By KATH GANNAWAY
JANUARY rainfall was up and down again across the Yarra Valley. Doug Armstrong recorded 59mm over 11 days compared with just 28mm last year, while in Healesville Alma Mitchell recorded 34.1mm over 11 days compared with 31.5mm over six days in 2014.
Warburton’s Keith Thomas recorded a below average fall with only 60.5mm against the average of 78.7mm.
“Melbourne’s storage dams, however, are in good health with 1,367,966 megalitres being currently held, which is 75.7 per cent of capacity,” he said.
