My hypothesis is that lunar-planetary cycles produce non-random effects on rain amounts. Testing this requires a data trawl, but the amount of data I have presented is not enough for proof. I do not have a hypothesis as to whether Uranus might have a bigger effect than other planets such as Jupiter, but am just looking at the data to see. My aim was to define a method able to test objective planetary effects. This is very easy to validate by replacing the Sydney data with data from any other official weather station.

May I say, the heliocentric hypothesis emerged from Copernicus’ observation of the inelegance of epicycles. He subsequently went in search of data to justify the heliocentric view, with only limited initial success due to his assumption of circular rather than elliptical planetary motion. Similarly, I believe this rain effect is elegant, in line with the gravity net hypothesis summarized above, and am in search of data to prove it.