January
It was a wet start to the year with 119mm of rainfall recorded over the month of January - the fourth-highest recorded rainfall for Echuca in the last 166 years.
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The wet weather started just as the new year's celebrations were finishing up, with 49.5mm of rain falling in Echuca on January 3, 2024.
Heavy rains continued over the following week with an extra 46.3mm of rainfall causing flash flooding and fallen trees across Echuca.
Flood hotspots included Sturt St, Service St, Crossen St, Hare St, High St and in Moama, Lawson Dve and McLaren Dve.
Rochester was also caught in the heavy rain after 125mm of rain fell over 24 hours on January 7, 2024 and January 8, 2024 - a daily rainfall record for any month over 120 years of records.
However, the heavy rain subsided after January 9, 2024 with only an extra 23.2mm recorded over two non-consecutive days for the remainder of the month.
Despite the wet weather, the heat was still present with the hottest day reaching a high of 36.4℃ on January 12, 2024.
Although the majority of the month's highest temperatures were above 30℃, the mean temperature for the month was 30℃.
In comparison to the past 10 years, it was the lowest monthly mean recorded.
February
After a wet January, the heat turned up in February with much hotter temperatures throughout.
The highest temperature recorded was 39.8℃ on February 4, 2024.
A total of 21 days recorded temperatures over 30℃, eight of which were above 35℃.
It was a much drier month with 9.1mm of rainfall recorded overall.
In comparison to all years of data, February was below the rainfall mean of 25.6mm and median of 13.6mm.
On the temperature front, February had a mean of 32.8℃, higher than both the median and mean of all recorded temperatures for the month of February.
March
March was the driest month of 2024 with only 2.8mm of rainfall recorded.
The heat continued in March with the highest recorded temperature reaching 38.5℃, almost surpassing February’s highest of 39.8℃.
The first half of the month remained consistently warm as the majority of the days sat above 30℃.
Temperatures then began to drop from March 20, 2024 ranging from 22.3℃ to 28.3℃.
Days also began to get colder with the minimum temperatures dropping below 10℃ over six days near the end of the month.
The lowest recorded temperature was 5.9℃ on March 21, 2024.
April
As autumn settled in, the colder days became more regular.
The highest temperature recorded was 32.5℃ on the first day of April before temperatures dropped below 30℃ for the remainder of the month.
The lowest minimum temperature was recorded at 1.3℃.
The rain continued to evade the area with only 6.2 mm of rain recorded over only three days.
May
Heavy rains returned in May with a total of 56.7mm of rain recorded over four days.
The wet weather began on May 9, 2024 with 0.8mm recorded and 1.3 mm recorded for the following day.
On May 11, 2024 the wet weather peaked as it poured with a huge 32mm recorded followed by 0.4mm the next day as it subsided.
The month continued with no more wet weather until the final day of the month, which recorded 22.2mm of rain.
In comparison to data dating back to 1881, the total monthly rainfall was higher than the 40.4mm average and the 35mm median.
As expected, it was much cooler in May with the month's lowest temperature reaching -0.5℃ and the highest sitting at 22.8℃.
June
Temperatures continued to drop over the month of June as winter settled in.
June had the lowest recorded temperature of the year with a low of -5.0℃ on June 19, 2024.
Locals felt the worst of the cold between June 18, 2024 to June 24, 2024 as temperatures dropped into the negatives and the highest temperatures remained below 15℃.
The first and last day of the month began were marked with rainfalls of 6.8mm on June 1, 2024 and 8.6mm on June 30, 2024.
Overall, there was 23.5mm of rainfall recorded for the month.
July
July had the most days of rain in 2024 as 19.9mm of rain fell across eight days.
The cold days also continued in July with temperatures peaking at 18.2℃ while the lowest recorded temperature was -1℃.
In comparison to previous records, July’s temperatures and rainfall were normal for the time of the year.
August
August was a welcome change after the continuous cold as temperatures began to creep above 20℃ again.
The highest temperature recorded was 24.1℃ on August 25, 2024.
August’s mean maximum temperature of 18.2℃ exceeded the historical mean of 15.3℃.
The months mean minimum temperature of 5.4℃ also sat just above the mean of 4.7℃ of all past data.
August recorded a total of 22.1mm of rain, well below the 42mm mean of past recordings.
However in comparison to the past decade, six years including 2024 recorded rainfall totals between 22.1mm and 26.8mm.
September
After four months of cool weather, September cracked the 30’s on September 6, 2024 with a high of 30.7℃.
The temperatures ranged widely with a low of 1.5℃ recorded twice in the month and the highest low only reaching 14.1℃.
It was dry for most of the month with only three days of rainfall recorded, totalling 14.1mm.
According to all previous data, the months total was well below the collective mean of 39.4mm.
However in the last decade, only the years of 2014, 2016 and 2022 have surpassed the monthly mean.
October
October saw a definite rise in temperatures as the majority of the month reached above 20℃, with highs of 32℃ and 30.2℃ in the second half of the month.
The cold slowly began to retreat with only six days recording lows below 5℃ and the lowest of the month recorded at 3.1℃.
Both the months highest and lowest temperatures were about average in comparison to all data.
The wet weather returned in October with a total of 37.1mm recorded overall.
Most of the month's rain fell between October 17, 2024 to October 19, 2024, peaking at 23.5mm on October 18, 2024.
Although it was below 42.7mm, the months mean for all past data, it sat above the collective median of 33.2mm.
November
The heat returned in full force throughout November with days above 30℃ happening more frequently with the highest temperature reaching 37℃ on November 23, 2024.
There were also no more days below 5℃, with the lowest low of the month recorded at 6.4℃ on the first day of the month.
A week of wet weather followed the months hottest day as 0.4mm fell on November 24, 2024.
In the following four days, a total of 40.8mm of rain fell before pausing on November 29, 2024.
The break was brief however as 27.4mm of rain fell on November 30, 2024 bringing the total month's rainfall to 69mm.
In comparison to all previous records, it was more than double the months average of 33.3mm.
December
December officially marked the beginning of summer with hot days and very little rain.
It was the only month to record a temperature above 40℃, with the month's highest temperature peaking at 43℃ on December 15, 2024.
The majority of the month recorded highs above 30℃, bringing the months mean of maximum temperature to 31.1℃ - higher than the mean of all years which is 29.1℃.
On Christmas Day, the temperature reached a high of 35℃ and a recorded a low of 14.5℃.
Boxing Day was marked by sweltering heat as it reached 39.8℃, just shy of 40℃.
However, temperatures dropped in the month's final days, slowly creeping up to a high of 34℃ on December 31.
Across the whole month, there were only two days of rain with 3.2mm falling on the first day and 13.2mm on December 3, 2024.