Towns record triple monthly rainfalls

SEVERAL Loddon towns had their average June rainfall in one day last month.

Steady rain on June 8 saw Wedderburn record 49mm, more than 3mm above monthly average, as it went on to record 115.6mm for the month and has now had 226.4mm in the first half of the year.

At Mincha, the average of 34mm was almost doubled in the one day when 52.8mm fell taking the monthly figure to 86mm and 202.8mm for the year.

Inglewood tipped 99.1mm from the gauge for June, including 49mm on June 8. The average is 46mm while 251mm has now fallen in the town in the first six months of 2023.

Dunolly has recorded 110mm compared with the average 48.5mm with 42.6mm on June 8. The year total is now at 249.4mm.

Boort’s June average is 34mm and just one millimetre less was recorded on June 8 as the town went on to have falls of 74.8mm over 30 days and 204.6mm so far for the year.

In Charlton, just 27.8mm was recorded on June 8 and 73.5mm for the month. The town’s monthly average is 39.5mm and the yearly total is now 170.8mm

The BoM says that last month for northern Victoria was in the wettest 10 per cent of Junes since records began in 1900.

Bureau of Meteorology is predicting up to an 80 per cent chance of below median rainfall for most of Australia between August and October.