Old_man_emu
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ditto!Australian":28fyakje said:another big drop of rain overnight NOT. 2.5 mls. been from this to 4 mls the past four days. Keeping it green but we need more than that and some hot weather. We have plenty of good water as we always do. We are to about 29 inches for the year, average should be 36.
Our average according to weather zone is 36 and our total so far is 31, most of which fell before mid June. At that point we were actually too wet. Since the end of June we have had 160mm, prior to that we were on 628, and infact of the 628, 422 was on February and March.
Looking back at the records I would say the distribution is more even. It's not uncommon to have a couple of months each year stand out but not usually to the extent Feb and March did this year.
Thanks to the dry I am watering a paddock I just worked and if all goes well I will plant millet next week. I had a look at a friends crop that went in about 6 weeks ago and its getting towards knee high already. Knowing the way things usually go around here by the time mine is ready to graze it will have rained and I wont need the feed and it would be nice to think that I can make silage instead.