More than 100mm of summer rain falls on parts of southeast Australia

ISOLATED summer storms have delivered more than 100mm of rain to parts of southeast Australia in the past week.

ISOLATED summer storms have delivered more than 100mm of rain to parts of southeast Australia in the past week.

The rain fell across most of Victoria and southern NSW but varied greatly between districts, marked a good start for February following one of the hottest and driest Januarys on record.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the best rain was in Victoria’s North East, far East Gippsland and southeast NSW. Cann River received 112mm in the seven days to 9am yesterday, ahead of Mitta Mitta (66mm), Mallacoota (59mm), Gelantipy (57mm) and Lake Dartmouth (46mm).

In southeast NSW, Young recorded 86mm for the week, taking its total in the past six weeks to 170mm — more than a quarter of its long-term annual average. Cooma recorded 53mm while Bombala measured 38mm.

There were also good falls in central and northern Victoria. St Arnaud recorded 46mm for the week, just ahead of Ararat’s 43mm, Korong Vale’s 37mm and Wedderburn’s 36mm.

In the Wimmera, Longerenong measured 31mm while Murrayville’s 30mm made it the wettest centre in the Mallee. The NSW Riverina also fared well, with Deniliquin picking up 29mm and Hay recording 24mm.

BOM’s rainfall outlook points to 1-10mm of rain falling across most of Victoria in the next week with nothing forecast for the Mallee and southern NSW. There is a chance of falls of up to 25mm in coastal areas of southwest Victoria and Wilsons Promontory.