RAINFALL
April was above average for rain in the Geelong urban area. Totals across the city wereremarkably even, mostly within a few millimetres of 45. The Geelong average for April is42 mm. On the Bellarine Peninsula, Queenscliff received 50.8 mm and Drysdale 52.5, butConnewarre only registered 29.7. Forrest, site of the West Barwon Dam, recorded 81.8 mm,below its 92.4 April average, and west of Geelong the areas around Winchelsea andInverleigh were also slightly below average, although Colac, Paraparap and Sheoakswere all above normal.
TEMPERATURE
April 2000 was warmer than normal around Geelong. The highest daily maximum was28 degrees on the 9th and the coldest night reached 5 degrees on the26th. Average daily maximum for April is 20.3 degrees compared to 21.2which was last month’s figure.
OTHER
A couple of unseasonal thunderstorms were experienced on the 15th and16th, but these generally created only light rainfalls over the BellarinePeninsula, although a cloudburst over East Geelong deposited 8.5 mm in five minutes.Raised dust areas to the west of Geelong were noticeable on the 29th, withnear gale-force northerlies gusting up to 55 kph at St Albans Park.
RAINFALL DATA
| GEELONG REGION | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Aireys Inlet | 64.0 | 50.5 |
| Anglesea | 63.5 | 56.0 |
| Apollo Bay | 80.2 | 85.2 |
| Avalon | 46.2 | 46.7 |
| Bacchus Marsh | 46.0 | 42.4 |
| Ballan | 46.4 | 55.5 |
| Ballarat | 67.2 | 53.8 |
| Bannockburn | 43.0 | 42.0 |
| Barwon Heads | 44.5 | 51.0 |
| Bellbrae | 37.0 | 52.4 |
| Beeac | 56.8 | 45.5 |
| Birregurra | 70.0 | 48.8 |
| Colac | 63.4 | 59.0 |
| Clifton Springs | 44.5 | 48.3 |
| Drysdale | 52.5 | 48.3 |
| Forrest (West Barwon) | 81.8 | 94.4 |
| Inverleigh | 36.0 | 48.0 |
| Laverton | 30.0 | 49.0 |
| Lethbridge | 54.8 | 57.0 |
| Melba Gully | 117.0 | n.a. |
| Melbourne (City) | 46.6 | 58.0 |
| Meredith (Darra) | 46.0 | 58.2 |
| Modewarre | n.a. | 45.0 |
| Paraparap | 52.0 | 45.0 |
| Point Lonsdale | n.a. | 52.0 |
| Portarlington | n.a. | 53.6 |
| Queenscliff | 50.8 | 48.3 |
| Shelford | 41.6 | 44.0 |
| Sheoaks | 43.6 | n.a. |
| St Leonards | 45.5 | 50.0 |
| Teesdale | 49.0 | 46.0 |
| Torquay | 41.9 | 45.0 |
| Warrnambool Airport | 101.8 | 70.4 |
| Weeaproinah | 121.7 | 157.7 |
| Werribee | n.a. | 41.9 |
| Winchelsea | 40.8 | 40.0 |
| Winchelsea South | 34.0 | 39.9 |
| GEELONG SUBURBS | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Bell Park | 45.0 | 45.1 |
| Belmont | 47.5 | 43.5 |
| City | 45.0 | 43.0 |
| Cloverdale | 41.0 | 39.0 |
| Corio | 40.0 | 39.0 |
| East Belmont | 52.0 | 43.5 |
| Grovedale | 41.0 | 43.5 |
| Hamlyn Heights | 46.0 | 43.0 |
| Highton (1) | 40.8 | 43.4 |
| Highton (2) | 43.5 | 43.4 |
| Lara | 52.5 | 39.1 |
| Lara (Serendip) | 45.6 | 39.1 |
| Leopold | 47.0 | 50.2 |
| Leopold South | 43.2 | 50.2 |
| Manifold Heights | 44.5 | 45.1 |
| Mt Duneed West | 46.8 | 41.9 |
| St Albans Park | 45.7 | 43.0 |
| Geelong Urban Area | 45.0 | 42.0 |
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