Tuesday 5 July 2022 03:33 AM NSW Weather: Sydney experienced more rain over the weekend than London receives ... trends now
Sydney's astonishing weekend of rain resulted in more precipitation since Friday than London experiences in 12 months.
Between Friday and Monday the Harbour City copped a biblical 733mm - as the latest rain bomb is designated natural disaster-status with life-threatening floods ravaging the capital.
That downpour dwarfs London's annual average of 615mm - one of Europe's wettest cities that sees 109 days of rainfall per year.
Sydney experienced 733mm of rain over the weekend - a total that would dwarf the annual rainfall for most cities around the world
London, generally regarded as one of Europe's wettest cities, averages 615mm of rain per year - well below Sydney's weekend figure
More wild weather is on the way, with the drenched city forecast to receive another 50mm on Tuesday on top of the 67.2mm in the previous 24 hours as hazardous surf conditions and massive swells lashed the coastline.
A severe weather warning of heavy rain and damaging winds of up to 90km/h remains in place for Sydney, the NSW Central Coast and Hunter regions, with Gosford, Cessnock, Maitland, Dungog and Kulnura all in the firing line.
Authorities have warned floodwaters will take up to a week to recede even after the rain eases on Tuesday night.
With Sydney set to push 800mm of rain across the last five days on Tuesday, it would make it one of the wettest cities in Europe over a 12-month span.
Scotland's Glasgow holds the crown for the region's most rain with more than 1,100mm per year. Cardiff experiences a similar level of saturation, with Met Office data from 2014 suggesting it may trump Glasgow.
Scotland's Glasgow sees more than 1,100mm of rainfall every year - making it Europe's wettest city
Mumbai is the wettest major city on earth experiencing 2,386mm of precipitation every year - but Sydney is set to smash that total in 2022
Andorra la Vella is second with an average above 900mm, with Brussels, Amsterdam and Istanbul rounding out the top six.
Sydney's last five days would see it close to those nations for annual totals, and on
