A warm and dry start to spring has been perfect for school holidays, but not for farmers desperate for rain.
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Albury recorded a total of just 27.4 millimetres of rain during September, including 23mm that came at once on the third day of the month.
This was well below the average September rainfall for Albury of 55.6mm.
The rest of the North East had a similar story, with Wangaratta receiving just 13.4mm of spring rain so far and 22.8mm for Yarrawonga.
Bureau of Meteorology’s Victoria senior meteorologist Matthew Bastin said the dry weather is part of a trend, but not due to the El Nino effect.
“It’s probably a bit dry all around the South East of Australia,” he said.
“Fortunately, Albury is looking to have fairly near median rainfall in the next few months.”
Albury’s September temperatures also reached as high as 24.1 degrees, with an average of 18.7.
That will quickly be eclipsed this weekend, as temperatures are forecast to reach 27 degrees on Saturday and 30 on Sunday.
