Monday 27 January 2025 - Annual Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC53L0
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 Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in 2024 | |
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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 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Record highest year mean maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for year |
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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 | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for year |
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Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 0.6 | on 3 July | =0.6 | on 24 Jul 1908 | 101 | 12.0 |
Record highest year mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for year |
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Mount Lofty | 13.7 | 13.6 | in 2013 | 25 | 12.5 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for 2024 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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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 |
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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% |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
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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