Gippsland temperatures continue on their trend of temperatures being one to two degrees Celsius above their long-term averages. This has been a fairly consistent trend over the last six months since I’ve been compiling these reports. Weatherzone.com reports that Australia wide, our average temperatures were 2.41 degrees Celsius above the long-term averages.
News reports continue to tell us of the extraordinary rainfall and flooding experiences of Queensland and northern New South Wales. The ABC (April 1, 2025) yesterday reported, the area in central Australia that has been flooded is the equivalent of twice the size of the Victoria (see update below).
For most, but not all parts of Australia, rainfall for March was below average.
Most areas of Gippsland experienced above 50 millimeters of rainfall for March over two events in the middle of the month. Leongatha for the same events recorded a total just short of 30 millimeters. Overall, March rainfall in Gippsland was below average except for Bairnsdale.
The Weather Bureau expects that for the months preceding winter we can expect maximum and minimum temperatures to continue being above their long-term averages while rainfall is expected to be close to average.
Western areas and parts north of the divide in Victoria and western parts of Tasmania are expected to maintain the drier trend established over the past two years.
Weather Watch YouTube Channel with details of expected weather patterns for April in Australia and New Zealand.
Australia BOM YouTube channel with March 2025 weather outlook report.
Weather Zone.com weather outlook report for April 2025.
Update: 6 April 2025
(1). The Guardian has now reported that the size of the flood is equivalent to four times the size of Victoria.
The flooded area is more than four times the size of Victoria (227,038 sq km) and bigger than New South Wales (801,137 sq km). It is about the same size as Egypt and about half the size of Saudi Arabia or Mexico.
(2). Table of weather data updated to correct an error in the minimum average temperature for Warragul.
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