Patchy falls

OCTOBER’S spring rains have been patchy so far with Doug Armstrong in Hoddles Creek recording 117mm over 11 days compared to 108mm over 17 days last year, and January to October falls 975mm compared to 1030mm.
In Healesville, Alma Mitchell recorded 85.5mm over 17 days compared with 60.8mm last year over 19 days.
Keith Thomas in Warburton said rainfall was very low with only 93mm recorded against the average of 142.3mm. His January to October was also below average with 1015.5mm against 1115.5mm, around 100mm below.
Melbourne’s storage dams held 1,446,213 million litres at the end of October, which is 79.8 per cent of capacity.