Greater Adelaide in April 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for April were below average at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • April rainfall totals ranged from around 9% to around 49% of average across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • The wettest day was on the 21st, with many sites across the city receiving 1 to 25 mm from a cold front that crossed over the region.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for April at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • April mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 1.3 °C above average at Mount Barker to 3.8 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for April at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • April mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.6 °C above average at Parafield to 2.2 °C above average at Mount Crawford.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 9.8 mm, which is 22% of the long-term average of 43.6 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 25.2 °C, which is 3.0 °C above the long-term average of 22.2 °C.
  • The warmest day was 34.5 °C on the 13th, and the coolest day was on the 21st when the temperature reached 17.8 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 14.1 °C, which is 1.3 °C above the long-term average of 12.8 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 9.7 °C on the 29th, and the warmest morning was on the 15th when the minimum temperature was 22.3 °C.

Extremes in April 2025
Hottest day 34.7 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on the 12th
Warmest days on average 26.0 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 20.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 11.1 °C at Mount Lofty on the 21st
Coldest night 6.6 °C at Mount Barker on the 8th
Coolest nights on average 11.8 °C at Mount Lofty
Warmest nights on average 15.1 °C at Noarlunga
Warmest night 23.5 °C at Noarlunga on the 13th
Warmest on average overall 19.6 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
19.6 °C at Noarlunga
Coolest on average overall 16.0 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 29.0 mm at Piccadilly (Woodhouse)
Wettest day 23.0 mm at Mount Lofty on the 21st
Strongest wind gust 74.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on the 19th


Summary statistics for April 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
April
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
April
2025
Mean for
April
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
April
2025
Total for
April
2025
Average
for
April
Rank of
April
2025
Fraction of
April
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 25.2 +3.0 34.5 13th 14.1 +1.3 9.7 29th 9.8 43.6 low 22%
Adelaide Airport 24.4 +2.1 33.2 13th 13.8 +1.9 9.4 29th 5.0 34.0 v low 15%
Edinburgh RAAF 25.7 +2.6 34.7 12th 13.2 +1.4 8.0 30th 2.6 30.1 v low 9%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 22.4 +2.7 32.7 12th 13.0 +1.7 9.2 30th 18.2 54.2 low 34%
Mount Barker 21.9 +1.3 29.6 10th 9.7 +1.3 6.6 8th 23.6 57.1 low 41%
Mount Crawford AWS 22.1 +2.7 30.9 12th 12.7 +2.2 7.2 30th 13.8 42.4 average 32%
Mount Lofty 20.2 +3.8 29.2 13th 11.8 +2.0 6.8 30th 28.4 58.1 low 49%
Noarlunga 24.2 +1.8 33.9 13th 15.1 +1.5 11.0 29th 6.4 32.5 low 20%
Parafield Airport 26.0 +3.1 34.6 15th 12.4 +0.6 6.8 29th 5.2 37.6 low 14%

Daily maximum temperatures for April 2025
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
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 27.2 26.4 22.3 19.6 21.6 23.0 22.0 21.6 23.8 31.2 29.6 33.8 34.5 33.7 33.4 32.2 28.3 30.5 25.3 19.0 17.8 20.3 21.7 27.1 23.8 23.1 20.9 20.9 21.6 19.1
Adelaide Airport 25.5 25.0 22.8 19.4 20.6 22.0 21.3 20.7 23.7 30.1 28.6 32.1 33.2 32.6 32.5 31.4 26.1 28.0 25.5 18.9 18.5 20.6 20.1 26.1 23.6 22.3 20.5 19.5 21.4 19.7
Edinburgh RAAF 27.2 26.6 23.0 19.6 22.0 23.8 22.4 21.9 24.6 32.0 28.9 34.7 34.6 34.2 33.7 32.8 28.1 31.3 27.3 20.6 18.8 21.0 23.0 27.8 24.6 23.4 20.8 20.4 22.1 19.4
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 23.0 24.1 17.4 16.4 19.3 19.6 20.0 20.3 21.5 28.1 25.9 32.7 31.6 30.6 31.1 29.2 28.5 27.7 24.5 14.7 14.3 16.1 21.4 24.6 22.1 19.1 18.3 16.6 17.9 15.1
Mount Barker 24.5 26.5 18.0 17.2 21.7 22.9 23.0 22.4 21.5 29.6 25.2 25.1 21.5 21.8 18.4 18.5 20.2 16.9
Mount Crawford AWS 22.5 25.4 18.4 17.3 19.7 19.8 19.9 20.3 20.7 28.0 25.8 30.9 30.7 30.5 30.4 29.2 28.7 28.8 25.8 13.2 13.0 15.4 20.6 24.0 21.4 19.4 15.7 16.7 17.5 14.4
Mount Lofty 22.2 23.2 17.4 14.8 16.7 17.8 17.6 18.7 19.3 25.5 24.9 29.0 29.2 28.2 28.0 26.8 24.7 25.6 20.9 12.6 11.1 14.6 18.6 21.6 19.0 18.1 14.9 15.6 17.3 13.0
Noarlunga 26.7 25.7 21.0 19.7 20.6 22.6 21.3 20.9 24.4 29.9 26.9 33.9 32.4 32.6 31.6 26.3 29.1 25.7 18.8 17.6 19.9 21.1 26.1 24.0 23.1 20.6 20.0 20.1 18.5
Parafield Airport 27.4 27.8 23.4 20.6 22.5 23.9 22.2 22.3 25.0 31.7 29.6 34.4 34.6 34.0 34.6 32.6 28.8 31.4 27.1 20.5 18.7 21.0 23.5 27.5 24.7 23.8 21.8 21.4 22.7 20.3
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 April 2025
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
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 15.7 13.4 13.8 10.2 12.0 11.9 13.4 11.0 13.3 16.8 15.1 14.4 20.2 19.1 22.3 18.9 15.1 13.9 21.7 13.9 13.0 13.1 9.8 10.2 14.7 11.9 11.1 11.5 9.7 10.4
Adelaide Airport 14.2 11.8 14.1 11.2 11.5 11.6 13.4 11.5 13.0 16.4 16.7 13.8 17.8 17.6 18.4 18.7 15.2 13.9 20.5 14.6 13.7 14.1 9.8 9.4 14.2 13.7 11.3 11.5 9.4 11.0
Edinburgh RAAF 15.4 12.3 13.5 10.9 9.8 11.9 12.6 9.8 13.7 17.0 14.4 13.2 18.1 16.3 18.3 18.2 14.2 14.0 20.8 14.7 13.3 14.1 8.0 8.1 14.3 11.5 9.3 10.2 8.8 8.0
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 10.7 12.7 11.7 10.5 10.1 10.0 11.0 10.3 10.8 14.3 13.6 14.0 19.3 18.9 19.9 19.5 18.5 13.7 18.5 11.2 9.3 10.3 11.0 10.7 14.5 12.8 10.1 10.7 10.9 9.2
Mount Barker 8.8 8.0 11.1 9.3 9.0 7.4 9.6 6.6 9.2 12.4 14.0 7.8 11.5 11.1 9.0 10.7 8.5 9.6
Mount Crawford AWS 9.5 12.4 11.0 7.2 9.4 10.3 10.9 8.2 10.0 14.4 12.4 14.7 22.3 18.7 18.6 21.7 20.2 17.6 19.8 10.8 8.9 8.8 9.5 11.0 14.1 11.8 8.5 10.1 9.9 7.2
Mount Lofty 8.5 11.8 10.1 7.4 8.6 9.0 9.6 7.2 9.1 12.8 11.7 14.2 21.9 18.3 19.1 20.7 18.5 16.2 18.1 9.2 7.6 8.3 8.7 10.5 13.5 10.7 8.1 9.1 9.5 6.8
Noarlunga 14.3 15.1 13.6 14.0 12.2 12.3 13.7 11.9 14.8 16.3 16.6 23.5 20.6 21.6 19.2 17.1 15.8 20.6 13.9 13.0 14.1 11.3 11.5 17.2 14.1 11.8 12.8 11.0 11.3
Parafield Airport 15.6 11.4 13.7 8.8 9.3 10.4 12.4 8.2 13.4 16.5 15.8 12.7 14.2 16.6 17.4 16.3 13.0 11.9 21.1 14.8 13.3 11.1 10.3 6.9 13.8 8.6 7.7 9.4 6.8 9.8
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 April 2025
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
Adelaide (Glen Osmond) - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - 2.2 10.2 0.2 - - - 0.4 - - - 3.4
Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - 0.2 15.0 - - - - 0.2 - - - 1.4
Adelaide (Keswick) - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 9.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - -
Adelaide (Morphett Vale) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.0 4.8 - - - - - - - - 2.5
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 0.8 8.0 - - - - 0.6 - - - -
Adelaide Airport - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 4.4 - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide Airport Alert - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 3.8 - - - - - - - - -
Aldgate - - - 1.8 0.4 - - - - 0.5 - - - - - - - - - 4.0 12.6 0.6 - - - 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Ashton - - - 0.8 0.2 - 0.4 - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 1.8 17.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 0.6 0.6 - 0.2 0.8
Ashton Co-op - - - 1.4 0.2 0.6 - - 1.6 - - - - - - - - - 16.0 0.6 - - 0.8 0.2 0.6 1.6
Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.6 19.8 - - - - 0.2 - - 0.2 1.8
Balhannah (Gumbooya) - - 0.6 0.8 0.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 5.2 6.8 1.6 - - - 0.4 0.4 - 0.2 -
Beaumont - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.8 7.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.4
Belair - - - 0.2 - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 1.8 15.4 0.4 - - - - - - 0.8 1.6
Belair (St Johns) - - - - - - 0.8 - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.6 11.6 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - - 0.8
Belair (State Flora Nursery) - - 0.5 - - - 0.4 - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - 20.0 0.4 - - - 0.4
Bellevue Heights - - - - - - 0.8 0.2 - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - 0.8 12.8 - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Birdwood - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 3.4 10.4 0.4 - - - 0.4 - - - -
Birdwood (McVitties Hill) - - - - 0.6 - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 5.0 6.6 1.6 0.2 - - - 0.2 - 0.2 0.2
Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 1.4 5.8 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - - 3.4
Burnside - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 1.0 8.4 - - - - 0.2 - - - 3.2
Clarendon 1.4 1.0 13.0 1.4
Crafers West - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 2.4 14.6 0.4 - - - 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.0 1.8
Cromer Road - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 2.4 9.2 1.4 - - - - - 0.4 - -
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.4 - - 0.2
Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) - - - - 0.2 - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - 8.4 10.4 - - - - - - - 0.2 -
Edinburgh RAAF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 1.8 - - - - - - - - -
Felixstow (Payneham) - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 12.0 - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.8
Gould Creek (Hermitage) - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 1.2 7.0 - - - - - - - - 0.6
Greenacres - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 9.4 0.2 - - - - - - - -
Gumeracha - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19.5 - 2.0 -
Hahndorf - - 0.5 0.7 0.6 - 0.4 - - 0.5 0.2 - - - - - - - - 4.1 5.8 0.5 - - - 1.0 1.1 - - 0.2
Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 0.4 1.4 - - - - - - - - 0.6
Happy Valley Reservoir - - - 0.2 - - 0.4 - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - 2.2 10.2 - - - - - - - - 1.2
Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) - - - 0.4 1.0 - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.8 0.2 1.6 - - - - 0.8 0.4 0.2 -
Inglewood - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.6 18.4 - - - 0.4 0.4 - - 1.8 0.8
Ironstone Road - - - 0.2 - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 4.0 14.0 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.2 - - 0.2 -
Kangarilla (Saddlebags) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4.0 11.0 0.4 - - - - 0.4 - 0.4 0.2
Kanmantoo (Millbrae) - - 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.8 1.8 0.6 - - - - - 0.4 - 0.2
Kersbrook - - - 0.2 - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 3.0 10.6 - - - - 0.2 - - 0.4 0.2
Kuitpo Forest Reserve - - - 0.6 - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 4.4 11.6 0.4 - - - - - 0.2 0.6 0.2
Lenswood - - - 1.2 0.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 2.8 8.8 0.6 - - - 0.4 0.8 0.2 - -
Lenswood (Stringybark) - - - - 0.2 - - - - 0.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - 3.0 11.2 0.6 - - 0.2 0.2 - - 0.2 0.8
Lobethal (Graeber) 0.4 0.2 - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 4.4 4.4 0.6 - - - 0.2 0.4 - - -
Lobethal (Maidment Road) - - - 1.8 0.4 - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - 9.4 8.4 1.0 - - 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - -
Long Ridge (Greenhill) - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 1.2 10.8 - - - - 0.2 - - 0.4 1.2
Longwood Alert - - 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 5.2 10.4 0.6 - - - 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.4
McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 5.2 - - - - - 0.4
Mitchell Park (Marion) - - - 0.2
Montacute - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.4 14.4 - - - - - - - 0.8 2.0
Morphettville - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 4.2 - - - - - - - - -
Mount Barker - - 0.8 0.6 0.6 - - - - 0.4 - - 19.4 - - 0.6 0.6 - - 0.6
Mount Bold Reservoir - - - 0.2 - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - 0.2 1.8 12.0 0.4 - - - - - - 0.2 0.2
Mount Crawford AWS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.8 9.8 0.6 - - - 0.2 0.2 - 0.2 -
Mount Lofty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23.0 1.6 0.4 - - 1.0 0.4 - 0.8 1.2
Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mt Torrens - - - 0.6 1.2 0.2 0.2 - - 1.0 - - - - - - - - - 4.2 6.6 1.4 - - - - 0.8 0.6 - 0.2
Mylor (Biggs Flat) - - 0.4 0.8 0.6 - 0.6 - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - 7.6 6.6 0.2 - - 0.2 0.2 0.8 - 0.2 -
Noarlunga - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - 1.4 2.8 - - - - - - - - 2.0
North Adelaide - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - 7.0 - - - 0.7 - 0.3
Parafield Airport - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 3.6 - - - - 0.2 - - - 1.0
Piccadilly (Woodhouse) - - 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.1 - 1.0 - - - - - - - - 3.4 17.0 0.8 0.2 0.2 - 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.1
Prospect Hill - - 1.2 2.2 0.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 5.2 4.0 0.6 - - - - 1.4 0.4 - -
Regency Park - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 0.4 7.8 - - - - 0.4 - - - -
Rosslyn Park (Seaview) - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 0.4 10.2 - - - - 0.2 - - 0.4 6.2
Sellicks Beach 2.4 2.6
Uraidla 2.0 1.8 4.4 15.4 1.8
Uraidla (Sutton Creek) - - 0.2 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 - - 1.0 0.2 - - - - - - - - 3.8 14.8 0.6 - - - 0.6 0.8 0.2 - 0.8
Verdun 0.2 - 0.2 1.0 0.6 - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 5.2 8.2 0.4 - - - 1.0 0.4 - 0.2 -
Williamstown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 8.5 0.1 - - - 0.6
Willunga - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - 5.4 - - - - - - - 1.6
Woodside (Inverbrackie) - - 0.2 1.4 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - 2.4 4.2 1.8 - 0.2 - 0.4 2.4 0.2 - -
Woodside (Wicks Estate) - - 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.8 - - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - - 4.4 4.6 0.8 - - 0.2 0.2 0.2 - 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 Thursday 1 May 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 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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