WANGARATTA'S Tre (10) and Aemon Webb (12) made the most of heavy rain at their Wilson Road home yesterday as the district continued to enjoy its wettest start to winter in four years.
Written by STEVE KELLY.
WANGARATTA district has experienced its wettest start to winter in four years.
Some 66mm of rain was recorded for June, but Dartmouth Reservoir and Whitfield (King River at Cheshunt) almost doubled that with 125mm, and Greta West having 100mm.
Rainfall was slightly below the average of 72mm for Wangaratta, but a lot better than totals for June in previous years - 2008 (22mm), 2007 (37mm) and 2006 (23mm).
Not since 2005 when a historical record of 281mm was recorded for any month at Dartmouth Reservoir, has the start to the season been so good.
The highest rainfall in the state over the past week was recorded at Edi Upper with 50mm of rain falling.
The beginning of July has seen good rainfall with 8.8mm falling in Wangaratta on Wednesday, followed by persistent falls yesterday.
Temperatures have been on the icy side of cold with -1.5 degrees Celsius recorded on June 11 in Wangaratta, with -7.9 at Mt Hotham the same day.
The mercury reached a high of 17.1 degrees in Wangaratta on June 22.
Winds today are expected to be up to 100km/h in some areas of the state, along with heavy snowfalls down to 1000m in the alpine areas.
Some significant stream rises have occurred as a result of rainfall to date.
The forecast rainfall may cause further stream rises with the possibility of areas of flooding developing along streams in the North East today.
There is a chance of thunderstorms and hail today with showers predicted for tomorrow.
Frost and fog in parts are predicted next Monday and Tuesday with rain returning on Wednesday.
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