Did yesterday seem wetter than usual?

It turns out it was. Tuesday was officially the wettest day of the year so far in Melbourne.

A crane fell down a gully in the Dandenongs because of the rainy weather and wet roads on Wednesday Credit:Kevin Jones

Weather bureau data shows 22.6 millimetres of rain fell in the city in the 24 hours to 9am on Wednesday, beating the previous wettest day by one millimetre.

The previous wettest day was April 22, when there was 21.6 millimetres of rainfall in Melbourne.