers find out and I got the same reply - it must have been only over the airport.

I was in doubt about the station - but if I look at the huge pool of water next to the runway it could be????
None of my other stations ever recorded wrong rain (to much).

Its the same in Windhoek _ Eros got 53mm and Hochlandpark 7mm - 2km distance.

Hope it cools down for you today as its already very hot.