General News
5 November, 2022
Month of records
RAINFALL records for October were smashed across the Loddon as much of the region experienced floods last month. The highest rainfall was recorded in Wedderburn where 228.2mm fell, way above the previous October record of 179.8mm in 1975.A new record...
RAINFALL records for October were smashed across the Loddon as much of the region experienced floods last month.
The highest rainfall was recorded in Wedderburn where 228.2mm fell, way above the previous October record of 179.8mm in 1975.
A new record was measured in the official Bureau of Meteorology gauge at Mincha - 173.2mm, beating the 144.7mm recorded in October 1975. Dunolly’s monthly total was 209.6mm, beating the previous record by 5mm.
Inglewood and Bridgewater recorded 173.9mm, less than a millimetre below the record set in 1975.
At Canary Island, 120.4mm fell last month compared with the 1973 record of 147.5mm while at Prairie West where official records have only been kept for the past decade, the measurement was 188.5mm.