THE rain might have started falling – just not in northwest Victoria and large slabs of the Mallee.

And even where it did fall in the Mallee over the weekend, it was nowhere near enough.

While Walpeup received 10.8 millimeters, that’s against a monthly average of 35.4mm and is compounded by no rain in May instead of the usual 29.7mm.

At Ouyen there was no rain instead of 29.1mm and May’s ...