Rain that climbs in steps from March
Latrobe Valley Airport at Morwell is the station that stands for Gippsland. There, March is the driest month at 44 mm. From March the rain steps upward until September. April and May level with each other, and so do June and July. October dips before November, the wettest month at 75 mm.
The station's warm months are January and February, with January's average daily maximum at 27.1°C and its nights at 13.2°C. From June to August the days stay cool and the nights cold, July's average minimum falling to 3.9°C. Across a year the station averages 715 mm of rain, and no month runs dry.
Spring holds the two wettest months
Autumn begins with March's warm days and the driest weather of the year, then cools steadily into May, totalling 150 mm of rain. Spring at the station is the wetter season, with 214 mm. By day spring averages 19.7°C and autumn 20.7°C. September and November are the two wettest months of the year, with a drier October between them, and the days warm month by month through the season.
Pests and weather, from public sources
Termites
New colonies begin when winged termites leave the nest in a colonising flight. The Australian Museum says these flights happen in warm, humid weather, mostly in spring and autumn.
Australian MuseumCockroaches
The Better Health Channel says cockroaches do best where conditions are warm, humid and unhygienic.
Better Health Channel (Victorian Government)Mosquitoes
“Mosquitoes need water to breed, and some mosquitoes can breed in very small amounts of water.”
NSW HealthTicks
Ticks can be found in any month. The Australian Government’s health advice puts the usual tick season at July to December, and says it differs from place to place.
Australian Centre for Disease ControlWho licenses pest work in Victoria
In Victoria, the Department of Health is the body that licenses and regulates pest control operators, under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 (section 101). Department of Health, Victoria
The department’s guidelines say that Act requires each pest control operator to hold a licence, except where a pesticide is used for certain specified purposes carrying no significant risk to public health. Department of Health, Victoria
About pest control licences in Victoria, Department of Health