MORE than one month’s worth of rainfall was dumped on the district on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Kerang gauge recorded 65.8 millimetres of rainfall between 9am Wednesday and 9am Thursday – more than double the long-term average of 29.6 millimetres.
It was also Kerang’s wettest day since November 12, 1998, when 91.6 millimetres fell in the space of 24 hours.
The rainfall event was a result of a low pressure front that produced heavy storms in some parts of western Victoria.
The rainfall brought the town’s November total to 66.2 millimetres and the year-to-date figure to 343.8 millimetres, restoring the long-term average.
District totals varied from 62 millimetres at Murrabit, 47 millimetres at Koondrook, 45 millimetres at Quambatook, 43 millimetres at Cohuna and 80 millimetres at Canary Island – the wettest place in Victoria as the cold front passed across the area.
The front also ended the district’s run of six days with maximum temperatures above 30 degrees.
Kerang’s maximum on Wednesday was 32.8 degrees, after residents endured an overnight minimum of 22.0 degrees, which is close to double the long-term mark.
However, Thursday’s minimum was 15.2 degrees, with the town on track to reach a maximum temperature yesterday of 23 degrees.
