Just 28mm rain to report this week - That’s much less than Bairnsdale airport that received more like 40mm. There’s probably a couple of reasons for this (my theory only!!). Firstly, if you have a storm cell over you can get 30mm + in ½ hour. 5 miles down the road you might not be under that thunder storm & might get no rainfall from it at all! On Monday evening we had a massive dump of rain in that big storm in the evening. I was expecting to see more than the 16mm we got in the gauge from that. I was outside when it was raining & with the wind associated with it, it was literally raining in fine spray horizontally!! I think due to the excessive wind & it being fine misty spray around the house etc not much actually landed in the gauge!!
Last month we ended up with 6 days over 30*C. The average for October is 1 day! So it was a warm start to summer. Watch this space!!
Webmaster's note:
The Bureau of Meteorology reported that the October rainfall was 53% below average nationally. Monthly rainfall was the lowest on record for most of Tasmania and an area spanning the southwest of Victoria and southeastern Australia. Both maximum and minimum temperatures were above average to warmest on record for the southern half of Australia for October, and the highest on record for the nation as a whole (+3.44°C).
The Bureau of Meteorology reported that the October rainfall was 53% below average nationally. Monthly rainfall was the lowest on record for most of Tasmania and an area spanning the southwest of Victoria and southeastern Australia. Both maximum and minimum temperatures were above average to warmest on record for the southern half of Australia for October, and the highest on record for the nation as a whole (+3.44°C).
