Taste of spring

Kyabram’s maximum temperature reached 22.1°C on Sunday, the warmest day since May 2.

Kyabram's hottest August day since 1964 was experienced in the drought year of 1982 when it reached 26.6°C on August 29 of that year.

Rain overnight Sunday — 2.8mm was recorded at the Kyabram Weather Station — took the August total to 17mm.

The driest August since records were first kept in 1887 was in 1944 when no rain was registered and the wettest August was in 1958 when 136mm was recorded.

Kyabram’s long-term average rainfall for August is 42.6mm.