THE highest December rainfall on record has been recorded for Wedderburn.
The 175mm tipped from the official gauage at the town’s post office topped the 130.5mm recorded in 1938 and eclipsed the record of 141mm set in 1885, according to Bureau of Meterology figures.
The cummulative reading was listed for December 25, 26 and 27 of 155mm. Wedderburn’s total for 2023 was 588.4mm
The town was listed as measuring another 61.4mm on January 3 and 32mm on January 8.
Inglewood’s December total was 133.2mm with the Christmas period total 117.2mm. The year’s total was 539.7mm.
The second storm dumped 42mm on the town while the third on January 8 dropped 43.4mm.
Tarnagulla received 116mm on Christmas Day alone and recorded 131.4mm for the month and a year total of 514.2mm.
In Dunolly, 117mm fell at Christmas to give a monthly total of 131.4mm and 514.2mm for the year while in Charlton 64.4mm was recorded at Christmas and 358.4mm for the year.
The Christmas storms also saw 113.4mm recorded at Boort where just another 3mm fell for December. The town finished the year with 479.6mm
Falls in other northern areas of the Loddon were lighter at Christmas. Mincha had 57mm and just 58.2mm for the month. Its 2023 total was 406.6mm.
However, falls increased throughout the first nine days of January, the highest of 48.6mm on January 8.
Daily and monthly averages for December were broken in all Loddon towns for December. The daily figures were up to six times the average.
Goulburn Murray Water data had Laanecoorie Reservoir at 83.38 per cent capacity on Tuesday.
The reservoir was at 90.75 per cent capacity this time last year.
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