Sisters just want to have fun: Grace, 7, and Eden Hill, 5, from Invergordon play among the autumn leaves.
Photo by
Holly Daniel
Shepparton had a drier than usual April, with daytime temperatures similar to normal and night-time ones slightly colder than expected.
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According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Shepparton recorded 28.8mm of rain in April.
Most of that fell on just one day — 18.8mm on April 2.
A further 7.8mm fell on April 6, but other than that, the other four days where rain was recorded saw less than 1mm.
This year’s monthly figure is only 5mm below the historical mean April rainfall recorded over the past 28 years at Shepparton airport, but it is well below the 43mm historical mean recorded at the old Bureau of Meteorology station at Lemnos between 1965 and 1996.
The highest ever April daily rainfall in Shepparton was the 48.6mm recorded on April 30, 2020.
Fun times: Sisters Eden, 5, and Grace Hill, 7, from Invergordon, enjoy the colours of autumn.
Photo by
Holly Daniel
The highest amount of rainfall ever recorded in the month here was 157.8mm in 1974.
This is a far cry from the lack of rain in the town in 2013.
Daytime temperatures in Shepparton this year were similar to usual at this time of year.
Shepparton had a mean daytime temperature of 22°C, similar to the historical mean temperature of 22.6°C recorded over the past 28 years.
The warmest day this year saw the mercury reach 33.1°C on April 1, only a little below the hottest April day on record when the temperature reached 35.1°C.
The coolest day saw the temperature get to only 18°C on April 9.
This is well above the coldest April day ever, when it only reached 11°C on April 27, 2008.
Night-time temperatures were slightly below average this year, with a mean temperature of 7.9°C.
Colourful: Invergordon’s Eden Hill, 5, enjoying playing in the autumn leaves.
Photo by
Holly Daniel
However, this is only 0.8°C lower than the historical mean of 8.7°C recorded over the past 28 years.
The warmest night was April 2, when the temperature fell to only 14.1°C, while the coldest night saw the temperature drop to a chilly 1.6°C on April 27.
According to historical records, the warmest April night ever in Shepparton saw the temperature sit at a balmy 21.7°C on April 12, 2018, while the coldest night was -1°C on April 27, 1978.
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