In fact, such currents are more accurately described as longshore drift or longshore current (the defining characteristic of a rip current is that it goes out to sea). While rip currents are localised, longshore drift is general, moving in the same direction along a whole coastline. This poses little danger in itself, but can drag surfers towards hazardous obstacles (rocks, groynes, piers, etc.) without their noticing, or simply away from supervising family members and friends.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 27 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 16 degrees Fahrenheit. The annual average precipitation at Brinnon is 54.36 Inches. Winter months tend to be wetter than summer months. The wettest month of the year is December with an average rainfall of 8.65 Inches.
Below average monthly mean minimum temperatures were confined to June, November, and December across Perth in 2014. Annual rainfall for 2014 ranged from about 500 mm on the islands and in the far northeast of the metropolitan area, to 600 mm to 700 mm on much of the coastal plain, to about 1000 mm in the hills.erth in 2014: A warm and dry year. All sites in the Perth metropolitan area recorded above average temperatures and below average rainfall in 2014. 1  Above-average mean maximum temperatures across the Perth metropolitan area; fourth-highest for Perth Metro.