If you woke up on a fateful night in June and thought ‘this must be the coldest night in over a decade’, you would be right.
On Wednesday, June 19, Shepparton residents shivered through a -3.6℃ night according to records taken by the Bureau of Meteorology at the Shepparton Airport.
It was the coldest June night since 2007 when temperatures hit an even lower -4℃.
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag recorded a -4.2℃ on that same night and Echuca Aerodome recorded a toe-freezing -5℃.
Benalla was the warmest of the four locations, recording a -3.1℃ overnight.
On the flip side, the warmest night was on Saturday, June 29, when the mercury dropped to a 9.7℃.
The highest day time temperature was 18.1℃ on Thursday, June 6, and the coolest daytime temperature was Friday, June 14, when it hit a high of 10.5℃.
In terms of rainfall, it was a dry June for Shepparton with a total rainfall of 27.6mm with the historical average being 41.9mm.
There was a total of nine days of rain in June with the wettest day being Sunday, June 30, with a total rainfall of 11.2mm.
This was a stark difference to the same month last year, with June 2023 drenching Shepparton with a total of 118mm and 54.8mm falling on one day, Thursday, June 8.
This time last year also had warmer nights with the coldest night being a low of -1.5℃ on Tuesday, June 20, and Wednesday, June 21.