IT was a wet end to September across the region, helping bolster the month’s above-average rainfall.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s Swan Hill Aerodrome weather station recorded 37.6mm in September, more than 11mm above the average rainfall for the month.
The highest 24-hour fall was recorded on September 30, when 19.6mm fell, hampering the hay harvest in the district.
The bureau said September rainfall was above average for almost the whole state.
Daytime temperatures were warmer than average across much of Victoria, while night-time temperatures were warmer than average in most of Victoria’s east and south.
Towards the end of month, a complex low-pressure system and an associated low-pressure trough that extended well into the tropics resulted in widespread rain across Victoria.
Swan Hill’s highest maximum was 31.5 degrees on September 2, with cool to mild maximums in the high teens to mid-20s for most of the month.
According to the climate outlook, October to December rainfall was likely to be above median for most areas of Australia. The chance of exceeding median was greater than 60 per cent.
Much of the south-east mainland showed a greater than 80 per cent chance of above-median rainfall.
The November rainfall outlook had a similar pattern to the three-month outlook, although the likelihood of above- median rainfall wasn’t as high.
Maximum temperatures for October to December are likely to be above median for the far north of Australia extending down western WA, and far south-east Australia.
Above-median minimum temperatures for October to December were likely for almost all Australia.
