Remember This? A strange year of weather (1988)

The weather does like to play games with us. This summer has been a fairly stormy one even though Sydney is in drought and also our weather is under the control of El Nino.

1988 was regarded by some as the year that bought the weirdest weather to Sydney. The Daily Telegraph presented a feature report on December 13, 1988.

So why was the weather "weird"?

• The sixth wettest year on record - 1807mm had fallen up to December 12, 1988. According to the Weather Bureau, 1862mm would fall by December 31.
• 506.6mm fell in April, the highest since 1861.
• Warmest Winter on Record - Each day recorded an average temperature of 18.8 degrees, two degrees above average.
• Hottest October on Record - Average daily temperature of 26 degrees.
• Earliest recorded "Century Day" (when the temperature exceeds 38 degrees or 100 degrees on the Fahrenheit Scale) - 39.2 degrees on November 2. This record has been smashed with a 38-degree day on October 13, 2004.
• Coldest November day on Record - 12.6 degrees on November 16.