October rainfall down in most of Australia - BoM

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ctober rainfall was below average for most of Australia, although above average for most of the northern half of Western Australia. Monthly rainfall was the lowest on record for most of Tasmania and an area spanning the southwest of Victoria and southeastern South Australia.

For Tasmania as a whole, it was the driest October on record, while for Victoria it was the seventh-driest October and for South Australia the equal-seventh driest. Nationally, rainfall was 53% below average.

Read more from the Bureau of Meteorology - “Australia in October 2015.”