The ACT has had a rainier January than usual, with higher than average rainfall recorded this month already.
There were plenty of showers at the University of Canberra fields on Tuesday. Anyone watching the Brumbies would have enjoyed seeing them get to work in the wet weather, with damp grounds making for a dramatic-looking training session.
It wasn't just mizzling, but muggy as well. Many Canberrans are having to make a hard decision - leave the windows open and risk soggy carpet, or shut them and suffer the heat?
While it felt pretty warm, temperatures were fairly mild for January, with a top of 22 degrees. But it was the humidity that gave Tuesday an extra edge.
However not all territorians were dancing in the rain, with 26 calls made to the ACT Emergency Services Agency on Tuesday.
Callouts mostly related to leaking roofs and localised flooding caused by the weather overnight. All jobs were completed, the ESA said.
Fortunately, Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Neale Fraser said January rain may be pretty much over for the ACT.
There are some potential showers in a few suburbs on Thursday, but little more than cloudy skies forecast for the rest of the week.
Mr Fraser said it was fairly normal to see more showers during January, but it had been a particularly rainy month.
"Generally this time of year you are more likely to see showers and thunderstorms," he said.
"The long-term average for Canberra for rainfall [in] January is 58.5 millimeters. And so far this month, if you include today's rainfall, we've had 81.6.
"So, well above the long-term average for Canberra already."
In bad news for storm chasers, but good news for the rest of us, the rain will go away.
"There's a slight chance to see a shower around [Thursday], and perhaps [Wednesday night], but most of it is all over now," Mr Fraser said.
"[There is a] gradual warming trend through the week in to the weekend. And virtually no rain right through for the next week or so."
