A COUPLE of wet July days has been all that’s needed for the Border to exceed its entire rainfall total for June.
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It's fairly likely that we won't see wetter than average conditions for the remainder of the winter
- Rod Dickson
Bureau of Meteorology figures showed 21.4 millimetres of rain fell at Albury Airport in the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday, with another 15.6mm recorded up to 7pm.
Senior forecaster Rod Dickson said Wodonga, which had 16mm to 9am Wednesday, saw only 8mm fall throughout last month.
“Wodonga did have its driest June on record,” he said.
“We had almost record numbers of frosts throughout the month as well with those clear skies overnight and dry conditions during the day.”
High-pressure systems sitting over south-east Australia in June stopped frontal systems from moving through.
“Since then we’ve seen a low-pressure system develop near Tasmania and that’s allowed a couple of weak cold fronts to move across the state and bring some shower activity with them,” Mr Dickson said.
Even so, the bureau forecast more higher than normal pressures to come.
“Although we’re getting some showers through … it’s fairly likely that we won’t see wetter than average conditions for the remainder of the winter,” Mr Dickson said.
