General News
15 August, 2023
Scarce falls make for a barren mid-winter
RAINFALL in Loddon communities for July was almost half historic averages. However, falls were still well above the driest July of the past 30 years recorded in 1994. At Inglewood, last month’s rainfall was 21.4mm compared with the average of...
RAINFALL in Loddon communities for July was almost half historic averages.
However, falls were still well above the driest July of the past 30 years recorded in 1994.
At Inglewood, last month’s rainfall was 21.4mm compared with the average of 45mm.
The region’s biggest falls were at Wedderburn and Dunolly where 29.4mm and 28.8mm was tipped from gauges compared with the monthly average for those towns of 48.6mm and 48.8mm.
Boort measured 20.2mm for the month while Mincha saw 18mm fall and Prairie West 17.4mm.
Cairn Curran reservoir over the weekend was at 97.97 per cent capacity while water continues to spill at Tullaroop where the level was officially 101 per cent. Laanecoorie has fallen 1.38 per cent to be at 97.75 per cent.
Loddon River downstream of Laanecoorie rose slightly last week while Serpentine Weir had dropped from 1.45 metres to 1.2 metres.