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Rain close to average

IT was a wet end to March across the Kerang district, but still short of the long-term average. A total 21.3mm fell in the first month of autumn, below the 27mm long-term average. The catchments received a soaking last week, when 15.4mm fell between Thursday and Saturday. It was still only half of the total […]

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