rain wrap

  • Lack of summer rain across dry landscape

    With summer over, farmers across the Colac Otway Shire are preparing for the potential of another dry season.

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  • Worst year on record for rain

    Irrewarra farmer John Martin says there were winners and losers for the 2024 rainfall season, with his farming properties hit with what he described as “his worst year on record”.

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  • August rain below average despite wild end to winter

    Half the entire month’s rainfall in August was unleashed on the Colac district during the final week of winter.

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  • Below-average rainfall continues

    Colac’s water storages are at the lowest they have been at this time of year in eight years, after the region recorded just 22 millimetres of rain last month.

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  • Rain a rarity in February

    Less than a millimetre of rain fell across the Colac district in February and Colac’s water storages have dropped 10 per cent in the past week.

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  • Christmas rain boosts 2023 tally

    In a spectacular end to 2023 for farmers, gardeners and anyone reliant on tank water, Mount Gellibrand’s weather station recorded the highest monthly rainfall tally for the year in December.

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  • September rain less than half monthly average

    Colac and district residents have experienced a much drier-than-average September, recording less than half the month’s average rainfall.

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  • Rainfall lacking during August

    Colac and district residents have experienced a warm, dry August, with the month’s total rainfall tally only reaching half of the monthly average.

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