It has been a drier than average start to the year for the Wimmera region according to Longerenong College weather station statistics.
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A total of 6.6mm of rain was recorded at the college during the month of March.
The weather station’s March rainfall total was recorded over three days –March 24, 25, 26.
The highest daily total was 3.2mm received on Saturday, March 24.
Weather statistics compiled by the college’s weather recorder Brett Allender show that the college received a combined rainfall total for the three months to the end of March of 24.4mm.
Mr Allender said this total is barely one-third of the long-term average for the period to the end of March, which is 70.5mm.
These figures indicate that the region has experienced its driest first three months of a year since the 14.2mm recorded in 2009.
March maximum temperatures were above average, with the mean sitting at 25.4 degrees.
The hottest day recorded at the college during March was on March 10, when the mercury hit 34.4 degrees.
Meanwhile, the lowest maximum temperature, recorded on March 26, was 17.4 degrees.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s climate outlook for April to June forecasts neutral conditions, with no strong shift toward wetter or drier conditions, across most of Australia.
However, parts of the tropical north, eastern Victoria, Tasmania, and southeast NSW are likely to be wetter than average, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
