Cool and wet weather for both cities

Rain returned to both Sydney and Jyväskylä at the beginning of this week. Sydney saw its biggest totals in more than 2 months, while Jyväskylä has seen its biggest fall so far this August. Temperatures have also remained low in Sydney, while Jyväskylä has seen a drop from recent summer maximums above 25C.

After Monday saw 8.0mm fall at Sydney Airport, a further 40.2mm fell on Tuesday. That 40.2mm recording from August 12 is more than all of the rain that fell between June 7 and August 11. An additional 0.2mm yesterday took the monthly total to 50.2mm.

Monday's cold continued on Tuesday as well. Most of the day remained below 13C, but it did exceed the previous day's top by 0.1C, getting to 13.2C. Yesterday was only slightly warmer than that with a maximum of 14.4C. That made it 3 consecutive days without topping 15C. Since 2009, only 2011 and 2012 had managed 4 consecutive days below 15C, but today's high of 16.5C made sure that 2014 wouldn't join that list.

Minimums have been in line with the season as well. After 2 weeks of August the highest minimum stands at 10.1C, one of only two days with a minimum above 10C. All years between 2009 and 2013 recorded a warmer minimum by August 14.

The gorgeous run of summer weather in Jyväskylä came to an end after Monday. August 11 did manage to post a top above 25C, but rain in the late evening dropped temperatures below 20C. Tuesday then recorded the coldest day since July 16. Yesterday went even lower with a maximum of 20.4C, the coldest since July 10.

Showers rolling through Jyväskylä just after 4pm on August 13

Late Monday evening saw 9.4mm of rain. Tuesday and Wednesday added 4.7mm and 3.3mm respectively to the monthly total which, not including today, stands at 18.2mm. Showers are expected for at least the next week.