Rainfall is sustainable

Sea-change to Albany in particular in times of global warming is driven not only by Australia’s ageing population but by Albany’s benign climate - far more agreeable than that of most of the rest of Western Australia, or of most of South Australia.
At a time when much of Australia is running out of water, Albany is not: July is th
wettest month, with a long-term average of over 140 mm, whilst rain occurs on two days out of every three during an average winter. The driest month is February with a mean of about 23 mm and in summer it rains on average about one day in every four.