Greater Adelaide in January 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for January were below average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • January rainfall totals ranged from 0% to 5% of average across Adelaide and the Hills.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for January at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • January mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 1.7 °C above average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 4.6 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for January at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • January mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.9 °C above average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve and Noarlunga to 2.5 °C above average at Mount Barker.
  • Adelaide Airport M.O. had its highest January mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years and its highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 0.0 mm, which is 0% of the long-term average of 20.3 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 32.8 °C, which is 4.1 °C above the long-term average of 28.7 °C.
  • The warmest day was 44.7 °C on the 26th, and the coolest day was on the 15th when the temperature reached 22.2 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 18.3 °C, which is 1.7 °C above the long-term average of 16.6 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 10.5 °C on the 1st, and the warmest morning was on the 8th when the minimum temperature was 29.8 °C.

Extremes in January 2026
Hottest day 45.6 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on the 26th
Warmest days on average 34.0 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 27.6 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 16.5 °C at Mount Lofty on the 15th
Coldest night 5.6 °C at Mount Lofty on the 1st
Coolest nights on average 14.1 °C at Mount Lofty
Warmest nights on average 18.3 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
Warmest night 29.8 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) on the 8th
Warmest on average overall 25.9 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest on average overall 20.8 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 3.2 mm at Lenswood
Wettest day 2.8 mm at Lenswood on the 27th
Strongest wind gust 72.0 km/h at Parafield Airport on the 24th

Highest January mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)
Most recent
higher
Average for
January
Adelaide Airport M.O. 31.6 32.5 in 2001 28.2

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported




Highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)
Most recent
higher
Average for
January
Adelaide Airport M.O. 24.9 25.1 in 2006 22.2

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported





Summary statistics for January 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
January
2026
Diff
from
average
Highest for
January
2026
Mean for
January
2026
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
January
2026
Total for
January
2026
Average
for
January
Rank of
January
2026
Fraction of
January
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 32.8 +4.1 44.7 26th 18.3 +1.7 10.5 1st 0.0 20.3 lowest 0%
Adelaide Airport M.O. 31.6 +3.4 42.0 27th 18.2 +2.0 11.8 1st 0.0 18.5 lowest 0%
Edinburgh RAAF 33.6 +3.4 45.6 26th 17.8 +1.2 10.9 13th 0.0 21.0 lowest 0%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 27.9 +1.7 42.0 26th 15.2 +0.9 8.1 1st 1.2 28.6 v low 4%
Mount Barker 30.5 +3.1 43.4 26th 14.5 +2.5 7.6 1st 1.0 26.3 v low 4%
Mount Crawford AWS 30.2 +2.5 42.5 26th 15.3 +1.3 6.4 1st 0.4 24.5 low 2%
Mount Lofty 27.6 +4.6 39.8 26th 14.1 +1.6 5.6 1st 1.8 39.0 v low 5%
Noarlunga 31.1 +2.3 43.8 26th 18.1 +0.9 11.2 1st 0.0 17.2 lowest 0%
Parafield Airport 34.0 +4.1 45.5 26th 17.8 +1.4 10.5 11th 0.0 21.2 lowest 0%

Daily maximum temperatures for January 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 31
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 28.9 31.1 30.7 27.6 31.7 38.5 43.2 43.3 32.3 23.1 24.5 28.4 29.9 30.0 22.2 23.3 29.0 37.4 28.0 32.1 24.9 27.9 36.4 42.0 36.7 44.7 42.2 34.1 36.9 40.1 34.3
Adelaide Airport M.O. 28.8 27.6 27.5 28.1 29.8 36.9 42.0 40.0 29.8 22.2 24.6 26.5 30.0 27.7 22.4 23.6 29.1 33.8 26.5 31.8 25.1 28.3 35.7 41.3 35.3 42.0 42.0 33.2 36.5 39.8 30.9
Edinburgh RAAF 29.1 32.6 30.2 29.2 30.8 39.4 44.6 45.2 32.8 23.8 26.0 29.2 30.1 31.5 24.3 25.4 30.5 37.9 29.0 33.2 26.2 28.8 36.5 45.2 34.9 45.6 44.1 35.0 37.1 39.8 33.3
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 21.9 28.5 22.4 22.3 26.5 35.5 39.9 40.3 29.7 18.5 18.6 24.8 21.2 26.9 17.1 17.4 27.9 34.5 28.7 26.8 18.9 21.4 32.7 40.1 29.3 42.0 39.9 24.7 27.8 32.4 26.2
Mount Barker 25.3 31.3 26.2 26.2 29.5 37.1 41.5 41.5 34.2 22.4 21.9 27.1 25.4 29.2 19.0 20.6 30.0 33.3 31.0 29.0 22.0 24.3 33.8 40.6 30.0 43.4 40.9 28.3 30.8 34.8 34.2
Mount Crawford AWS 24.7 30.3 28.7 25.8 29.5 36.3 40.0 40.9 31.6 20.9 20.8 26.8 25.9 29.8 19.5 21.2 28.9 32.9 28.4 28.7 21.1 23.4 33.1 40.7 34.5 42.5 39.5 28.8 30.6 34.9 34.5
Mount Lofty 23.5 27.8 26.2 24.2 27.7 33.3 38.2 38.3 28.3 17.3 19.2 24.4 23.6 26.3 16.5 16.7 27.1 32.5 25.4 26.7 19.5 22.2 30.7 37.3 29.9 39.8 36.5 26.7 29.9 33.2
Noarlunga 26.3 29.6 27.6 28.0 31.1 37.0 43.3 40.8 30.2 21.3 22.9 28.1 26.1 29.6 20.5 22.1 29.2 36.5 27.0 30.5 23.4 25.9 35.2 42.2 32.8 43.8 42.2 30.2 32.9 37.6 30.6
Parafield Airport 29.9 33.3 31.3 29.8 31.6 39.2 44.4 44.9 33.0 23.8 26.5 29.7 31.3 31.7 24.1 25.5 30.8 38.9 29.6 34.0 26.8 29.4 36.7 44.1 36.6 45.5 44.0 35.7 38.0 40.5 34.9
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 January 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 31
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 10.5 16.3 15.9 12.9 13.1 16.2 21.0 29.8 22.1 16.3 12.3 13.5 12.1 14.4 15.0 16.9 16.1 16.4 23.0 18.3 16.6 13.0 16.7 23.1 20.3 20.0 29.0 21.7 24.1 26.8 24.2
Adelaide Airport M.O. 11.8 16.8 16.1 14.5 13.3 15.2 20.1 25.7 22.1 16.6 13.2 13.5 14.0 14.6 15.5 17.2 16.5 16.1 21.7 18.7 16.8 13.1 16.3 23.9 20.5 19.3 27.9 21.7 23.4 25.0 22.9
Edinburgh RAAF 12.8 13.0 16.5 10.9 11.2 15.0 19.9 28.9 20.2 16.8 11.0 12.3 10.9 13.7 15.1 17.3 15.5 15.9 23.1 18.5 16.8 13.5 16.9 24.6 19.1 19.1 28.1 21.6 24.8 25.2 24.4
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 8.1 11.7 12.0 12.4 11.5 14.4 23.1 24.2 22.1 12.5 10.9 9.8 11.5 11.6 12.7 12.9 12.7 15.6 22.2 14.2 13.4 10.3 12.1 18.7 14.3 16.3 27.6 16.7 16.1 18.6 19.5
Mount Barker 7.6 11.9 12.1 13.0 11.4 11.3 17.0 21.2 19.5 13.3 11.6 9.0 12.3 12.5 13.8 13.5 12.4 12.7 24.0 14.9 13.9 9.6 9.6 17.6 15.3 14.1 23.4 17.5 16.8 19.0 19.0
Mount Crawford AWS 6.4 11.7 15.4 10.7 10.3 15.5 24.1 23.5 29.6 11.7 9.9 8.7 9.8 10.9 11.2 12.1 12.7 17.5 23.2 13.7 12.1 8.0 11.0 17.4 16.9 20.6 27.8 16.7 17.2 18.3 20.9
Mount Lofty 5.6 10.6 14.4 10.2 9.6 14.1 23.2 22.0 22.3 9.9 9.2 7.5 9.7 10.4 10.1 10.7 11.1 14.5 22.0 12.8 11.3 7.0 10.0 18.6 16.8 20.2 26.3 15.9 15.2 17.2
Noarlunga 11.2 15.2 14.9 14.5 14.5 18.1 23.1 28.4 21.8 15.9 12.4 13.2 14.2 15.2 14.6 16.2 16.4 19.1 23.3 18.0 16.2 13.3 15.6 24.7 17.3 20.7 27.7 19.6 19.8 22.6 24.2
Parafield Airport 12.4 15.9 15.4 11.3 13.9 15.9 17.9 29.5 18.9 16.5 10.5 13.0 13.0 14.3 14.6 17.2 16.1 15.3 21.9 18.0 15.2 12.0 17.4 24.8 19.6 18.1 29.2 21.2 23.8 25.1 23.3
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 January 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 31
Adelaide (Glen Osmond) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide Airport Alert - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide Airport M.O. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aldgate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ashton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ashton Co-op - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.2
Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Balhannah (Gumbooya) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - -
Beaumont - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belair - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belair (St Johns) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bellevue Heights - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Birdwood - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Birdwood (McVitties Hill) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Burnside - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cherry Gardens - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clarendon → → → 0.4
Crafers West - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cromer Road - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Edinburgh RAAF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Felixstow (Payneham) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gawler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8
Gould Creek (Hermitage) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Greenacres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gumeracha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hahndorf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Happy Valley Reservoir - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Heathfield Works Depot - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Inglewood - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ironstone Road - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kangarilla (Saddlebags) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kanmantoo (Millbrae) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kersbrook - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kuitpo Forest Reserve - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lenswood - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - 2.8 - - - -
Lenswood (Stringybark) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lobethal (Graeber) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - -
Lobethal (Maidment Road) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Long Ridge (Greenhill) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Longwood Alert - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 1.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Montacute - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Morphettville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mount Barker - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mount Bold Reservoir - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4
Mount Crawford AWS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4
Mount Lofty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mt Torrens - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mylor (Biggs Flat) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Noarlunga - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Parafield Airport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Piccadilly (Woodhouse) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2
Prospect Hill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.6
Regency Park - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rosslyn Park (Seaview) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Uraidla (Sutton Creek) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Verdun - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Williamstown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.9
Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2
Woodside (Inverbrackie) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Woodside (Wicks Estate) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 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 Sunday 1 February 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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