RAINFALL
Below average rainfall again characterised most of the Geelong region in April. The urban area averaged 28 mm, with the northern and eastern suburbs achieving a little more, but still below the district average of 40 mm. Apart from a 12-hour period on the 12th-13th, most of the month was dry, dominated by high pressure ridges and southeasterly winds.
TEMPERATURE
“Slightly warmer than normal”, was Lindsay Smail’s assessment of Geelong’s April temperatures. Daily minima averaged 10.2 degrees (long-term average 10.3) and maxima 21.5 (20.3). Effectively this meant the month was about 0.6 of a degree above average, the first such month since last September.
OTHER
Apart from one thunder day and two fogs in the urban area, the whole month was very settled, owing to the high pressure influence. In fact the barometric pressure only dropped to below 1013 hPa (the sea level average) on three days.
RAINFALL DATA
| GEELONG REGION | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Aireys Inlet | 38.0 | 50.5 |
| Anglesea | 35.5 | 56.0 |
| Apollo Bay | 41.4 | 85.2 |
| Avalon | 34.2 | 46.7 |
| Bacchus Marsh | 36.8 | 42.4 |
| Ballan | 47.4 | 55.5 |
| Ballarat | 41.0 | 53.8 |
| Bannockburn | 24.4 | 42.0 |
| Barwon Heads | 24.2 | 51.0 |
| Bellbrae | 43.0 | 52.4 |
| Beeac | 30.8 | 45.5 |
| Birregurra | 35.4 | 48.8 |
| Boonah | n.a. | |
| Cape Otway | 56.6 | 72.3 |
| Colac | 38.0 | 59.0 |
| Clifton Springs | 48.3 | |
| Drysdale | 48.3 | |
| Durdidwarrah | 32.4 | n.a. |
| Forrest (Town) | 15.4 | 83.1 |
| Forrest (West Barwon) | 21.6 | 94.4 |
| Gellibrand | 42.6 | 77.5 |
| Inverleigh | 22.5 | 48.0 |
| Lal Lal | 43.6 | n.a. |
| Laverton | 44.6 | 49.0 |
| Lethbridge | 26.8 | 57.0 |
| Melba Gully | 72.0 | n.a. |
| Melbourne (City) | 58.0 | |
| Meredith (Darra) | 34.2 | 58.2 |
| Modewarre | 45.0 | |
| Morrisons | 36.2 | n.a. |
| Mt Cowley | 46.6 | n.a. |
| Mt Mercer | 35.4 | n.a. |
| Mt Sabine | 42.0 | n.a. |
| Paraparap | 45.0 | |
| Point Lonsdale | 52.0 | |
| Pollocksford | 28.4 | n.a. |
| Portarlington | 53.6 | |
| Queenscliff | 29.9 | 48.3 |
| Shelford | 18.4 | 44.0 |
| Sheoaks | 35.2 | n.a. |
| Skipton | n.a. | |
| St Leonards | 42.0 | 50.0 |
| Teesdale | 21.8 | 46.0 |
| Torquay | 22.8 | 45.0 |
| Weeaproinah | 61.2 | 157.7 |
| Werribee | 41.9 | |
| Winchelsea | 38.9 | 40.0 |
| Wurdi Boluc | 34.0 | 39.9 |
| GEELONG SUBURBS | ||
| Location | Total for Month (mm) |
Monthly Average (mm) |
| Bell Park | 20.0 | 45.1 |
| Belmont | 27.5 | 43.5 |
| City | 21.0 | 43.0 |
| Cloverdale | 39.0 | |
| Connewarre | 23.7 | 41.0 |
| Corio | 30.5 | 39.0 |
| East Belmont | 23.8 | 43.5 |
| Grovedale | 25.4 | 43.5 |
| Hamlyn Heights | 21.5 | 43.0 |
| Highton (1) | 43.4 | |
| Highton (2) | 43.4 | |
| Lara | 32.5 | 39.1 |
| Lara (Serendip) | 32.4 | 39.1 |
| Leopold | 50.2 | |
| Leopold South | 50.2 | |
| Manifold Heights | 25.8 | 45.1 |
| Mt Duneed Airport | 26.8 | 41.9 |
| Mt Duneed West | 31.3 | 41.9 |
| St Albans Park | 28.8 | 43.0 |
| Whittington | 43.0 | |
| Geelong Urban Area | 28.0 | 42.0 |