Greater Adelaide in 2024

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for 2024 were less than average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • 2024 rainfall totals ranged from 51% of average at Edinburgh RAAF to 79% of average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve.
  • Monthly rainfalls for Greater Adelaide were close to average or above average for January and June, but were below average for all other months during 2024, with May rainfall totals very much below average.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for 2024 at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • 2024 mean maximum temperatures for Greater Adelaide ranged from 0.7 °C above average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve and Noarlunga to 2.4 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
  • Several sites had their highest annual mean maximum temperature on record.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for 2024 at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • 2024 mean minimum temperatures for Greater Adelaide ranged from 0.2 °C below average at Parafield Airport to 1.3 °C above average at Mount Barker.
  • On 3 July, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) recorded a daily minimum temperature of 0.6 °C, equalling its coldest night on record.
  • Mount Lofty had its highest annual mean temperature on record.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 346.6 mm, which is 66% of the long-term average of 527.8 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 23.5 °C, which is 1.7 °C above the long-term average of 21.8 °C.
  • The warmest day was 41.2 °C on 23 January 2024, and the coolest day was on 19 July 2024 when the temperature reached 12.5 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 12.4 °C, which is 0.4 °C above the long-term average of 12.0 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 0.6 °C on 3 July 2024, and the warmest morning was on 16 December 2024 when the minimum temperature was 29.6 °C.

Extremes in 2024
Hottest day 42.4 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 4 February
Warmest days on average 24.4 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 18.3 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 6.4 °C at Mount Lofty on 25 June
Coldest night -1.1 °C at Parafield Airport on 3 July
Coolest nights on average 9.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Warmest nights on average 12.8 °C at Noarlunga
Warmest night 31.4 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 16 December
Warmest on average overall 17.9 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
Coolest on average overall 13.7 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 788.0 mm at Piccadilly (Mount Lofty Botanic Garden)
Wettest day 52.8 mm at Uraidla (Sutton Creek) on 29 June
Strongest wind gust 106.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on 19 July and 2 September

Record highest year mean maximum temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
year
Parafield Airport 24.4 24.2 in 2007 65 22.5
Edinburgh RAAF 24.0 23.9 in 2007 49 22.7
Mount Lofty 18.3 18.0 in 2019 29 16.1
Noarlunga 22.4 22.3 in 2019 23 21.7
Mount Crawford AWS 20.2 20.1 in 2019 20 19.2



Record lowest year temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
year
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 0.6 on 3 July =0.6 on 24 Jul 1908 101 12.0



Record highest year mean temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
year
Mount Lofty 13.7 13.6 in 2013 25 12.5




Summary statistics for 2024
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
year
2024
Diff
from
average
Highest for
year
2024
Mean for
year
2024
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
year
2024
Total for
year
2024
Average
for
year
Rank of
year
2024
Fraction of
year
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 23.5 +1.7 41.2 23 Jan 2024 12.4 +0.4 0.6 03 Jul 2024 346.6 527.8 v low 66%
Adelaide Airport 22.5 +0.9 40.1 23 Jan 2024 12.1 +0.6 0.5 03 Jul 2024 283.4 438.5 v low 65%
Edinburgh RAAF 24.0 +1.3 42.4 04 Feb 2024 11.4 +0.2 -0.9 03 Jul 2024 220.2 429.0 lowest 51%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 20.0 +0.7 38.0 10 Mar 2024 10.6 +0.3 1.6 17 Sep 2024 575.8 725.9 v low 79%
Mount Barker 21.8 +1.7 38.7 23 Jan 2024 9.4 +1.3 -0.7 29 Jul 2024 482.2 764.3 v low 63%
Mount Crawford AWS 20.2 +1.1 37.8 04 Feb 2024 10.0 +0.3 0.8 15 Sep 2024 446.6 661.5 lowest 68%
Mount Lofty 18.3 +2.4 34.9 09 Mar 2024 9.2 +0.5 0.3 15 Sep 2024 741.0 985.0 lowest 75%
Noarlunga 22.4 +0.7 40.0 23 Jan 2024 12.8 +0.1 2.2 03 Jul 2024 323.0 452.4 low 71%
Parafield Airport 24.4 +1.8 42.1 23 Jan 2024 11.0 -0.2 -1.1 03 Jul 2024 281.6 448.5 v low 63%

Notes

The Annual climate summary, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Adelaide 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 Adelaide “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 Monday 27 January 2025. 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 previous years of record, which vary widely from site to site. They are not shown for sites with less 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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