Sydney on track to receive month’s worth of rain in first week of May, bureau warns

Sydney has experienced a wet start to May as some parts of NSW recorded record rainfall. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

The wet start to May for much of New South Wales is likely to continue for another week, with a severe weather warning for the state’s south coast and flash flooding on the Central Coast.

Sydney’s Observatory Hill had, by Sunday morning, recorded 92.8mm of rain this month – and was fast approaching the May average of 117.4mm.