Rainfall good news for farmers

THE Bureau of Meteorology’s Victorian rainfall percentages in April. Western Victoria had a healthy amount of rainfall, with well-above-average statistics for the month across a wide area, likely keeping farmers happy. Image:

By Mark Rabich

May 03, 2023 | 8:00 PM

THE month of April has delivered very good rainfall to the Southern Grampians region, with some areas north of Hamilton even showing a record.

Hamilton received 72.4 millimetres of rain with the average for April since records began in 1878 being 52.4mm, but way short of the highest of 130mm set in 1923.