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Drier, hotter summer ends

IN A HAZE: Warm temperatures and a smoke haze, impacting Wangaratta for more than a week, helped punctuate our March weather.  Local resident Greg Thompson captured both in this image.
IN A HAZE: Warm temperatures and a smoke haze, impacting Wangaratta for more than a week, helped punctuate our March weather.  Local resident Greg Thompson captured both in this image.
IN A HAZE: Warm temperatures and a smoke haze, impacting Wangaratta for more than a week, helped punctuate our March weather. Local resident Greg Thompson captured both in this image.
WANGARATTA residents have sweltered through one of their driest and hottest summers on record. According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), rainfall for the summer of 2019/20 which ended Saturday only totalled 67.4mm. That is around half the mean...

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