Tuesday, 8 February 2022 - Annual Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC53R0
South Australia in 2021: drier in the south-east, wetter across the north-west, warmer in parts
There was mixed rainfall across South Australia during 2021, with above average annual totals across the north-west contrasting with patches of below average totals in the south-east. Days and nights were on the whole close to average, with days warmer than average in scattered parts of the east, and nights warmer than average in the north-east and west, but a mix of warmer and cooler than average in the south-east.
Mixed rainfall across the state
- South Australia's total rainfall for the year was 1% below the 1961-1990 average.
- Above average rainfall was observed across north-western South Australia, but below average in the south-east.
- March was very wet across the north, July was very wet in the south-east, and November was the wettest on record.
- April and August were drier than average across most of the state, while September was very dry across much of the south, and December was very dry in the south-east.
- The highest daily rainfall total during the year, 118.0 mm, was recorded at Mount Dare in the north of the state on 22 March.
- With 1128.6 mm for the year, Piccadilly (Mount Lofty Botanic Garden) was the wettest place in South Australia.
- A couple of sites (with less than 40 years of data) had their highest daily rainfall on record.
- Wudinna Aero had its highest total rainfall on record (22 years of record).
Another warm year
- The State's annual mean temperature was 0.36 °C above average, the lowest since 2010.
- It has been 29 years since South Australia has had an annual mean temperature below the 1961-90 average.
- For South Australia as a whole, the annual mean maximum temperature was 0.53 °C warmer than average, but still the coolest since 2011.
- Days were cooler than average for parts of South Australia during the first three months of 2021 (summer 2020-21 was the coolest since 2001-02) and November was 9th coolest on record. However, July was very warm across the north, August was warmer than average statewide, and September and December had warmer than average days in some areas.
- The highest daytime and night-time temperatures recorded in South Australia this year were 46.0 °C and 33.2 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on 18 December and 24 January respectively.
- The mean minimum temperature was 0.18 °C warmer than the annual average for the state as a whole, the lowest since 2012.
- Nights were cooler than average for parts of the state during February and April; nights were warmer than average in the south-east during June, sixth-warmest on record for July and very warm across the north-west during December.
- The coldest daytime temperature recorded in South Australia was 5.2 °C at Mount Lofty on 22 July, and the coldest night was -5.5 °C at Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) on 31 May.
- Some sites in the south-east, including Adelaide Airport, had their coldest day on record on 22 July.
- A couple of sites with less than 30 years of records had their lowest mean daily minimum temperature on record, and several others their lowest mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
- Several sites with around 20 years of record had their lowest mean temperature on record, while some other sites with longer records had their lowest mean temperature since 1998.
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in 2021 | |
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| Hottest day |
46.0 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on 18 Dec |
| Warmest days on average |
29.2 °C at Oodnadatta Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
16.7 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
5.2 °C at Mount Lofty on 22 Jul |
| Coldest night |
-5.5 °C at Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) on 31 May |
| Coolest nights on average |
7.1 °C at Keith (Munkora) |
| Warmest nights on average |
14.9 °C at Moomba Airport |
| Warmest night |
33.2 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on 24 Jan |
| Warmest on average overall |
22.0 °C at Moomba Airport |
| Coolest on average overall |
12.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
1128.6 mm at Piccadilly (Mount Lofty Botanic Garden) |
| Wettest day |
118.0 mm at Mount Dare on 22 Mar |
| Strongest wind gust |
135 km/h at Neptune Island on 24 Jul |
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| Wilpena (Oraparinna) | 105.4 | on 26 Jan | 84.4 | on 4 Sep 2010 | 36 | |
| Marree (Callanna) | 72.0 | on 11 Nov | 70.0 | on 15 Feb 2014 | 24 | |
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| Wudinna Aero | 359.8 | 349.4 | in 2000 | 22 | 272.0 |
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| Kondoolka | 357.8 | 471.8 | in 1992* | 264.8 | |
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| Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 41.8 | on 24 Jan | = 41.8 | on 24 Jan 2019 | 31 | 19.3 |
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| Adelaide Airport | 9.4 | on 22 Jul | 9.8 | on 28 Jul 1998 | 67 | 21.6 |
| Parafield Airport | 8.9 | on 22 Jul | 9.5 | on 1 Jun 1989 | 67 | 22.5 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 8.8 | on 22 Jul | 9.4 | on 28 Jul 1998 | 50 | 22.7 |
| Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 9.5 | on 22 Jul | = 9.5 | on 10 Aug 2003 | 31 | 19.3 |
| Nuriootpa PIRSA | 6.7 | on 22 Jul | 7.0 | on 28 Jul 1998 | 26 | 21.6 |
| Strathalbyn Racecourse | 8.5 | on 22 Jul | 8.7 | on 7 Aug 2020 | 26 | 21.7 |
| Roseworthy AWS | 9.0 | on 22 Jul | = 9.0 | on 28 Jul 1998 | 25 | 23.7 |
| Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 7.5 | on 22 Jul | 7.7 | on 7 Aug 2020 | 23 | 25.4 |
| Noarlunga | 9.4 | on 22 Jul | 9.5 | on 12 Jul 2005 | 22 | 21.7 |
| Record lowest annual mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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| Minnipa PIRSA | 23.8 | 24.0 | in 2010 | 24 | 24.7 |
| Lowest annual mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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| Eudunda | 21.1 | 20.8 | in 1996 | 21.2 | |
| Adelaide Airport | 21.5 | 21.4 | in 2001 | 21.6 | |
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| Renmark Aero | 31.0 | on 25 Jan | 30.4 | on 31 Jan 2020 | 27 | 9.7 |
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| Naracoorte Aerodrome | -4.4 | on 30 May | -4.0 | on 16 Jun 2007 | 24 | 8.2 |
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| Coober Pedy Airport | 13.6 | 13.7 | in 1995 | 27 | 14.2 |
| Keith (Munkora) | 7.1 | = 7.1 | in 2006 | 20 | 7.9 |
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| Keith | 8.6 | 8.5 | in 1964* | 9.2 | |
| Woomera Aerodrome | 12.6 | 12.5 | in 1996 | 12.8 | |
| Warooka | 11.4 | 11.3 | in 1998 | 11.5 | |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 12.0 | 11.7 | in 1960* | 12.0 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported
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| Minnipa PIRSA | 17.4 | 17.5 | in 1998 | 23 | 18.0 |
| Tarcoola Aero | 19.3 | = 19.3 | in 2010 | 22 | 19.9 |
| Wudinna Aero | 17.4 | = 17.4 | in 2010 | 22 | 17.8 |
| Keith (Munkora) | 14.8 | 14.9 | in 2020 | 20 | 15.4 |
| Minlaton Aero | 16.3 | = 16.3 | in 2020 | 20 | 16.8 |
| Port Augusta Aero | 18.7 | 18.8 | in 2020 | 20 | 19.3 |
| Lowest annual mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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| Edinburgh RAAF | 16.8 | 16.3 | in 1998 | 16.9 | |
| Nuriootpa PIRSA | 14.9 | 14.7 | in 1998 | 15.4 | |
| Renmark Aero | 17.0 | 16.8 | in 1998 | 17.4 | |
| Roseworthy AWS | 16.2 | 16.1 | in 1998 | 16.7 | |
| Parafield Airport | 16.8 | =16.8 | in 2001 | 16.9 | |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for 2021 | ||||||||||||
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Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for 2021 |
Diff from average |
Highest for 2021 |
Mean for 2021 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for 2021 |
Total for 2021 |
Average annual total |
Rank of 2021 |
Fraction of annual average |
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| Northwest (district 16) | ||||||||||||
| Andamooka | 27.3 | -0.4 | 43.8 | 18 Dec | 13.8 | -0.1 | 1.0 | 7 Jul | 149.9 | 187.7 | average | 80% |
| Coober Pedy Airport | 27.3 | -0.5 | 44.5 | 18 Dec | 13.6 | -0.6 | 1.2 | 3 Jul | 199.0 | 140.7 | high | 141% |
| Ernabella (Pukatja) | 26.8 | -0.8 | 43.0 | 18 Dec | 12.7 | -0.5 | -3.3 | 11 Jun | 327.4 | 266.2 | high | 123% |
| Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) | 27.0 | -0.8 | 43.3 | 18 Dec | 12.7 | 0.0 | -1.0 | 30 Jun | 143.4 | 139.2 | average | 103% |
| Tarcoola Aero | 27.0 | -0.7 | 44.6 | 23 Jan | 11.6 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 20 Jun | 129.8 | 177.5 | average | 73% |
| Woomera Aerodrome | 26.1 | +0.2 | 42.9 | 23 Jan | 12.6 | -0.2 | 1.4 | 3 Jul | 155.0 | 181.1 | average | 86% |
| Far North (district 17) | ||||||||||||
| Leigh Creek Airport | 26.1 | -0.4 | 43.0 | 18 Dec | 12.5 | -0.4 | -0.6 | 3 Jul | 205.4 | 217.0 | average | 95% |
| Marree Aero | 28.5 | -0.6 | 45.1 | 18 Dec | 13.6 | -0.3 | 1.5 | 27 Jun | 127.0 | 139.3 | average | 91% |
| Moomba Airport | 29.1 | -0.5 | 45.0 | 18 Dec | 14.9 | -0.7 | 0.7 | 4 Jul | 174.6 | 166.2 | average | 105% |
| Oodnadatta Airport | 29.2 | 0.0 | 46.0 | 18 Dec | 14.4 | -0.3 | 0.4 | 4 Jul | 142.0 | 172.9 | average | 82% |
| Western Agricultural (district 18) | ||||||||||||
| Ceduna AMO | 23.6 | 0.0 | 44.7 | 23 Jan | 10.6 | +0.1 | -1.0 | 26 Aug | 307.0 | 293.4 | average | 105% |
| Cleve | 21.9 | -0.2 | 42.1 | 24 Jan | 11.8 | +0.4 | 2.0 | 22 Jul | 410.4 | 400.2 | average | 103% |
| Cleve Aerodrome | 22.0 | -0.6 | 42.8 | 24 Jan | 11.3 | -0.2 | 2.6 | 27 Aug | 326.6 | 352.6 | average | 93% |
| Coffin Bay (Point Avoid) | 20.3 | 37.6 | 10 Jan | 12.3 | 4.8 | 27 Aug | 465.2 | |||||
| Cultana (Defence) | 24.8 | 42.9 | 24 Jan | 11.8 | 2.6 | 3 Jul | 181.2 | |||||
| Cummins Aero | 22.6 | -0.4 | 42.6 | 23 Jan | 9.0 | -0.8 | -1.0 | 7 Oct | 421.8 | 421.1 | average | 100% |
| Elliston | 22.2 | +0.6 | 41.4 | 18 Feb | 11.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 8 Oct | 517.2 | 426.5 | high | 121% |
| Kyancutta | 25.5 | +0.3 | 45.1 | 23 Jan | 9.4 | +0.1 | -2.1 | 13 Sep | 305.2 | 311.2 | average | 98% |
| Minnipa PIRSA | 23.8 | -0.9 | 42.7 | 23 Jan | 11.0 | -0.2 | 1.1 | 13 Sep | 358.2 | 280.4 | high | 128% |
| Neptune Island | 18.7 | +0.1 | 30.2 | 24 Jan | 13.9 | +0.1 | 7.3 | 17 Jul | 443.0 | 442.8 | average | 100% |
| North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 21.1 | -0.2 | 37.7 | 17 Dec | 11.1 | -0.2 | 2.0 | 23 Sep | 419.8 | 389.7 | average | 108% |
| Nullarbor | 23.5 | -0.4 | 43.5 | 10 Feb | 10.9 | +0.1 | 0.0 | 11 Jun | 304.2 | 252.0 | high | 121% |
| Port Augusta Aero | 25.7 | -0.7 | 45.3 | 24 Jan | 11.7 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 27 Aug | 202.2 | 214.8 | average | 94% |
| Whyalla Aero | 23.6 | -0.2 | 43.7 | 24 Jan | 11.4 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 30 May | 263.9 | 261.6 | average | 101% |
| Wudinna Aero | 24.8 | -0.6 | 43.8 | 23 Jan | 9.9 | -0.3 | -2.9 | 13 Sep | 359.8 | 272.0 | highest | 132% |
| Upper North (district 19) | ||||||||||||
| Yongala | 21.9 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 24 Jan | 7.8 | +0.4 | -1.7 | 7 Jul | 296.4 | 363.3 | low | 82% |
| Northeast (district 20) | ||||||||||||
| Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 25.0 | -0.4 | 43.7 | 24 Jan | 8.8 | -0.5 | -5.5 | 31 May | 220.5 | 262.2 | average | 84% |
| Yunta Airstrip | 41.2 | 18 Dec | 9.3 | -0.2 | -4.8 | 30 May | 230.6 | 197.0 | average | 117% | ||
| Lower North (district 21) | ||||||||||||
| Clare High School | 21.1 | -0.3 | 41.2 | 24 Jan | 8.5 | -0.5 | -1.6 | 21 Jul | 471.6 | 539.9 | low | 87% |
| Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS | 24.6 | 44.9 | 24 Jan | 10.6 | -0.7 | 27 Aug | 254.8 | |||||
| Snowtown (Rayville Park) | 23.9 | -0.3 | 43.8 | 24 Jan | 8.7 | -0.2 | -1.5 | 27 Aug | 332.4 | 371.1 | average | 90% |
| Yorke Peninsula (district 22A) | ||||||||||||
| Edithburgh | 20.5 | 0.0 | 44.5 | 24 Jan | 11.7 | -0.3 | 1.3 | 27 Aug | 343.4 | 376.0 | average | 91% |
| Kadina AWS | 22.9 | -0.8 | 43.8 | 24 Jan | 9.9 | +0.1 | -1.6 | 27 Aug | 267.8 | 316.1 | average | 85% |
| Minlaton Aero | 22.1 | -0.5 | 41.9 | 24 Jan | 10.6 | -0.3 | 1.5 | 21 Jul | ||||
| Stenhouse Bay | 20.3 | -0.1 | 38.9 | 18 Feb | 12.7 | -0.2 | 3.2 | 27 Aug | 449.6 | 444.9 | average | 101% |
| Warooka | 39.6 | 24 Jan | 11.4 | -0.1 | 3.6 | 21 Jul | 371.0 | 442.9 | low | 84% | ||
| Kangaroo Island (district 22B) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Borda | 18.4 | -0.8 | 37.0 | 24 Jan | 11.7 | +0.1 | 4.7 | 17 Jul | 588.6 | 553.2 | average | 106% |
| Cape Willoughby | 18.1 | -0.1 | 37.8 | 24 Jan | 13.1 | +0.2 | 6.2 | 25 Jul | 470.3 | 536.7 | average | 88% |
| Kingscote Aero | 20.7 | -0.3 | 40.9 | 24 Jan | 9.0 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 30 May | 421.2 | 444.9 | average | 95% |
| Parndana CFS AWS | 19.4 | -0.6 | 40.5 | 24 Jan | 9.8 | +0.1 | 3.6 | 8 Jun | 600.2 | 585.7 | high | 102% |
| Adelaide Plains (district 23A) | ||||||||||||
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 22.1 | +0.3 | 42.7 | 24 Jan | 12.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 27 Aug | 505.6 | 526.7 | average | 96% |
| Adelaide Airport | 21.5 | -0.1 | 42.0 | 24 Jan | 11.8 | +0.3 | 2.0 | 27 Aug | 402.8 | 436.8 | average | 92% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 22.6 | -0.1 | 44.6 | 24 Jan | 10.9 | -0.3 | 0.4 | 27 Aug | 404.6 | 426.4 | average | 95% |
| Parafield Airport | 23.0 | +0.5 | 43.9 | 24 Jan | 10.7 | -0.5 | -1.0 | 27 Aug | 422.0 | 447.6 | average | 94% |
| Roseworthy AWS | 23.2 | -0.5 | 44.8 | 24 Jan | 9.2 | -0.5 | -0.5 | 11 Oct | 403.6 | 379.5 | average | 106% |
| County Light (district 23B) | ||||||||||||
| Nuriootpa PIRSA | 21.2 | -0.4 | 41.4 | 24 Jan | 8.6 | -0.5 | -0.6 | 21 Apr | 471.6 | 465.6 | average | 101% |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C) | ||||||||||||
| Hindmarsh Island AWS | 20.4 | -0.4 | 43.1 | 24 Jan | 11.6 | -0.2 | 0.9 | 31 May | 408.6 | 387.4 | average | 105% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 18.6 | -0.7 | 40.1 | 24 Jan | 10.0 | -0.3 | 3.1 | 27 Aug | 776.4 | 714.0 | average | 109% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 18.6 | -0.5 | 40.1 | 24 Jan | 9.2 | -0.5 | 2.1 | 22 Jul | 691.2 | 653.4 | average | 106% |
| Mount Lofty | 16.7 | +1.0 | 37.2 | 24 Jan | 8.5 | -0.2 | 1.2 | 22 Jul | 941.4 | 986.4 | average | 95% |
| Noarlunga | 21.3 | -0.4 | 42.9 | 24 Jan | 12.4 | -0.3 | 4.1 | 21 Jul | 462.0 | 446.8 | average | 103% |
| Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 17.4 | -0.2 | 39.7 | 24 Jan | 10.2 | -0.1 | 2.9 | 27 Aug | 770.2 | 824.9 | average | 93% |
| Upper Murray Valley (district 24A) | ||||||||||||
| Loxton Research Centre | 24.2 | +0.1 | 43.2 | 24 Jan | 9.0 | -0.1 | -3.5 | 31 May | ||||
| Renmark Aero | 24.6 | -0.4 | 44.7 | 24 Jan | 9.5 | -0.2 | -5.1 | 31 May | 160.8 | 230.3 | low | 70% |
| Lower Murray Valley (district 24B) | ||||||||||||
| Eudunda | 21.1 | -0.1 | 41.2 | 24 Jan | -1.0 | 31 May | 448.0 | 445.9 | average | 100% | ||
| Meningie | 21.2 | +0.3 | 43.2 | 24 Jan | 10.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 30 May | 500.0 | 468.5 | average | 107% |
| Murray Bridge | 23.1 | 0.0 | 44.2 | 24 Jan | 9.7 | -0.2 | -1.5 | 30 May | ||||
| Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) | 22.6 | -0.7 | 45.1 | 24 Jan | 8.7 | -0.3 | -4.1 | 30 May | 323.8 | 311.1 | average | 104% |
| Strathalbyn Racecourse | 21.2 | -0.5 | 43.8 | 24 Jan | 10.0 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 30 May | 475.4 | 419.8 | average | 113% |
| Upper Southeast (district 25B) | ||||||||||||
| Keith | 22.4 | +0.1 | 43.6 | 24 Jan | 8.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | 11 Oct | 403.2 | 459.2 | average | 88% |
| Keith (Munkora) | 22.4 | -0.5 | 44.9 | 24 Jan | 7.1 | -0.8 | -3.6 | 11 Oct | 329.4 | 397.9 | low | 83% |
| Lower Southeast (district 26) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 18.9 | -0.4 | 41.8 | 24 Jan | 10.3 | -0.1 | 1.1 | 9 Jul | 515.2 | 499.7 | average | 103% |
| Mount Gambier Aero | 19.6 | +0.6 | 42.6 | 24 Jan | 8.5 | +0.3 | -0.8 | 10 Jul | 689.8 | 713.0 | average | 97% |
| Naracoorte Aerodrome | 21.3 | -0.3 | 43.9 | 24 Jan | 7.9 | -0.3 | -4.4 | 30 May | 421.2 | 480.7 | low | 88% |
| Padthaway South | 21.2 | -0.3 | 42.6 | 24 Jan | 8.0 | -0.5 | -1.9 | 10 Jul | 517.6 | 465.5 | high | 111% |
| Robe | 18.1 | -0.1 | 35.4 | 24 Jan | 11.1 | +0.2 | 3.1 | 30 May | 669.3 | 634.4 | average | 106% |
| Robe Airfield | 19.0 | -0.6 | 42.1 | 24 Jan | 9.6 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 29 May | 637.6 | 603.4 | average | 106% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Annual climate summary, generally published on the second working day of the year, lists the main features of the weather in South Australia using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 3 pm on Thursday 20 January 2022. 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, 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.
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