The Grahamstown Dam and Chichester catchments account for about 80 per cent of the water supplied to more than half a million people in the Lower Hunter region. The rainfall here has a significant impact on total water storage.
Total Monthly Rainfall
|
Chichester
|
Grahamstown
|
Customers*
|
This Week
|
4.4mm |
2.0mm |
1.8mm |
Month So Far
|
8.8mm |
4.2mm |
4.6mm |
* Customer Rainfall is the average of Newcastle/Nobbys and Coalfields/Farley WWTW
Average Monthly Rainfall (Jan - Jun)
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Aprl
|
May
|
Jun
|
Chichester Dam
|
173.0 |
179.2 |
174.9 |
95.8 |
99.8 |
101.7 |
Grahamstown Dam
|
124.1 |
119.9 |
140.4 |
101.0 |
97.9 |
117.6 |
Newcastle Nobbys
|
91.4 |
105.6 |
121.9 |
115.9 |
118.6 |
117.8 |
Average Monthly Rainfall (Jul - Dec)
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Chichester Dam
|
53.4 |
60.0 |
60.7 |
90.9 |
98.0 |
126.3 |
Grahamstown Dam
|
63.3 |
68.2 |
56.8 |
76.1 |
83.6 |
90.9 |
Newcastle Nobbys
|
97.2 |
76.2 |
73.7 |
74.3 |
69.5 |
82.4 |
