Rainfall totals in July were above average for north-western, and parts of central, eastern and far south-western Victoria.
Victoria’s area-averaged rainfall total in July was 79.5 mm, above the 1961-1990 average.
July’s rainfall was defined by a wet weekend, where Shepparton saw 25mm of rain from 9am on Friday, July 25 to 9am Monday, July 28, with 16.8mm falling on Friday.
Benalla saw 19.6mm of rain, bringing its July total rainfall to 77mm.
Strathbogie saw 50.2mm of rain on the Friday and Saturday, bringing its total rainfall for July to 168.6mm.
In terms of total rainfalls across the region, Mangalore was soaked in 69mm of rain, Tatura got 45mm and Kyabram saw 50.2mm. Echuca had 56.1mm of rain, while Kerang saw 46mm.
Kerang and Seymour Shire Depot recorded the most July rainfall the towns have had in more than 20 years.
Mean maximum temperatures in July were above average to very much above average for most of the state.
Shepparton’s warmest day was 16.8°C on Saturday, July 26 which led into the coldest night with a night-time temperature of 9.3°C.
Kerang had the hottest day and night in the region, reaching 17.7°C and 9.6°C.
Strathbogie had the coldest day and the coldest night, at 7.7°C and -3.2°C.
Shepparton’s coldest night was non Thursday, July 24, which hit a chilling -1.4°C, which was followed by the coldest day, on Friday, July 25, hitting a daytime temperature of 10.2°C
There were several low-pressure systems and cold fronts that passed through Victoria in July.
Looking ahead, the Bureau of Meteorology says for the rest of August to October, above average rainfall is ‘likely’ to ‘very likely’ for most of mainland Australia.
Above average maximum temperatures are ‘likely’ to ‘very likely’ for most of northern, western and south-eastern Australia.
There is an increased chance of unusually high minimum temperatures across most of the country.
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