2014 stayed dry

RAINFALL over the district in 2014 was slightly lower than average.
Neville Buckland of Fish Creek recorded 847mm for the year, while the average for the year is 1030mm.
Last year was much drier than 2013, when 1235mm of rain fell.
However, December was wetter than average.
Mr Buckland said 83.5mm fell over 12 days, exceeding the average of 67mm.
“It’s probably the best season for years,” he said.
Lindsay Fromhold of Meeniyan recorded 743.6mm during 2014.
“That’s about 29 inches in the old scale, which is down a bit,” he said.
“The year before we had 1132mm. It was just wet. It was a shocker.
“Most farmers, I think, would tell you they’ve had a much better spring than we’ve had for a long, long time.
“The last few weeks of winter were warm and since then we’ve just had nice rain.”
Mr Fromhold recorded 71.9mm over 10 days in December.
David Shambrook of Leongatha measured 51mm over 18 days in December over 18 days.
For 2014 he measured 758mm of rain.
“On average, we were down nearly 200mm over whole year, but since then we’ve had some good rain,” he said.
“We’ve had about 50mm over the last week.
“Hopefully that will keep things green and growing and keep the fires away.”

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