Greater Melbourne in April 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for April were below average at all sites across Greater Melbourne.
  • April rainfall totals ranged from around 20% to around 78% of average across Greater Melbourne.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for April at all sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • April mean maximum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.9 °C above average at Ferny Creek, Viewbank, and Wallan (Kilmore Gap) to 2.4 °C above average at Laverton RAAF.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for April at most sites across Greater Melbourne were above average.
  • April mean minimum temperatures for Greater Melbourne ranged from 0.1 °C below average at Melbourne (Olympic Park) to 1.4 °C above average at Essendon Airport and Laverton RAAF.

Melbourne (Olympic Park)

  • Total rainfall for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 19.0 mm, which is 28% of the long-term average of 66.7 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 22.0 °C, which is 1.2 °C above the long-term average of 20.8 °C.
  • The warmest day was 28.2 °C on the 1st, and the coolest day was on the 18th when the temperature reached 15.8 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Melbourne (Olympic Park) was 12.1 °C, which is 0.1 °C below the long-term average of 12.2 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 5.3 °C on the 19th, and the warmest morning was on the 1st when the minimum temperature was 16.1 °C.

Extremes in April 2026
Hottest day 29.4 °C at Laverton RAAF on the 1st
Warmest days on average 22.7 °C at Laverton RAAF
Coolest days on average 17.9 °C at Ferny Creek
Coldest day 9.9 °C at Ferny Creek on the 11th
Coldest night -1.0 °C at Coldstream on the 19th
Coolest nights on average 7.2 °C at Coldstream
Warmest nights on average 12.1 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
Warmest night 18.5 °C at Ferny Creek on the 1st
18.5 °C at Laverton RAAF on the 1st
Warmest on average overall 17.1 °C at Melbourne (Olympic Park)
17.1 °C at Laverton RAAF
Coolest on average overall 13.9 °C at Wallan (Kilmore Gap)
Wettest overall 91.0 mm at Ferny Creek
Wettest day 25.6 mm at Melbourne Airport on the 10th
Strongest wind gust 80.0 km/h at Fawkner Beacon on the 10th
80.0 km/h at Fawkner Beacon on the 16th
80.0 km/h at Fawkner Beacon on the 11th


Summary statistics for April 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
April
2026
Diff
from
average
Highest for
April
2026
Mean for
April
2026
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
April
2026
Total for
April
2026
Average
for
April
Rank of
April
2026
Fraction of
April
average
Cerberus 21.7 +1.7 28.3 1st 10.4 +0.3 1.4 19th 31.2 61.3 low 51%
Coldstream 22.2 +1.5 29.1 1st 7.2 0.0 -1.0 19th 23.4 65.6 low 36%
Essendon Airport 22.1 +1.8 27.9 1st 11.5 +1.4 2.7 19th 26.2 55.2 low 48%
Ferny Creek 17.9 +0.9 24.3 1st 10.7 +0.7 3.5 11th 91.0 122.9 average 74%
Frankston (Ballam Park) 21.5 27.9 1st 11.4 4.3 19th 31.8
Laverton RAAF 22.7 +2.4 29.4 1st 11.4 +1.4 2.4 19th 9.0 45.4 v low 20%
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 22.0 +1.2 28.2 1st 12.1 -0.1 5.3 19th 19.0 66.7 low 28%
Melbourne Airport 22.1 +1.7 27.3 1st 10.4 +0.2 2.6 19th 35.4 45.3 average 78%
Moorabbin Airport 21.9 +1.6 28.8 1st 11.0 +0.4 3.3 19th 30.0 63.3 low 47%
Point Cook RAAF 22.3 29.0 1st 11.2 2.6 19th 11.8
Scoresby Research Institute 21.8 +1.7 29.2 1st 10.4 +0.3 2.1 19th 32.4 70.2 low 46%
Viewbank 22.2 +0.9 28.4 1st 10.4 +0.2 2.0 19th 28.2 65.7 low 43%
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 18.1 +0.9 23.2 1st 9.6 +0.6 3.4 11th 16.0 58.1 low 28%

Daily maximum temperatures for April 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Cerberus 28.3 23.9 19.0 18.7 24.6 21.8 21.0 21.1 26.2 17.9 16.1 15.7 19.5 19.6 20.4 25.1 17.4 16.0 17.6 21.7 22.7 25.2 25.7 23.9 25.8 27.3 18.0 24.6 20.5 25.8
Coldstream 29.1 25.1 18.6 20.2 25.6 20.9 21.7 21.2 24.9 18.6 16.3 15.5 18.8 18.0 19.3 24.1 16.7 17.1 20.2 24.3 26.7 23.9 25.8 23.8 25.4 26.8 22.6 25.9 24.3 25.2
Essendon Airport 27.9 25.1 18.3 19.8 25.6 22.1 21.4 21.0 23.6 18.1 15.8 16.4 20.1 19.5 21.2 25.1 17.2 15.9 20.4 21.5 26.5 24.2 26.0 23.4 25.5 26.4 20.5 26.5 22.2 25.0
Ferny Creek 24.3 21.4 14.3 17.8 20.6 17.1 16.9 18.2 19.4 12.8 9.9 11.7 13.1 13.7 15.7 20.1 12.5 12.9 16.4 20.3 23.0 19.9 21.4 19.4 21.1 22.5 18.5 20.8 20.5 20.6
Frankston (Ballam Park) 27.9 23.4 18.4 19.3 24.6 21.4 21.4 21.2 25.7 18.0 15.6 15.0 18.9 17.7 18.3 23.9 17.3 16.2 18.6 21.2 23.9 25.1 25.4 23.6 25.3 26.7 19.1 24.4 21.7 25.0
Laverton RAAF 29.4 25.4 18.6 19.2 26.2 23.7 21.6 20.5 27.0 20.1 17.6 17.0 21.0 20.1 21.5 27.2 18.1 17.0 20.4 21.4 28.5 26.1 26.7 24.9 26.7 27.6 18.9 22.8 20.6 26.1
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 28.2 25.6 18.7 20.3 25.6 22.6 20.5 21.0 23.9 18.5 16.9 16.6 20.3 19.4 20.7 25.0 16.9 15.8 19.8 20.2 26.7 24.2 25.8 23.7 25.6 26.6 19.4 25.7 21.4 25.4
Melbourne Airport 27.3 25.4 18.6 19.3 25.2 22.4 22.6 21.5 24.2 17.5 15.9 15.7 20.1 20.1 21.2 25.2 17.2 16.0 20.2 22.1 26.4 24.3 26.0 23.4 25.5 26.3 20.6 26.2 22.4 25.1
Moorabbin Airport 28.8 23.3 19.1 20.2 25.8 22.5 20.4 22.0 25.7 17.8 16.5 16.5 18.5 18.4 20.4 24.9 16.5 15.8 19.6 19.4 26.7 25.2 25.7 24.1 25.5 27.3 18.7 23.5 22.5 25.6
Point Cook RAAF 29.0 23.1 19.7 19.5 23.9 23.9 20.7 20.3 26.8 18.6 17.5 16.9 21.0 19.9 22.7 26.6 18.2 16.2 18.1 19.7 28.0 26.2 24.0 25.0 26.8 28.5 18.4 22.8 20.4 26.0
Scoresby Research Institute 29.2 25.3 19.1 19.9 25.6 20.9 21.1 21.5 24.2 18.3 16.0 19.3 18.3 19.4 24.7 17.0 17.4 19.6 23.2 26.8 23.7 26.0 23.2 25.0
Viewbank 28.4 25.5 19.3 20.5 25.6 21.9 21.2 21.8 24.3 18.0 15.3 16.4 20.1 19.4 21.5 24.9 16.4 16.7 19.3 22.1 26.8 24.2 25.4 23.7 25.3 27.2 20.6 26.2 23.5 25.3
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 23.2 22.2 14.2 15.3 20.7 17.6 19.0 17.2 17.8 15.0 13.1 11.1 15.9 16.5 18.2 20.8 13.2 12.1 17.2 19.6 21.3 18.5 20.1 19.5 20.9 21.6 18.5 21.2 21.7 20.5
Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period
-10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period

Daily minimum temperatures for April 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Cerberus 12.1 9.8 9.9 11.6 11.2 14.2 14.6 9.3 13.0 12.1 10.1 10.0 10.8 13.5 12.3 9.7 11.1 12.6 1.4 6.6 7.6 12.6 10.2 9.5 5.7 12.3 9.4 6.8 10.0 11.2
Coldstream 11.3 7.1 8.7 6.9 3.5 11.0 14.7 7.8 11.2 12.2 2.0 9.7 10.3 12.6 8.5 6.6 7.1 9.9 -1.0 3.3 4.8 5.6 4.8 3.6 2.0 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.3 4.6
Essendon Airport 17.8 12.0 13.0 9.1 8.4 14.7 16.2 10.5 13.7 12.1 7.9 9.8 10.7 12.8 12.0 12.6 10.5 11.1 2.7 8.4 9.2 13.3 11.5 11.8 11.0 16.9 11.7 9.3 12.2 11.2
Ferny Creek 18.5 11.9 10.1 7.8 9.4 13.2 13.5 8.0 10.4 9.2 3.5 6.3 7.4 10.0 9.6 11.0 8.7 7.6 4.3 7.9 12.2 15.1 14.4 13.7 13.4 16.0 10.6 10.6 10.4 15.4
Frankston (Ballam Park) 16.6 13.0 11.5 7.8 8.4 13.2 14.3 10.6 14.1 12.3 10.4 11.0 11.2 12.2 14.3 10.9 11.6 11.3 4.3 8.9 10.2 11.5 11.4 11.3 11.5 14.9 11.0 9.9 11.9 11.6
Laverton RAAF 18.5 11.0 12.2 12.3 8.0 15.3 15.7 10.2 14.7 11.4 8.6 10.2 9.9 13.0 11.6 12.1 9.8 11.6 2.4 7.8 9.4 13.1 10.9 11.0 12.7 17.7 11.2 9.3 11.0 10.5
Melbourne (Olympic Park) 16.1 12.8 14.0 8.9 9.5 14.4 15.5 12.3 14.9 12.8 9.1 11.1 11.8 13.4 12.4 13.0 12.4 12.3 5.3 8.1 11.6 13.7 12.4 12.0 10.4 15.3 13.3 9.8 12.2 13.2
Melbourne Airport 16.5 10.1 11.1 7.5 7.7 14.5 14.6 8.1 13.3 11.4 6.5 8.8 9.5 12.9 11.8 10.9 8.7 10.0 2.6 7.4 8.4 14.8 11.7 9.6 8.2 15.3 9.4 8.6 10.9 10.9
Moorabbin Airport 17.1 10.3 14.3 5.7 7.6 13.9 15.8 12.4 14.4 12.0 9.1 10.9 11.8 13.1 13.0 11.0 12.4 11.3 3.3 7.3 8.4 9.4 11.2 11.6 9.3 16.4 11.2 8.1 10.4 8.5
Point Cook RAAF 16.8 11.2 12.3 13.6 7.5 15.2 15.8 10.5 13.7 11.2 8.3 9.8 10.1 12.7 11.9 11.3 9.6 10.9 2.6 7.3 9.7 12.6 10.0 10.7 11.7 17.4 11.3 8.6 10.4 10.8
Scoresby Research Institute 16.6 8.4 10.3 6.3 6.3 12.1 15.4 11.9 14.2 11.6 9.7 10.7 12.7 9.8 11.3 9.1 10.8 2.1 7.1 8.2 13.7 10.1 9.7 10.0
Viewbank 14.6 10.5 13.2 7.6 7.0 12.3 14.3 11.5 13.3 12.2 7.3 10.0 10.7 12.7 11.1 10.4 10.8 11.1 2.0 6.3 10.9 10.8 9.6 8.5 8.4 14.0 12.3 8.7 11.3 9.9
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) 14.4 11.6 10.1 6.4 8.0 12.4 13.1 6.8 9.9 10.6 3.4 6.0 7.1 10.3 9.1 8.8 7.9 6.6 5.0 8.9 10.5 12.1 12.9 9.8 9.5 12.3 10.7 10.0 11.0 12.6
Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated,
and typically occurred that morning.
Temperatures coloured according to their difference
from the long-term average for the period
-10.0 -9.0 -8.0 -7.0 -6.0 -5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 +1.0 +2.0 +3.0 +4.0 +5.0 +6.0 +7.0 +8.0 +9.0 +10.0 °C Grey outline marks highest
and lowest for the period

Daily rainfall for April 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Bonbeach (Carrum (Patterson River Countr - - 3.0 - - - 2.5 5.0 - 6.5 2.5 3.5 - - - - 9.0
Cerberus - - 2.2 - - 0.6 1.4 1.2 0.4 6.0 1.0 8.8 4.0 1.6 0.4 0.4 2.8 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Cheltenham (Heatherton (Kingston Centre) - - 0.2 - - 0.4 0.1 2.4 - 2.8 6.2 1.8 0.2 0.1 - - 0.4 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Coldstream - - 0.4 - - 2.8 1.2 1.0 1.4 5.6 5.6 2.0 0.8 0.8 - - - 1.8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Eltham - - 1.4 - - 3.2 1.0 - - 9.4 2.2 2.6 - - - - 3.6 - - -
Essendon Airport - - 3.6 - - 2.2 0.4 - 0.4 13.2 1.6 2.6 0.2 1.6 - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Ferny Creek - - 6.0 - - 2.4 0.8 11.8 1.6 23.6 5.2 5.0 5.0 8.8 0.4 - 15.0 4.8 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 -
Frankston (Ballam Park) - - 0.4 - - 2.6 4.4 0.2 - 5.8 3.0 1.2 4.0 1.6 - 1.8 4.8 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kinglake West - - 2.6 1.8 - 2.2 0.4 - 0.6 2.6 2.8 3.0 1.8 1.4 - 0.4 5.4
Laverton RAAF - - 0.8 - - 1.4 1.0 - - 0.4 3.2 1.8 - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Melbourne (Olympic Park) - 0.2 1.6 0.2 - 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 5.6 1.4 1.0 0.2 0.4 - - 4.0 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Melbourne Airport - - 0.4 - - 3.2 0.6 1.2 - 25.6 2.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 - - - 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Melbourne Botanical Gardens - - 3.6 0.5 - 1.6 1.2 0.4 1.4 5.3 1.4 1.0 - 0.4 - - 4.0 2.0 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - -
Monbulk (Spring Road) - - - - - 5.0 - 5.4 2.0 23.8 8.0 8.0 3.4 4.0 - 0.2 10.0 3.0
Moorabbin Airport - - 1.2 - - 1.6 4.0 0.6 0.2 4.6 4.6 2.6 1.2 1.4 - 0.4 6.8 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mount Waverley (Riversdale Golf Club) - - 2.2 - 0.8 1.2 1.8 0.6 7.0 3.2 3.2 0.8 0.8 - - 4.6
Newham (Cobaw) - - - - - 2.4 - - 8.0 7.6 1.2 2.8 0.8
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Club) - 0.8 3.0 - - 1.8 4.0 - - 11.0 6.0 2.8 1.4 2.0 - - 3.2 1.0
Point Cook RAAF - - 0.6 - - 2.0 1.4 0.4 0.2 3.4 2.0 1.6 - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - -
Romsey - - 0.8 0.8 - 2.4 0.2 - 2.2 9.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 - - 0.6 0.4 -
Rosebud (Country Club) - - 1.0 - - - 3.2 1.6 - 5.2 4.0 12.4 - - - 3.8
Scoresby Research Institute - - 0.8 - 0.2 1.4 0.6 1.2 0.6 14.8 2.2 2.2 0.2 1.0 - - 5.4 1.6 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - -
Springvale Necropolis - - - - - - 3.2 5.0 1.0 11.4 - - 10.2 1.0
Sunbury (Lachlan Court) - - - 0.6
Upper Plenty - - 2.6 - - 2.4 - 0.6 0.2 1.8 2.0 2.2 1.0 - - - 1.6
Viewbank - - 1.8 - - 2.6 1.0 0.2 2.4 13.0 1.8 1.6 0.2 1.4 - 0.2 - 1.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - -
Wallan - - 2.4 - - 2.6 - - 2.4 0.2 3.2 - - - - - 2.2
Wallan (Kilmore Gap) - - 2.0 1.0 - 2.6 - 0.6 1.6 2.2 1.4 0.8 2.0 - - - 1.4 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - -
Willowmavin (Avalon Station) - - - - - 1.6 0.2 - 2.8 6.2 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.2 - - 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - -
Woodend - - 0.8 0.2 - 4.4 0.8 0.4 2.8 23.8 2.0 2.8 2.0 - - 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.2 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1
Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated. Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day.
Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre.
Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell).
Rainfalls coloured
according to the amount
0 1.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 25.0 50.0 100 150 200 300 400 600 millimetres

Notes

The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Melbourne using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.

This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Greater Melbourne “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to represent a socio-economic definition of each capital city. This means the greater capital city boundary includes people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the capital city, but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the capital city. It does not define the built up edge of the capital city.

This statement has been prepared based on information available on Friday 1 May 2026. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases, the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.

Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from all available years of record, excluding the current year. The length of record can vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median is sometimes more representative than the mean of long-term average rain.

The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site, based on the decile ranking (very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3, average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9 and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a percentage of the long-term mean.

Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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