The bar chart below shows the average rainfall for Australia by month for last year. The line shows the average rainfall for Australia by month for the last forty years.

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report describes a bar chart that displays the average

rainfall

for Australia for each

last

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year

on a bimonthly basis. Meanwhile, the line curve illustrates the mean

rainfall

of Australia on a monthly basis for the past forty

years

.

Overall

, it is readily apparent that the average

rainfall

for Australia

last

year

was lower than the average for the past forty

years

,

although

it generally followed the same pattern. Average

rainfall

for the

last

forty

years

decreased from a peak at the beginning of the

year

to lows in the months in the middle of the

year

. Towards the end of the

year

,

rainfall

gradually increased, reaching almost 60

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. For the past 40

years

, the average total in January started at 80

mm

and gradually began to drop in February, reaching approximately 35

mm

in April. August, September, and October were particularly dry, accounting for around 5

mm

each, both for the

last

year

and the

last

40

years

. In November and December, both lines representing the average for 40

years

and the previous

year

significantly increased, reaching roughly 50

mm

.