A HEAVY downpour in the middle of last month is the only rain of note to have fallen on Mildura this year, a fortnight from the start of winter.

And although that two-day soaking brought 20.4mm, which was 0.6mm above the average for April, the rest of the month brought only 2.6mm spread across five showery days.

Just 0.4mm had been recorded at the Mildura Airport gauge this month by Wednesday, M...