AUSTRALIAN ANNUAL MEAN RAINFALL calculated from preliminary data January 2002 YEAR ANNUAL RAINFALL (mm) 1900 368.7 1901 401.7 1902 317.2 1903 518.6 1904 504.7 1905 320.4 1906 485.3 1907 451.0 1908 447.0 1909 436.2 1910 523.4 1911 427.4 1912 378.0 1913 442.1 1914 425.2 1915 386.5 1916 533.8 1917 579.5 1918 433.1 1919 361.2 1920 513.7 1921 548.1 1922 420.9 1923 411.6 1924 402.5 1925 425.3 1926 423.0 1927 422.8 1928 356.9 1929 372.1 1930 493.0 1931 435.5 1932 386.9 1933 442.1 1934 441.7 1935 347.3 1936 398.8 1937 384.4 1938 361.8 1939 489.0 1940 392.7 1941 477.4 1942 537.5 1943 393.0 1944 378.7 1945 407.9 1946 403.3 1947 509.3 1948 384.3 1949 480.4 1950 633.2 1951 366.0 1952 380.8 1953 427.8 1954 460.2 1955 581.9 1956 604.4 1957 385.0 1958 421.6 1959 415.6 1960 472.2 1961 336.3 1962 439.0 1963 484.8 1964 427.2 1965 347.7 1966 404.6 1967 434.8 1968 552.6 1969 416.2 1970 384.5 1971 493.7 1972 364.7 1973 661.3 1974 784.2 1975 603.5 1976 527.8 1977 471.8 1978 525.7 1979 455.6 1980 433.0 1981 535.1 1982 421.4 1983 499.3 1984 555.2 1985 398.9 1986 392.0 1987 453.4 1988 459.8 1989 483.8 1990 417.7 1991 469.3 1992 452.4 1993 499.4 1994 340.6 1995 522.8 1996 469.9 1997 527.3 1998 565.5 1999 584.1 2000 727.3 2001 553.1