THE Border and North East saw just about everything Mother Nature could offer last year.
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No all-time records were set, but Albury did see some rare figures.
January was the wettest month recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology after 96.8 millimetres of rain fell.
It experienced more than double its average rainfall, of 36.7 millimetres, and was the wettest in more than 20-years.
Despite all that moisture, it was the hottest month for the year too.
October stole the sunshine in Spring after it recorded a 20-year high.
The month usually has a mean of 21.9 degrees but this year averaged 27 degrees.
February, March, September,and November were also hotter than usual.
There were 16 days above 35 degrees two days, a December weekend, above 40 degrees.
During the extreme heat the Barnawartha bushfire ignited on Sunday the 20th and took fire crews a week to fully gain control of.
The inferno was backed by winds up to 100km/h and claimed more than 7000 hectares of land, three houses and caused widespread property and stock losses.
For some it might be hard to believe just 12 days earlier, hail 85 millimetres of rain fell during a storm in the North East causing a landslip at Ovens.
Homes were destroyed and backyards flooded on Tuesday December 8 as mud and rock washed across the Great Alpine Road.
Severe damage across Wangaratta, Alpine and Benalla council areas was estimated to reach at least $240,000.
but, it wasn't just a moody summer which had people scratching their heads.
An Albury mother captured the attention of thousands after she filmed hot water turning to ice from her kitchen tap.
Kate Norton-Smith posted the video to YouTube on June 24.
The cold weather in July layered Stanley in a sheet of white snow.
Even earlier, in June, frosty conditions were a welcome gift at Mount Hotham and Falls Creek, which experienced the earliest snowfall since 2000.
However, Winter also showed just how ferocious it could be when several storms caused a trail of damage.
On July 11, a Burrumbuttock mother described a "mini tornado" which ripped through in a matter of minutes.
It took with it a 20,000 litre water tank, killed two pet geese, knocked down a silo and destroyed a garage.
Rain in May also caused $50,000 in water damage to Wodonga's library.
Prior to that in February, a severe electrical storm through Corowa and Wahgunyah put on a spectacular light show for residents.
Wahgunyah resident Natalie Ajay said she was "fascinated" to see lightning strike her TV antenna.
Not everyone was so lucky, aggressive winds blew the roof off a four-unit block at Corowa while lightning at Rutherglen sparked a house fire.
