Shepparton had more rain than usual during autumn.
Significantly higher rainfall figures were recorded in March and April than the historical average taken over the past 26 years in the city.
May, however, bucked the trend, with less rain than the monthly average.
Shepparton had a total of 53.2mm of rain during March, compared to the average of 32.5mm for the month.
The highest daily March rainfall this year fell in the 24 hours to March 5, when there was 23.2mm recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology at Shepparton Airport.
It was one of seven days it rained for the month.
April saw a whopping 78.2mm of rain fall this year — thanks in a large part to the 40.8mm that fell in the 24 hours until 9am on April 19.
The monthly average rainfall for Shepparton in April is 37mm.
This is a far cry from the highest monthly total in the city of 132.4mm that fell in 2020.
May saw only 27mm fall, short of the average of 34.3mm for the month.
It did, however, rain on more May days this year than usual, with the Bureau of Meteorology recording rain on 14 days; however, only three of the days saw 2mm or more fall.
Daytime temperatures in Shepparton during autumn this year were what was to be expected.
Both April and May saw temperatures pretty close to the average, while March saw days that were only 0.8°C cooler than the average.
The hottest March day was 34.1℃ on March 22, while the coldest was 22.4℃ on both March 1 and 16.
April saw daytime temperatures vary between 16.7℃ on April 19 and 29℃ on April 17.
May’s top daytime temperature this year was 21.7℃ on May 10, while the coldest day was 13℃ on May 6.
Autumn started off with cooler nights than usual in March; however, both April and May saw higher night-time temperatures than usual.
In May the night-time temperature was only marginal higher than the historical mean, with 6.1℃ this year, compared to the average of 5.6℃.
Night-time temperatures for May varied between 14.6℃ on May 14, down to a chilly 0.2℃ on May 29.
The night-time temperatures in April were hotter than usual, with a mean of 10.9℃, compared to the average of 8.7℃.
The warmest night was 15.9℃ on April 18, while the coldest was 6.9℃ on April 14.
The mean night-time temperature in March for Shepparton was 14.2℃, compared to the historical figure of 12.5℃.
The warmest night for the month was 18.9℃ on March 1, while the coldest was 9.1℃ on March 26.