New Bureau of Meteorology figures show Beulah had the wettest spring ever with 249.7 millimetres of rain recorded.

The average for spring is 103.2mm.

Other Wimmera towns recorded the wettest spring in more than two decades.

Rupanyup had the wettest spring since 1975, with 233.6mm.

Natimuk, Kaniva, Apsley and Great Western had the wettest spring since 1992, with 207.2mm, 202.4mm, 256.9mm and 225.2mm respectively.

Longerenong and Warracknabeal had the wettest spring since 1993 with 168.2mm and 190.4mm respectively.

The wet weather led to floods and mosquitoes throughout spring and caused harvest to start later than usual.

Beulah farmer Ross Williams tried to harvest his barley last week but said moisture was still an issue.

“We wanted to harvest barley but was still too green,” he said.

Mr Williams received 170mm in three weeks on his property in September.

Water had caused disease in lentils but Mr Williams said overall his crops were above average.

Longerenong College weather statistician Brett Allender said increased spring rain was an incredible contrast to the previous two years. He said only 32mm was recorded in spring in 2015 and 50mm in 2014.

Bureau senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said Victoria was 42 per cent wetter than average this spring.

“The type of temperatures and rainfall we saw in winter extended into spring,” he said.

“The Indian Ocean dipole caused the heavy rain particularly in the first two thirds of the season, when he had the floods in the west of the state.” Spring was also colder than average in the region.

Stawell had the coolest spring on record, with an average top temperature of 18.3 degrees and Longerenong and Warracknabeal had the coolest spring since 1992 and 1993 respectively.