Streamflows - January 2008
January began and ended with relatively dry weather conditions across the state. A significant rainfall event occurred on 19 January and provided most of Victoria with healthy rainfall totals over a period of 3 days. Although welcome, this rainfall did not provide a great deal of long-term improvement to Victorian streams, particularly in north central and western Victoria.
At the end of the month streams across two-thirds of the state were exhibiting flows less than 10% of the long-term average for January. Zero flow conditions were recorded at 8 of the 28 representative gauging stations, located throughout central and north western Victoria.
In contrast, a number of streams in Gippsland and the Alpine region of northeast Victoria were exhibiting flows in excess of the long-term average.
The current flow is equal to or higher than the average flow recorded in the 1982/83 drought at 17 gauging stations located throughout Gippsland and western and north eastern Victoria.
In this section
The following are graphs for the 28 streamflow guaging 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)