The daily weather log

Most days were fine, and only two or three were cool and overcast. There were 13 frosts, twice the usual number, but May 2006 had 14. Rain totalling 13.8 mm fell on five rain days, with a maximum reading of 6.2 mm on the 25th.

 Comparing May months

This was a very dry month, marked by dew points four degrees below normal, but it was not as dry as May 2006, as is clear from the graph.
The rainfall total is well below the May average of 40.3 mm: it is in the 24th percentile (3/4 of May months have been wetter). In extreme contrast, the nine-month rainfall total of 852 mm is extra-ordinarily high. Only 13 nine-month totals have been higher, and then only in the four years 1890, 1928, 1956 and 2012 (April). The record for a nine-month rainfall total was 1030 mm, set in June 1956.

Data. Rainfall data is from Manilla Post Office, courtesy of Phil Pinch. Temperatures, including subsoil at 750 mm, and other data are from 3 Monash Street, Manilla.