Monday 5 January 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC13L0
Greater Adelaide in December 2025
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for December were below average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
- December rainfall totals ranged from 8% to 40% of average across Adelaide and the Hills.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for December at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
- December mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.1 °C below average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 2.5 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
- Mean minimum temperatures for December at some sites across Adelaide and the Hills were below average.
- December mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 1.0 °C below average at Parafield Airport to 0.6 °C above average at Mount Barker.
- Parafield Airport had its lowest December mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
- Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 2.8 mm, which is 11% of the long-term average of 26.1 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 27.8 °C, which is 0.9 °C above the long-term average of 26.9 °C.
- The warmest day was 40.9 °C on the 18th, and the coolest day was on the 1st when the temperature reached 19.0 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 14.9 °C, which is 0.2 °C below the long-term average of 15.1 °C.
- The coldest morning was 9.5 °C on the 7th, and the warmest morning was on the 12th when the minimum temperature was 24.2 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in December 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
42.1 °C at Parafield Airport on the 18th |
| Warmest days on average |
29.3 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
23.0 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
13.0 °C at Mount Lofty on the 1st |
| Coldest night |
5.2 °C at Mount Lofty on the 26th |
| Coolest nights on average |
10.9 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Warmest nights on average |
15.1 °C at Noarlunga |
| Warmest night |
25.4 °C at Mount Crawford AWS on the 19th |
| Warmest on average overall |
22.0 °C at Edinburgh RAAF |
| Coolest on average overall |
16.9 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
12.0 mm at Lobethal (Graeber) |
| Wettest day |
7.6 mm at Lobethal (Graeber) on the 21st |
| Strongest wind gust |
80.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on the 21st |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Lowest December mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for December |
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| Parafield Airport | 13.8 | 12.0 | in 2001 | 14.8 | |
note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent lower values have gone unreported
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for December 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for December 2025 |
Diff from average |
Highest for December 2025 |
Mean for December 2025 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for December 2025 |
Total for December 2025 |
Average for December |
Rank of December 2025 |
Fraction of December average |
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| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 27.8 | +0.9 | 40.9 | 18th | 14.9 | -0.2 | 9.5 | 7th | 2.8 | 26.1 | v low | 11% |
| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 26.8 | +0.9 | 39.7 | 18th | 14.8 | +0.1 | 9.0 | 7th | 1.8 | 23.5 | v low | 8% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 29.1 | +1.0 | 42.0 | 18th | 14.9 | +0.1 | 9.3 | 7th | 9.8 | 24.6 | low | 40% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 23.9 | -0.1 | 36.8 | 18th | 12.4 | -0.2 | 6.5 | 7th | 7.6 | 35.8 | v low | 21% |
| Mount Barker | 26.4 | +1.2 | 38.0 | 29th | 11.2 | +0.6 | 5.6 | 7th | 7.8 | 35.1 | v low | 22% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 25.3 | +0.1 | 36.9 | 18th | 11.8 | -0.3 | 5.9 | 26th | 5.8 | 32.1 | low | 18% |
| Mount Lofty | 23.0 | +2.5 | 34.5 | 18th | 10.9 | +0.1 | 5.2 | 26th | 7.2 | 49.4 | v low | 15% |
| Noarlunga | 26.6 | +0.1 | 40.0 | 18th | 15.1 | -0.3 | 11.1 | 2nd | 2.0 | 21.9 | v low | 9% |
| Parafield Airport | 29.3 | +1.3 | 42.1 | 18th | 13.8 | -1.0 | 7.4 | 7th | 4.2 | 24.5 | v low | 17% |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | 19.0 | 22.3 | 32.4 | 34.8 | 28.1 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 30.6 | 32.9 | 38.6 | 25.5 | 22.1 | 23.6 | 27.3 | 36.2 | 40.9 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 23.0 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 23.6 | 26.7 | 30.2 | 35.7 | 39.4 | 21.7 | 24.3 |
| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 19.1 | 23.0 | 32.4 | 33.8 | 24.6 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 27.7 | 32.2 | 35.0 | 24.8 | 21.9 | 23.5 | 27.7 | 34.6 | 39.7 | 24.0 | 24.4 | 22.3 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 21.5 | 23.6 | 27.1 | 28.8 | 33.2 | 38.4 | 21.9 | 24.3 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 19.7 | 22.8 | 33.2 | 37.8 | 30.1 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 29.6 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 33.4 | 37.9 | 27.6 | 23.5 | 24.8 | 30.1 | 37.1 | 42.0 | 29.6 | 28.2 | 24.5 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 23.6 | 24.8 | 27.8 | 31.6 | 36.9 | 40.3 | 24.3 | 25.6 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 16.2 | 20.0 | 28.4 | 30.7 | 26.4 | 18.0 | 18.1 | 24.4 | 22.2 | 24.3 | 27.8 | 34.4 | 21.5 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 25.6 | 32.6 | 36.8 | 30.5 | 23.4 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 20.5 | 27.8 | 33.1 | 35.7 | 16.5 | 17.6 |
| Mount Barker | 18.5 | 21.6 | 29.4 | 32.7 | 29.9 | 20.2 | 21.4 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 30.1 | 34.5 | 24.8 | 22.0 | 20.8 | 28.0 | 34.4 | 38.0 | 32.5 | 26.4 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 23.9 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 23.6 | 28.4 | 35.9 | 38.0 | 18.4 | 21.5 |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 15.2 | 19.1 | 28.9 | 31.9 | 28.2 | 19.2 | 19.9 | 25.0 | 27.8 | 26.1 | 28.5 | 34.3 | 26.1 | 19.7 | 19.0 | 25.9 | 33.4 | 36.9 | 30.9 | 28.8 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 19.4 | 22.4 | 27.0 | 33.8 | 36.5 | 17.8 | 20.6 |
| Mount Lofty | 13.0 | 17.1 | 26.0 | 28.8 | 24.5 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 22.4 | 25.2 | 24.3 | 26.8 | 31.4 | 23.3 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 25.4 | 30.6 | 34.5 | 27.4 | 25.0 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 26.7 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 15.9 | 19.2 |
| Noarlunga | 18.9 | 23.0 | 31.6 | 32.3 | 25.9 | 20.9 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 31.7 | 25.9 | 35.2 | 40.0 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 24.8 | 28.1 | 34.6 | 38.6 | 20.5 | 22.3 | |||||
| Parafield Airport | 20.3 | 23.6 | 32.7 | 36.4 | 30.5 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 29.7 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 33.7 | 38.4 | 28.2 | 24.1 | 25.2 | 29.8 | 37.0 | 42.1 | 30.6 | 28.8 | 24.7 | 23.3 | 23.9 | 23.6 | 25.3 | 28.1 | 31.8 | 36.9 | 40.9 | 25.0 | 25.9 |
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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 |
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| Daily minimum temperatures for December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | 13.1 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 19.9 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 16.6 | 24.2 | 18.2 | 13.9 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 17.8 | 21.0 | 13.3 | 19.7 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 12.9 |
| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 13.7 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 17.9 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 22.1 | 17.6 | 14.8 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 20.9 | 14.3 | 18.8 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 16.6 | 18.5 | 13.0 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 12.2 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 19.6 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 9.3 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 19.2 | 23.3 | 19.3 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 18.1 | 21.2 | 14.4 | 18.8 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 15.5 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 18.3 | 12.9 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 8.9 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 20.0 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 6.5 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 17.7 | 12.9 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 8.2 | 12.9 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 10.9 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 10.9 | 15.3 | 21.2 | 14.2 | 9.7 |
| Mount Barker | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 5.6 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 18.6 | 11.4 | 14.2 | 8.2 | 11.8 | 9.0 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 10.1 |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 8.3 | 7.1 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 10.4 | 13.2 | 6.2 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 16.8 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 22.5 | 25.4 | 10.1 | 15.5 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 20.9 | 14.0 | 7.1 |
| Mount Lofty | 6.2 | 6.6 | 9.7 | 17.1 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 16.5 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 13.3 | 20.6 | 22.9 | 9.7 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 14.9 | 20.2 | 12.6 | 6.9 |
| Noarlunga | 12.5 | 11.1 | 12.6 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 19.3 | 20.7 | 13.3 | 17.3 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 13.9 | 17.3 | 19.5 | 17.3 | 12.7 | |||||
| Parafield Airport | 12.8 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 19.2 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 7.4 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 18.3 | 22.9 | 18.3 | 12.8 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 18.2 | 13.3 | 19.0 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 12.4 |
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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 |
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| Daily rainfall for December 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | 3.6 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | |||||||||||
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide Airport Alert | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Aldgate | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ashton | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Balhannah (Gumbooya) | 1.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Beaumont | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair (St Johns) | 2.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair (State Flora Nursery) | 3.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bellevue Heights | 3.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Birdwood | 4.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Birdwood (McVitties Hill) | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Burnside | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cherry Gardens | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Clarendon | 1.0 | → | → | 1.0 | → | → | 1.0 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crafers West | 3.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cromer Road | 2.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | 4.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Felixstow (Payneham) | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gawler | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gould Creek (Hermitage) | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Greenacres | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gumeracha | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Hahndorf | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Happy Valley Reservoir | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Heathfield Works Depot | 44.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 1.8 | ||||||||||
| Inglewood | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ironstone Road | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kangarilla (Saddlebags) | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kanmantoo (Millbrae) | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kersbrook | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 5.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Lenswood | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Lenswood (Stringybark) | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Lobethal (Graeber) | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Lobethal (Maidment Road) | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Long Ridge (Greenhill) | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Longwood Alert | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Montacute | 4.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Morphettville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Barker | 4.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Bold Reservoir | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 1.2 | ||||||||||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 5.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Lofty | 5.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mt Torrens | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mylor (Biggs Flat) | 1.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Noarlunga | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| North Adelaide | 17.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | 1.2 | ||||||||||||
| Parafield Airport | 3.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Piccadilly (Woodhouse) | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Prospect Hill | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Regency Park | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rosslyn Park (Seaview) | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sellicks Beach | 1.6 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla (Sutton Creek) | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Verdun | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Williamstown | 6.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Willunga | 23.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woodside (Inverbrackie) | 1.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Woodside (Wicks Estate) | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 Monday 5 January 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
