Monday 2 November 2026 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC13L0

Greater Adelaide in October 2026

Rainfall

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for October at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • October mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.7 °C above average at Noarlunga to 2.2 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for October at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • October mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 1.3 °C above average at Mount Crawford AWS and Noarlunga to 2.9 °C above average at Mount Barker.
  • Adelaide (West Terrace/ngayirdapira) and Mount Lofty had their highest October mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 34.0 mm, which is 77% of the long-term average of 43.9 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 23.2 °C, which is 1.8 °C above the long-term average of 21.4 °C.
  • The warmest day was 33.3 °C on the 22nd, and the coolest day was on the 25th when the temperature reached 17.2 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 13.3 °C, which is 2.1 °C above the long-term average of 11.2 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 6.5 °C on the 28th, and the warmest morning was on the 19th when the minimum temperature was 21.4 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in October 2026
Hottest day 34.3 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on the 22nd
Warmest days on average 24.3 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 17.7 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 11.2 °C at Mount Lofty on the 4th
Coldest night 3.5 °C at Mount Barker on the 28th
Coolest nights on average 9.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Warmest nights on average 13.3 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
Warmest night 22.3 °C at Noarlunga on the 19th
Warmest on average overall 18.4 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest on average overall 13.4 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 105.8 mm at Uraidla (Sutton Creek)
Wettest day 29.8 mm at Cromer Road on the 2nd
Strongest wind gust 76.0 km/h at Edinburgh RAAF on the 11th

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Record highest October daily rainfall
New record
(mm)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
October
Adelaide Airport Alert 18.6 on the 25th 18.4 on 07 Oct 2005 23 23.1


Highest October total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)		 Most recent
higher		 Average for
October
Parafield Airport 63.0 87.6 in 2005 40.1

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



Highest October mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)		 Most recent
higher		 Average for
October
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 13.3 13.5 in 1965 11.2
Mount Lofty 9.2 =9.2 in 1999 7.6

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



Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for October 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
October
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
October
2026		 Mean for
October
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
October
2026		 Total for
October
2026		 Average
for
October		 Rank of
October
2026		 Fraction of
October
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 23.2 +1.8 33.3 22nd 13.3 +2.1 6.5 28th 34.0 43.9 average 77%
Edinburgh RAAF 24.0 +1.5 34.3 22nd 12.3 +2.1 5.7 26th 52.6 36.9 average 142%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 19.7 +0.9 30.1 22nd 10.7 +1.4 5.7 7th 55.2 53.1 average 104%
Mount Barker 21.1 +1.5 30.4 22nd 10.2 +2.9 3.5 28th 47.0 65.3 average 72%
Mount Crawford AWS 19.2 +0.9 29.3 22nd 9.8 +1.3 4.0 14th 83.8 49.3 high 170%
Mount Lofty 17.7 +2.2 26.9 22nd 9.2 +1.6 3.8 7th 77.2 66.8 high 116%
Noarlunga 22.2 +0.7 32.6 22nd 13.0 +1.3 7.3 28th 49.6 32.0 average 155%
Parafield Airport 24.3 +2.1 34.1 22nd 12.4 +2.2 5.1 26th 63.0 39.8 high 158%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for October 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) 23.1 18.5 18.3 17.7 20.3 21.0 23.2 29.8 20.5 21.2 29.6 17.6 19.8 20.0 22.6 26.2 27.8 29.7 27.2 23.5 26.8 33.3 25.7 25.4 17.2 19.0 19.9 19.4 25.5 27.4 21.4
Edinburgh RAAF 22.9 20.8 19.9 17.4 20.1 21.8 23.9 30.4 20.3 21.7 31.2 18.7 19.3 20.4 23.5 27.0 29.0 31.0 28.8 24.2 28.4 34.3 27.0 27.3 17.3 19.8 20.8 20.3 26.1 27.7 22.4
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 16.9 14.2 13.6 12.5 16.3 17.3 19.9 26.1 19.1 17.7 25.9 14.2 15.6 14.4 19.9 23.0 24.5 27.0 26.1 21.0 23.5 30.1 23.5 20.6 13.9 15.9 16.8 16.2 21.7 25.1 18.1
Mount Barker 19.0 17.1 15.9 13.6 19.2 19.1 19.8 25.9 19.6 18.3 27.4 17.0 17.0 17.4 19.6 23.3 24.4 26.4 25.6 23.4 25.9 30.4 25.1 21.2 18.8 18.9 21.4
Mount Crawford AWS 19.9 14.2 13.8 12.7 16.0 17.1 18.0 24.0 17.0 16.4 25.7 14.2 14.7 14.8 17.9 21.3 23.2 24.5 23.4 21.6 24.2 29.3 24.0 21.6 13.0 16.1 16.7 18.2 20.4 23.2 18.0
Mount Lofty 17.4 13.1 11.5 11.2 14.7 16.0 17.6 23.4 16.4 15.6 22.4 11.8 13.7 14.1 17.3 20.8 22.1 24.1 22.6 18.8 23.0 26.9 22.1 20.6 11.9 13.6 15.1 14.7 20.1 21.6 14.8
Noarlunga 20.5 17.6 17.5 16.1 18.4 20.6 22.9 28.7 20.2 21.3 28.7 16.7 18.3 19.1 20.1 25.1 25.4 30.8 28.6 21.3 23.9 32.6 25.4 23.8 17.0 17.9 18.1 18.4 25.4 28.0 20.2
Parafield Airport 23.2 20.1 19.8 17.9 20.7 22.4 23.9 30.6 21.1 22.2 31.1 18.3 20.2 20.4 23.6 27.5 29.4 31.3 29.4 24.6 28.8 34.1 27.6 27.8 18.0 20.6 21.3 20.1 26.4 29.4 22.8
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 October 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) 17.2 13.3 8.7 11.9 12.6 10.6 10.3 14.0 18.6 13.3 11.8 12.8 10.0 9.3 11.1 14.5 17.6 18.7 21.4 16.1 11.0 15.0 20.7 14.8 11.7 7.1 9.1 6.5 8.9 16.2 16.3
Edinburgh RAAF 15.8 12.8 8.8 11.3 12.1 7.6 9.8 13.5 17.1 12.1 8.8 12.7 8.9 9.6 9.7 12.1 14.5 18.1 20.3 16.5 9.6 12.8 21.5 15.4 11.8 5.7 7.9 5.9 7.4 16.2 16.3
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 14.9 9.9 7.9 9.4 9.4 10.1 5.7 10.0 15.1 10.5 9.1 10.0 7.8 7.1 6.7 10.4 13.4 16.1 18.1 13.4 10.3 11.7 18.3 11.7 8.9 6.7 7.6 6.6 8.3 11.8 13.9
Mount Barker 15.0 11.1 8.4 10.2 10.0 8.5 4.6 8.3 15.8 11.0 7.0 9.6 8.0 7.6 4.6 6.0 9.0 14.2 18.0 14.6 11.5 10.5 18.0 12.5 6.4 3.5 14.4
Mount Crawford AWS 14.4 10.3 7.0 8.7 8.5 8.7 4.4 8.0 14.7 8.6 9.7 9.5 6.9 4.0 4.5 9.3 11.2 14.7 16.7 13.0 10.1 11.5 19.8 11.0 8.7 6.3 6.2 6.1 7.6 12.0 12.7
Mount Lofty 13.5 8.8 6.2 8.1 8.0 8.5 3.8 8.1 13.2 8.1 9.3 8.5 6.2 4.1 4.0 8.9 11.5 15.0 16.2 11.8 9.3 10.5 20.3 9.8 7.4 5.4 5.6 4.6 7.0 10.5 12.1
Noarlunga 16.8 12.6 9.2 12.0 11.7 10.5 9.5 13.6 17.6 13.6 11.8 12.3 9.6 7.6 9.9 14.2 16.2 15.2 22.3 15.9 11.5 16.4 20.5 14.2 11.3 8.1 9.6 7.3 10.5 16.9 16.1
Parafield Airport 16.1 11.7 8.3 12.1 12.3 6.6 9.5 14.9 16.9 13.1 7.8 11.7 8.8 9.1 10.2 12.0 13.9 18.5 20.8 16.7 11.0 12.4 20.6 14.3 11.9 5.1 9.3 5.4 8.5 17.3 16.5
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 October 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) 2.0 7.0 - 2.2 - - - - - 3.0 - 1.8 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 18.6 2.8 - - - - 5.0
Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) 4.0 12.2 - 0.8 - - - - - 5.8 - 7.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 20.0 5.2 0.6 - - - 7.0
Adelaide (Morphett Vale) 8.2 14.4 - 3.6 - - - - - 4.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19.6 3.4 - - - - 4.2
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 1.4 5.4 - 0.2 - - - - - 2.4 - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17.6 2.6 0.2 - - - 3.4
Adelaide Airport Alert 0.6 4.2 - - - - - - 0.2 1.8 - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 18.6 4.0 0.2 - - - 2.4
Aldgate 2.6 15.6 0.2 3.2 - - - - - 4.0 - 2.8 - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - 20.0 5.8 0.2 - - - 7.4
Ashton 5.0 16.2 0.2 2.8 - 0.2 - - - 8.6 - 7.6 0.2 - - - - - - 0.8 0.2 - - - 25.6 5.2 0.2 - 0.2 - 18.2
Ashton Co-op 3.8 12.2 - → → 2.4 - - - 5.6 → 9.4
Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) 3.8 13.8 - 1.0 0.2 - - - - 8.8 - 7.8 - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - 0.8 23.4 3.2 0.4 - - - 8.6
Balhannah (Gumbooya) 3.8 14.4 - 3.0 - - - - - 1.8 - 5.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 22.6 4.2 0.2 - 0.2 - 1.2
Beaumont 1.6 8.6 - 1.8 - - - - - 2.8 - 1.2 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - 17.4 3.0 - - - - 4.8
Belair (St Johns) 0.8 14.2 0.2 3.0 - - - - - 2.8 - 5.2 - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - 14.4 2.6 - - - - 4.8
Belair (State Flora Nursery) 3.8 11.0 - 1.8 - - - - - 3.2 - 3.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.0 3.0 - - - - 5.0
Bellevue Heights 2.0 6.0 - 1.8 0.2 - - - 0.2 1.8 - 5.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.2 3.0 - - - - 3.2
Birdwood 1.6 23.0 0.1 1.6 - - - - - 4.4 - 11.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 3.4 24.0 1.2 - - - - 7.2
Birdwood (McVitties Hill) 1.0 26.8 - 2.0 - 0.2 - - - 5.4 - 14.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 3.6 17.0 2.4 - - 0.2 - 5.4
Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) 0.6 11.6 - 1.2 - - - - - 2.4 - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12.6 2.4 - - - - 3.0
Burnside 2.0 8.4 - 1.4 - - - - - 3.0 - 3.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17.0 3.0 - - - - 4.6
Cherry Gardens 1.4 11.0 0.6 5.0 - - - - - - - - 13.6 - - - - - - 2.0 - - - - 15.0 5.6 0.2 - - - 8.0
Crafers West 2.4 12.6 0.8 4.0 0.2 - - - 0.2 3.0 0.2 1.4 - - - - - - - 1.2 0.2 - - - 23.2 3.2 - - - 0.2 11.4
Cromer Road 1.2 29.8 0.2 2.4 - 0.2 - - - 4.2 - 24.8 - - - - - - - - - - 2.0 6.0 20.8 5.4 - - - - 8.2
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) 1.8 16.0 - 1.2 0.2 - - - - 8.0 0.2 12.4 - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 1.0 18.8 2.6
Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) 2.2 24.8 - 1.8 - - - - - 6.0 - 11.4 - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 0.6 16.6 2.4 - - - - 7.8
Edinburgh RAAF 1.4 11.0 0.2 0.2 - - - - - 8.0 - 3.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 20.4 2.0 - - - - 4.4
Felixstow (Payneham) 3.0 16.8 - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 5.0 - 9.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19.6 2.2 0.2 - - - 6.2
Gawler 0.4 15.4 - - - - - - - 6.2 - 4.6 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 24.4 1.0 - - - - 1.8
Gould Creek (Hermitage) 1.8 15.2 - 0.4 0.2 - - - - 4.0 - 7.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 16.6 2.4 - - - - 7.4
Greenacres 2.8 8.8 - - - - - - - 6.2 - 12.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 17.2 1.8 0.2 - - - 6.4
Gumeracha - 21.0 - - - - - - - - - - 19.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.0
Hahndorf 2.8 14.0 - 2.8 - - - - - 4.0 - 4.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - 21.2 4.0 0.2 - - - 4.0
Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) 2.2 9.8 0.2 - - - - - - 3.2 - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20.2 2.8 - - - - 0.8
Happy Valley Reservoir 2.0 11.8 0.4 3.2 - - - - - 2.8 - 4.0 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.6 14.6 4.8 0.6 - - - 5.2
Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) 1.8 23.8 - 2.0 - - - - - 1.2 - 4.6 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 20.8 2.6 - - - 0.2 1.0
Heathfield Works Depot - → → → → 18.4 - - - → → 7.4 - - - - - - - 1.4
Inglewood 2.2 14.4 0.2 0.6 - 0.2 - - - 6.8 - 11.8 - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 0.4 17.4 2.2 - - - - 10.0
Ironstone Road 1.2 18.8 - 2.0 - - - - - 5.6 - 13.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - 0.4 4.6 18.0 3.6 - - - - 9.0
Kangarilla (Saddlebags) 3.2 10.2 0.2 3.0 - - 0.2 - - 3.6 - 4.8 - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 20.0 3.0 - - - - 3.0
Kanmantoo (Millbrae) 3.4 13.8 0.6 2.4 0.2 - - - - 1.6 - 4.6 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 16.6 3.4 - - - - 0.2
Kersbrook 1.6 16.6 - 1.4 - - - - - 5.6 0.2 14.0 - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 2.6 21.8 2.2 0.2 - - - 9.0
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 7.2 12.6 - 3.0 - - - - - 4.6 - 0.8 - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - 18.2 3.4 0.4 - 0.2 - 4.0
Lenswood 6.0 19.6 0.2 2.8 0.2 - - - - 7.2 - 10.2 - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - 0.8 25.6 4.8 0.2 - - - 11.8
Lenswood (Stringybark) 5.6 17.6 - 2.2 - - - - 0.2 6.4 - 5.2 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.4 20.2 2.6 - - - 0.2 11.0
Lobethal (Graeber) 3.6 15.6 0.2 1.6 - - - - - 5.2 - 6.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16.8 2.2 - - - - 5.0
Lobethal (Maidment Road) 2.0 28.0 0.2 2.4 - - - - - 6.4 - 11.2 - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.4 17.2 3.2 0.2 - - - 8.6
Long Ridge (Greenhill) 2.2 10.2 - 2.4 - - - - 0.2 3.2 - 3.0 - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - 20.6 4.0 0.2 - - - 5.2
Longwood Alert 1.6 15.0 - 3.4 - - 0.2 - - 4.2 - 7.8 - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 21.6 3.6 0.2 - - - 6.2
Montacute 5.4 13.4 - 1.0 - - - - 0.2 5.8 - 5.0 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 0.4 19.8 2.4 0.2 - - - 7.6
Mount Barker 2.4 12.0 0.4 2.4 - - - - - 2.2 - 5.4 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 20.0 - - - - → 2.0
Mount Bold Reservoir 1.8 12.6 0.2 2.8 0.6 - - - - 3.4 - 6.2 - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - 0.2 16.8 5.2 0.2 - - - 3.2
Mount Crawford AWS 1.2 23.2 - 1.8 - - - - - 6.6 - 14.4 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 3.8 20.8 3.4 - - - - 8.2
Mount Lofty 2.4 14.2 0.2 4.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 - 4.4 - 2.8 - - - 0.2 - - - 1.4 - - - - 26.2 3.8 0.2 - - 0.2 16.6
Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) 2.8 18.6 0.2 3.4 - 0.2 - - 0.2 3.0 - 5.2 - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 25.0 4.8 - - - - 5.8
Mt Torrens 2.8 28.4 0.2 3.2 - - - - - 3.8 - 10.6 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 19.6 3.6 - - - - 5.4
Mylor (Biggs Flat) 2.0 10.6 - 1.8 - - - - - 2.6 0.2 7.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 20.8 3.6 0.2 - - - 3.4
Noarlunga 8.2 9.2 0.8 0.4 - - - - - 3.6 - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 21.2 3.0 - - - - 2.8
North Adelaide 1.9 7.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - → → 22.2
Parafield Airport 4.2 9.4 - - - - - - - 6.2 - 9.0 - - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 25.2 2.4 - - - - 5.4
Piccadilly (Woodhouse) 4.2 14.5 2.5 4.5 1.5 - - - - 5.5 - 8.0 - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - 28.5 - 0.2 - 0.1 - 15.5
Prospect Hill 7.0 14.6 1.2 4.2 - - - - - 3.6 - 3.6 - - - - - - - 1.2 - - - - 21.4 1.2 2.2 - - - 4.6
Regency Park 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 - - - - - 0.4 - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - - -
Rosslyn Park (Seaview) 3.0 12.0 0.2 1.0 - - - - 0.2 4.6 - 8.4 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 22.6 2.2 - - - - 8.4
Uraidla (Sutton Creek) 4.2 13.8 0.2 4.0 - 0.2 - - - 5.0 - 12.6 - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - 26.8 3.6 0.2 20.2 - - 14.6
Verdun 2.4 18.6 0.2 3.0 - - - - 0.2 3.4 - 6.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.6 4.4 0.2 - - - 4.8
Williamstown 1.6 15.5 - 0.6 - - - - - 4.0 - 7.0 - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 2.6 18.8 2.0 - - - - 7.0
Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) 0.6 16.0 → 0.4 - 0.2 - - - 4.2
Willunga 14.8 19.0 → → → 2.0 - - - → → 6.8 - - - - - - - - - - - → → 26.2 3.6
Woodside (Inverbrackie) 4.8 25.0 - 3.0 - - - - - 3.6 - 4.6 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 17.6 4.2 0.2 - - - 3.2
Woodside (Wicks Estate) 4.4 20.2 - 1.8 - - - - - 5.2 0.2 6.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 23.6 2.8 0.2 - - - 4.6
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

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

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 2 November 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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