Greater Adelaide in January 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for January were below to very much below average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • January rainfall totals ranged from 5% of average at Mount Crawford to 33% of average at Noarlunga.
  • The wettest day was on the 6th, with many sites across the city receiving between 3 mm and 5 mm from cloud associated with a low pressure trough.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for January at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were warmer than average.
  • January mean maximum temperatures for Greater Adelaide ranged from 0.8 °C above average at Noarlunga to 3.7 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for January at most sites across Greater Adelaide were above average.
  • January mean minimum temperatures for Greater Adelaide ranged from 0.3 °C below average at Parafield Airport to 1.2 °C above average at Mount Barker.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 4.2 mm, which is 21% of the long-term average of 20.4 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 30.8 °C, which is 2.2 °C above the long-term average of 28.6 °C.
  • The warmest day was 38.7 °C on the 19th, and the coolest day was on the 15th when the temperature reached 23.8 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 16.9 °C, which is 0.3 °C above the long-term average of 16.6 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 11.6 °C on the 24th, and the warmest morning was on the 27th when the minimum temperature was 24.2 °C.

Extremes in January 2025
Hottest day 39.5 °C at Parafield Airport on the 27th
Warmest days on average 32.1 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 26.4 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 16.8 °C at Mount Lofty on the 6th
Coldest night 6.7 °C at Mount Lofty on the 7th
Coolest nights on average 13.2 °C at Mount Barker
Warmest nights on average 17.4 °C at Noarlunga
Warmest night 25.2 °C at Mount Crawford AWS on the 5th
Warmest on average overall 24.1 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest on average overall 19.9 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 8.6 mm at Piccadilly (Woodhouse)
Wettest day 7.4 mm at Hahndorf on the 6th
Strongest wind gust 67.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on the 7th


Summary statistics for January 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
January
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
January
2025
Mean for
January
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
January
2025
Total for
January
2025
Average
for
January
Rank of
January
2025
Fraction of
January
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 30.8 +2.2 38.7 19th 16.9 +0.3 11.6 24th 4.2 20.4 low 21%
Adelaide Airport 29.2 +1.0 37.1 19th 17.1 +0.9 11.6 24th 4.4 18.7 low 24%
Edinburgh RAAF 31.5 +1.3 39.4 27th 16.5 -0.1 10.7 24th 1.8 21.4 low 8%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 27.3 +1.1 36.4 19th 14.9 +0.6 9.7 7th 5.8 29.5 v low 20%
Mount Barker 30.3 +3.0 38.4 19th 13.2 +1.2 9.0 3rd 6.0 26.3 low 23%
Mount Crawford AWS 29.2 +1.6 36.8 27th 14.4 +0.4 7.7 7th 1.2 25.3 low 5%
Mount Lofty 26.6 +3.7 33.7 19th 13.6 +1.1 6.7 7th 8.2 41.0 v low 20%
Noarlunga 29.6 +0.8 38.1 19th 17.4 +0.2 11.9 24th 5.8 17.6 low 33%
Parafield Airport 32.1 +2.2 39.5 27th 16.1 -0.3 10.3 24th 1.6 21.4 v low 8%

Daily maximum temperatures for January 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 31
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 27.4 28.2 34.8 37.8 32.1 24.2 27.7 32.8 32.9 32.7 34.1 35.4 30.4 32.9 23.8 24.3 30.2 34.8 38.7 36.2 28.8 27.8 23.9 26.5 30.4 36.7 36.9 28.3 26.8 27.3 31.2
Adelaide Airport 25.4 28.2 33.0 36.9 31.3 24.6 27.7 28.2 31.3 28.5 29.9 31.8 28.1 28.4 24.0 23.6 31.0 30.7 37.1 33.0 26.6 27.8 22.9 25.0 27.9 34.5 36.1 27.1 26.0 26.7 31.8
Edinburgh RAAF 27.2 29.5 35.3 36.5 31.2 25.4 28.6 35.4 32.9 32.8 35.9 35.6 31.0 33.2 25.2 25.2 31.1 35.9 38.9 35.9 29.8 29.4 25.9 26.6 31.7 36.6 39.4 28.2 27.0 28.4 31.1
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 23.0 21.1 32.0 34.5 31.2 17.8 21.4 29.7 30.5 34.5 30.1 29.2 30.5 21.6 21.8 25.3 33.4 36.4 32.2 28.1 22.2 20.0 24.3 29.5 34.1 34.8 23.0 21.5 21.4 24.2
Mount Barker 26.1 25.1 34.4 35.4 34.0 18.6 25.1 34.0 32.4 32.9 34.3 34.8 24.4 28.3 35.0 38.4 33.7 31.0 25.8 22.8 26.9 32.8 35.6 37.2 26.4 24.8 25.0 27.6
Mount Crawford AWS 26.1 24.6 32.5 32.9 32.3 20.1 24.1 31.8 31.3 32.5 35.3 32.3 30.7 32.6 22.4 26.5 33.1 36.0 34.8 30.5 24.4 22.7 25.6 30.9 34.0 36.8 24.7 22.8 22.9 27.3
Mount Lofty 23.0 22.0 29.4 31.4 28.7 16.8 21.6 28.5 28.4 30.2 31.4 30.3 27.0 28.5 19.6 21.0 24.8 31.7 33.7 32.5 27.5 22.5 20.2 24.4 27.9 32.8 32.4 22.8 25.3
Noarlunga 27.2 26.7 33.7 36.9 32.5 22.3 25.9 30.1 33.0 31.8 32.7 34.3 29.2 28.1 23.6 23.6 29.6 32.7 38.1 35.7 29.2 26.3 23.5 25.3 28.1 35.3 35.3 26.1 25.6 25.2 28.9
Parafield Airport 28.3 29.7 35.5 37.6 34.2 26.3 29.2 35.2 33.3 33.7 36.2 36.0 31.1 33.8 25.4 25.7 32.4 36.0 39.3 37.3 30.3 29.2 25.5 27.4 32.1 37.3 39.5 29.9 28.1 28.6 32.0
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 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 31
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 14.3 14.2 13.4 19.1 20.9 16.2 13.4 13.3 18.9 15.1 18.9 19.3 19.6 16.2 20.1 14.9 15.4 18.8 23.8 21.9 16.6 17.1 14.6 11.6 12.9 16.9 24.2 17.6 15.3 14.7 14.5
Adelaide Airport 14.4 14.8 13.5 18.2 19.4 16.7 13.3 13.6 20.3 18.5 18.4 20.2 19.4 16.5 20.3 15.1 16.4 20.0 19.4 21.7 18.4 17.3 15.4 11.6 13.0 17.1 22.7 17.6 15.2 14.7 15.9
Edinburgh RAAF 12.5 15.1 12.5 18.7 21.8 17.0 13.4 11.7 19.3 15.4 17.4 17.6 17.8 15.9 20.9 16.4 16.0 17.6 21.5 20.4 15.1 15.8 16.1 10.7 12.8 16.8 24.5 18.2 15.6 14.9 13.5
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 11.3 11.6 12.8 20.1 23.0 13.0 9.7 18.5 14.2 15.9 16.2 18.8 15.6 16.3 11.2 14.2 16.1 19.3 20.7 15.0 14.0 12.5 10.9 13.2 14.8 19.9 14.3 12.0 12.2 12.5
Mount Barker 11.0 11.0 9.0 14.0 18.4 14.0 9.4 9.7 16.4 14.0 14.0 13.1 11.4 14.0 13.3 14.1 16.6 15.2 14.2 11.1 9.4 9.8 14.6 19.8 14.8 12.7 11.5 11.4
Mount Crawford AWS 11.0 9.1 12.4 19.9 25.2 12.5 7.7 11.7 19.1 16.0 19.0 18.0 19.3 15.5 10.7 12.9 14.8 20.1 21.8 13.9 12.7 11.6 10.0 11.4 12.9 19.1 13.2 9.8 9.5 10.7
Mount Lofty 9.9 8.4 10.7 19.4 23.1 11.8 6.7 10.8 16.9 14.1 16.8 15.9 18.5 15.4 14.1 10.1 12.2 13.6 17.6 22.4 12.7 11.5 10.7 8.7 11.3 12.4 20.4 12.3 9.2
Noarlunga 12.7 14.7 16.0 20.2 22.5 15.7 12.5 15.9 21.3 16.9 19.0 19.3 20.9 16.7 19.7 14.3 16.1 19.4 22.6 24.1 17.4 16.9 15.8 11.9 15.8 18.2 22.9 16.4 14.8 14.2 15.4
Parafield Airport 12.3 13.5 13.6 17.2 19.2 17.1 13.2 10.3 20.2 13.6 17.1 17.1 18.0 16.0 20.4 14.1 13.6 18.9 22.5 20.1 15.0 15.4 14.6 10.3 11.7 17.3 24.9 18.1 14.2 13.4 14.9
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 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 31
Adelaide (Glen Osmond) - - - - - 4.2 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) - - - - - 2.4 - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide (Keswick) - - - - - 4.4 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide (Morphett Vale) - - - - - 4.2 - - - - - - - - 0.8
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) - - - - - 3.6 - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide Airport - - - - - 3.6 - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adelaide Airport Alert - - - - - 3.4 - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aldgate - - - - - 6.4 0.4 - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ashton - - - - - 3.4 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ashton Co-op - - - - 4.2
Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) - - - - - 2.2 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Balhannah (Gumbooya) - - - - - 5.4 - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Beaumont - - - - - 3.6 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belair - - - - - 3.6 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belair (St Johns) - - - - - 4.6 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Belair (State Flora Nursery) - - - - - 4.6 - - - - - - - - 0.6
Bellevue Heights - - - - - 3.0 - - - - - - - 0.2 1.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Birdwood - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Birdwood (McVitties Hill) - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) - - - - - 4.4 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Burnside - - - - - 3.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cherry Gardens - - - - - 4.6 - - - - - - - - 0.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clarendon 3.0 0.8
Crafers West - - - - - 7.0 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.4 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cromer Road - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) - - - - - 2.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Edinburgh RAAF - - - - - 1.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Felixstow (Payneham) - - - - - 2.6 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gould Creek (Hermitage) - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Greenacres - - - - - 2.4 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gumeracha - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hahndorf - - - - - 7.4 - - - - - - - - 0.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) - - - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Happy Valley Reservoir - - - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - 0.6 0.2
Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) - - - - - 2.8 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Inglewood - - - - - 1.6 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ironstone Road - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kangarilla (Saddlebags) - - - - - 2.8 0.6 - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kanmantoo (Millbrae) - - - - - 4.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kersbrook - - - - - 1.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kuitpo Forest Reserve - - - - - 5.0 - 0.2 - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lenswood - - - - - 3.6 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lenswood (Stringybark) - - - - - 2.6 - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lobethal (Graeber) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lobethal (Maidment Road) - - - - - 3.8 0.2 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Long Ridge (Greenhill) - - - - - 4.0 - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Longwood Alert - 0.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) 5.6 - - - - - - - 1.8
Mitchell Park (Marion) - - - - - 3.4 - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Montacute - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Morphettville - - - - - 2.8 0.4 - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mount Barker - - - - - 5.6 0.2 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mount Bold Reservoir - - - - - 3.2 0.4 - - - - - - - 1.0
Mount Crawford AWS - - - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mount Lofty - - - - - 4.0 3.2 - - - - - - - 0.6 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mt Torrens - - - - - 3.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mylor (Biggs Flat) - - - - - 5.8 0.4 - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Noarlunga - - - - - 5.4 - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
North Adelaide - - - - - 3.5 - - - - - - - - 0.8
Parafield Airport - - - - - 1.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Piccadilly (Woodhouse) 0.1 - 0.1 - - 6.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 - - - - - 0.6 0.4 0.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Prospect Hill - - - - - 5.8 - - - - - - - - 0.6
Red Creek (Burwood) - - - - - 5.4 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Regency Park - - - - - 2.0 - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rosslyn Park (Seaview) - - - - - 3.0 - - - - - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sellicks Beach 5.4 0.4
Uraidla 4.8
Uraidla (Sutton Creek) - - - - - 1.6 1.2 0.2 - - - - - - - 7.0 - - - - 0.4 9.2 - - - - - - - - -
Verdun - - - - - 6.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Williamstown - - - - - 1.8 - - - - - - - - - 0.2
Willunga - - - 5.2 - - - - - - - - - 1.0
Woodside (Inverbrackie) - - - - - 4.0 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Woodside (Wicks Estate) - - - - - 3.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 Monday 3 February 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 previous 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.

Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.

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