General News
9 August, 2024
August rainfall figures under par
PATCHY rainfall across the Loddon in August saw just one district record above-average falls. Inglewood received 17.4mm on August 9 and another 14mm three days later as the district headed towards 51.4mm for the month that has an average fall of...
PATCHY rainfall across the Loddon in August saw just one district record above-average falls.
Inglewood received 17.4mm on August 9 and another 14mm three days later as the district headed towards 51.4mm for the month that has an average fall of 45mm. The official town gauge has now tipped out 274.9mm in eight months this year.
August’s rainfall in Wedderburn was 10mm below average - 36.6mm with almost half received in one day. There have been falls totalling 249mm so far this year.
The official gauge at Mincha recorded 23.6mm for August, taking the district’s total for the year to 273mm while West Prairie recorded 15.8mm for the month.
Dunolly recorded 51.2mm, up slightly on its August average of 48mm and now has tipped out 288mm for the year while at Charlton, there was 28.2mm compared with the average of 33.4mm. Charlton has had 200.8mm in the first eight months of 2024.
Meanwhile, Laanecoorie reservoir is at just 19 per cent capacity. Official levels on Monday had 1565ML of water in the reservoir compared it a capacity of 8000ML. The level is just below the reading in early August 2022 before a rapid rise ahead of October floods across the region