Streamflows - February 2010
Intensive summer rainfalls have led to a significant improvement in end-of-month flow across some Victorian regions. Five of the 28 representative stations, located in the Alpine, East Gippsland and West Coast regions, recorded flow above 100% of the long-term February average.
At the end of the month, 13 stations experienced flow below 10% of the long-term February average, and nine of those stations recorded no flow. Of the remaining stations, flow at six stations ranged between 10 and 50% of the long-term average, while four recorded flow between 60 and 75% of the long-term February average.
The highest average February flow, 143% of the long-term average, was recorded on the Snowy River downstream of Basin Creek.
Apart from the nine stations that recorded no flow, all other stations recorded flow higher than the lowest flow ever recorded for February, as well as the average daily flow recorded during the 1983 drought.
In this section
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)