USEFUL rainfalls have occurred over most of Victoria during the first half of January this year.
The heaviest falls were in Melbourne and suburbs which have exceeded their January averages.
Rainfalls in North East Victoria are about half the January average of 24mm at Wangaratta and 21mm at Rutherglen and around 50mm at Alpine resorts.
To date the mean maximum temperature at Wangaratta was 33.2 d...