Streamflows - December 2009
Despite average rainfall over a large part of the state in December, at the end of the month streamflows recorded at 15 of 16 stations in central, north and north west Victoria were less than 10% of the long-term December average. This includes six stations that recorded no flows. Across the rest of Victoria, another 12 stations recorded flows between 10 and 59% of the long-term December average. The highest flow for December was recorded at the Merri River at Woodford, which was 60% of the long-term December average
Excluding the six stations that recorded no flows, all stations recorded flows higher than the long-term December minimum.
Although December 2009 rainfall was lower, 16 of the 28 stations (mainly across the West Coast, Central, Gippsland and Great Dividing Range catchments) recorded flows higher than those during the drought conditions of December 1982.
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The following are graphs for the 28 streamflow gauging stations, showing long-term average daily streamflow, recorded minimum streamflow, streamflow in the 1982/83 drought and current daily streamflow.
- Glenelg/Wimmera (Glenelg Hopkins catchment, Wimmera catchment)
- Northern Victoria (North Central catchment, Goulburn Broken catchment, North East catchment
- South Central Victoria (Port Phillip catchment, Corangamite catchment)
- Gippsland (West Gippsland catchment, East Gippsland catchment)