Agriculture

11 June, 2023

Late rains fall short of average

MOST Loddon towns received half their monthly rainfall on one day last month. But good rain on May 26 was not enough to bring gauge readings for the month up to median figures. Wedderburn received 25.6mm for the month with 10.4mm the highest single...

MOST Loddon towns received half their monthly rainfall on one day last month.
But good rain on May 26 was not enough to bring gauge readings for the month up to median figures.
Wedderburn received 25.6mm for the month with 10.4mm the highest single daily fall. The town’s mean rainfall for May is 42.8mm
At Inglewood 15.8mm was recorded on May 26 as a total of 25.6mm was recorded while Dunolly’s May monthly reading was half its mean - 20mm with just 7mm recorded on the one day.
Charlton tipped 21.2mm from the gauge with 9.4mm on May 26, compared with a mean of 33.7mm.
And at Prairie West and Mincha, the monthly total was 19mm, about two-thirds the normal fall.

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