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

Greater Adelaide in February 2026

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for February ranged from below to close to average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • February rainfall totals ranged from 7% to 111% of average across Adelaide and the Hills.

Temperature

  • Mean maximum temperatures for February at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • February mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.6 °C above average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 3.3 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
  • Mean minimum temperatures for February at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
  • February mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.3 °C below average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 1.1 °C above average at Adelaide Airport M.O.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 15.0 mm, which is 74% of the long-term average of 20.2 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 30.9 °C, which is 2.3 °C above the long-term average of 28.6 °C.
  • The warmest day was 37.7 °C on the 16th, and the coolest day was on the 12th when the temperature reached 22.8 °C.
  • The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 17.4 °C, which is 0.6 °C above the long-term average of 16.8 °C.
  • The coldest morning was 12.4 °C on the 12th, and the warmest morning was on the 16th when the minimum temperature was 25.9 °C.

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes in February 2026
Hottest day 39.6 °C at Parafield Airport on the 16th
Warmest days on average 32.1 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 26.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 17.4 °C at Kuitpo Forest Reserve on the 12th
Coldest night 6.0 °C at Mount Lofty on the 2nd
Coolest nights on average 12.3 °C at Mount Barker
Warmest nights on average 17.4 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
17.4 °C at Edinburgh RAAF
Warmest night 26.6 °C at Parafield Airport on the 17th
Warmest on average overall 24.6 °C at Edinburgh RAAF
Coolest on average overall 19.8 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 25.0 mm at Rosslyn Park (Seaview)
Wettest day 20.2 mm at Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) on the 28th
Strongest wind gust 72.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on the 2nd

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Summary statistics for February 2026
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
February
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
February
2026		 Mean for
February
2026		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
February
2026		 Total for
February
2026		 Average
for
February		 Rank of
February
2026		 Fraction of
February
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 30.9 +2.3 37.7 16th 17.4 +0.6 12.4 12th 15.0 20.2 average 74%
Adelaide Airport M.O. 29.6 +1.5 35.6 16th 17.3 +1.1 11.7 2nd 7.4 18.1 average 41%
Edinburgh RAAF 31.7 +1.7 38.8 16th 17.4 +0.8 10.8 4th 18.6 17.1 average 109%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 26.3 +0.6 34.8 16th 13.8 -0.3 9.1 2nd 5.4 22.7 low 24%
Mount Barker 28.7 +1.9 35.7 10th 12.3 +0.3 7.1 3rd 6.2 25.4 low 24%
Mount Crawford AWS 28.1 +1.1 34.0 10th 13.9 -0.1 7.0 2nd 1.6 23.4 low 7%
Mount Lofty 26.2 +3.3 32.3 16th 13.2 +0.3 6.0 2nd 12.8 32.0 low 40%
Noarlunga 29.2 +1.4 35.8 16th 16.8 -0.1 12.0 2nd 9.2 17.1 average 54%
Parafield Airport 32.1 +2.6 39.6 16th 16.7 +0.3 9.7 4th 20.2 18.2 average 111%

Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top

Daily maximum temperatures for February 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
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 24.3 27.6 33.0 33.4 33.5 34.3 34.8 31.6 32.2 36.8 34.8 22.8 27.0 31.2 35.5 37.7 24.8 24.3 28.4 35.0 35.5 25.4 29.0 29.9 28.5 32.3 35.2 26.8
Adelaide Airport M.O. 24.5 27.9 30.5 30.6 32.0 32.9 33.4 27.6 28.3 33.9 32.8 23.3 27.0 31.9 34.2 35.6 24.4 23.0 28.2 32.9 29.9 25.4 27.8 29.1 28.4 32.8 33.3 27.6
Edinburgh RAAF 25.6 27.8 33.8 34.6 31.7 33.9 35.5 32.0 30.8 37.7 37.5 24.5 27.8 31.9 37.4 38.8 27.2 25.2 29.1 35.9 37.2 26.8 29.3 32.6 29.7 32.7 35.5 25.6
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 19.6 22.2 29.4 30.9 24.2 27.4 25.5 29.7 24.8 33.7 32.2 17.4 21.1 25.6 32.3 34.8 21.3 21.1 26.8 32.3 34.0 24.2 22.9 22.0 21.2 24.7 33.1 21.5
Mount Barker 22.6 25.0 33.2 34.4 27.6 30.7 28.2 30.4 27.4 35.7 33.6 20.5 24.0 28.3 34.9 34.8 23.9 28.5 34.5 34.0 25.7 25.9 24.6 24.8 28.2 32.9 21.9
Mount Crawford AWS 20.5 22.7 30.4 32.1 29.3 33.9 33.4 30.4 29.0 34.0 32.8 19.1 22.8 26.4 32.8 33.7 25.8 22.2 28.0 32.8 32.8 25.2 24.0 27.5 24.5 27.5 32.2 20.5
Mount Lofty 22.6 27.7 29.6 27.6 30.4 31.4 28.0 27.9 31.8 30.1 18.1 21.0 26.0 31.8 32.3 21.5 20.1 27.0 29.9 31.1 22.3 24.0 23.3 22.3 27.2 29.1 20.6
Noarlunga 23.4 26.7 31.5 32.0 29.6 32.6 31.7 30.5 29.8 35.1 31.8 22.6 25.0 30.6 34.5 35.8 23.3 22.6 27.6 33.5 32.3 24.5 27.5 27.3 25.3 30.9 34.5 25.0
Parafield Airport 25.9 28.8 33.6 35.3 32.6 34.7 35.1 32.4 32.2 37.6 36.6 24.8 28.2 32.6 37.5 39.6 26.6 25.1 28.7 36.3 37.0 28.0 29.9 33.1 30.2 33.8 36.0 25.4
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 February 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
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 16.3 12.4 12.7 13.0 16.2 14.5 16.6 18.9 16.9 16.8 23.9 12.4 13.8 15.1 18.7 25.9 24.1 14.0 13.7 17.3 17.3 22.9 14.3 18.1 17.5 19.4 21.5 22.0
Adelaide Airport M.O. 16.5 11.7 11.9 12.4 17.3 15.1 16.9 19.2 17.5 16.7 23.3 12.9 13.7 16.1 19.4 24.2 22.5 15.1 14.1 16.7 17.2 22.2 15.0 18.6 17.3 18.0 20.5 21.9
Edinburgh RAAF 17.5 12.7 10.8 10.8 17.6 14.4 17.1 18.9 17.0 17.3 24.9 13.7 13.9 15.8 20.0 24.3 26.3 13.1 13.3 15.3 17.8 22.6 15.5 17.4 17.6 19.5 20.7 22.0
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 13.0 9.1 11.4 15.8 13.5 11.7 12.5 13.6 13.1 12.3 19.9 10.4 9.2 11.1 13.8 21.1 21.3 11.1 12.1 14.1 13.7 19.7 11.6 13.6 13.0 11.5 12.4 19.7
Mount Barker 13.4 8.5 7.1 8.0 14.1 12.2 12.1 13.0 13.1 11.6 17.0 10.1 7.6 10.6 11.9 17.0 9.1 10.1 11.0 13.5 17.1 11.0 13.5 13.0 12.0 13.5 20.4
Mount Crawford AWS 12.2 7.0 10.2 18.5 12.3 11.5 14.4 18.2 12.8 13.0 21.3 8.6 7.6 11.4 13.1 21.3 23.7 10.5 11.3 12.7 13.3 20.5 11.5 12.2 11.8 13.4 14.8 20.1
Mount Lofty 6.0 9.1 16.2 11.6 10.3 16.5 19.1 11.4 12.8 22.3 7.3 6.5 10.0 13.5 20.3 21.4 9.8 11.2 14.5 12.4 20.9 8.7 11.2 10.4 10.5 14.9 18.2
Noarlunga 15.7 12.0 14.8 14.9 16.6 14.9 16.1 17.6 16.1 15.7 23.8 12.4 12.6 14.9 18.1 25.8 21.4 13.7 14.2 19.1 17.1 22.6 13.6 17.3 16.5 15.5 16.4 21.8
Parafield Airport 16.8 11.0 12.4 9.7 16.8 13.5 16.6 17.3 16.4 16.0 23.1 11.7 13.6 14.1 17.4 25.8 26.6 12.4 11.4 16.1 17.0 21.6 14.3 17.0 16.7 19.0 21.4 21.9
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 February 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
Adelaide (Glen Osmond) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.4 0.2 - - - 0.3 - - - - 15.4
Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 6.0 - - - - - - - - - 4.4
Adelaide (Morphett Vale) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.2 - - - - - - - - - 7.2
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) - - - - - - - 1.8 - - - - - - - - - 1.8 - - - - - - - - - 11.4
Adelaide Airport Alert - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 - - - - - - - - - 5.4
Adelaide Airport M.O. - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - 1.4 0.2 - - - - - - - - 5.4
Aldgate - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 1.4 - - - - 2.0 - - - - 0.4
Ashton - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 0.2 6.2 0.2 - - - 2.2 - - - - 1.6
Ashton Co-op - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - 10.8 - - - → 2.6
Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.2 0.2 - - - 2.2 - - - - 0.2
Balhannah (Gumbooya) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 0.2 2.4 - 0.2 - - 1.4 0.2 - - - 3.6
Beaumont - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 - - - - 0.2 - - - - 13.0
Belair - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - - 7.4
Belair (St Johns) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 1.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - 17.6
Belair (State Flora Nursery) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.0 - - - 0.7 - - - - - 15.0
Bellevue Heights - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 2.0 0.2 - - - 0.4 - - - - 10.6
Birdwood - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 1.0 - - - - 1.2 - - - - 0.2
Birdwood (McVitties Hill) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 1.2 0.8 - - - - 0.2 - - - - -
Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - 11.8
Burnside - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.2 - - - - 0.2 - - - - 12.6
Cherry Gardens - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 3.2 - - - - 3.0 - - - - 4.8
Clarendon → → 0.4 2.6 2.1 6.0
Crafers West - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 1.4 - - - - 0.8 - - - - 5.6
Cromer Road - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - 0.8 - - - 0.4 - 4.4 - - - - -
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - 2.6 - - - - 0.4 - - - - -
Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 3.4 - - - - - 0.2 - - - 0.2
Edinburgh RAAF - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 1.4 - - - 0.4 0.8 0.2 - - - 15.4
Felixstow (Payneham) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.2 - - - - 0.4 - - - - 10.8
Gawler - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - 0.8
Gould Creek (Hermitage) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - 0.2 - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - -
Greenacres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - 12.8
Gumeracha - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - 0.6 - - → → 0.2
Hahndorf - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 0.2 2.0 - - - - 1.6 - - - - 4.6
Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 0.2 - - - 20.2
Happy Valley Reservoir 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - 1.4 - - - - 16.6
Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 0.6 7.2 - - - - 0.2 0.2 - - - -
Heathfield Works Depot - - - - - - - - - - - 0.7 - - - - - 1.8 - - - - 2.4
Inglewood - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 1.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - -
Ironstone Road 0.2 - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - 1.2 - - - - -
Kangarilla (Saddlebags) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 4.2 - - - 0.2 1.4 - - - - 0.6
Kanmantoo (Millbrae) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 4.8 - - - - 0.2 - - - - -
Kersbrook - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kuitpo Forest Reserve - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 3.0 - - - - 1.0 - - - - 1.2
Lenswood - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 1.2 - - - - - 10.8 - - - - 1.4 - - - - 1.6
Lenswood (Stringybark) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 5.6 0.2 - - - 0.4 - - - - 0.4
Lobethal (Graeber) - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 7.4 0.2 - - - 0.4 - - - - -
Lobethal (Maidment Road) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 5.4 - - - - 0.2 - - - - -
Long Ridge (Greenhill) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.6 - - - - 0.6 - - - - 1.8
Longwood Alert - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - 0.2 3.0 0.2 - - - 2.8 - - - - 1.6
Montacute - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 6.4 - - - - 0.8 - - - - 1.6
Morphettville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - - - - - 0.6
Mount Barker - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 2.0 - - - - 1.4 - - - - 2.2
Mount Bold Reservoir - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - - 2.8 - - - 0.2 1.4 - - - - 1.6
Mount Crawford AWS - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - 0.6
Mount Lofty - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 2.0 - - - - 1.6 0.2 - - - 8.6
Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.2 - - - - 0.2 1.6 - - - - 2.0 - - - - 2.2
Mt Torrens - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 6.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - -
Mylor (Biggs Flat) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 - - - - - 3.2 - - - - 1.8 - - - - 1.2
Noarlunga - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1.8 1.8 - - - - 0.8 - - - - 4.8
North Adelaide - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3.6
Parafield Airport - - - - 0.2 - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - - 1.4 - - - 0.2 1.4 - - - - 16.4
Piccadilly (Woodhouse) - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 - - - - 2.4 - - - - 2.6 - - - - 0.6
Prospect Hill - - - - - - - - - - - 1.0 - - - - 4.0 1.2 - - - - 2.0 - - - - -
Regency Park - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.6 - - - - - - - - - 1.6
Rosslyn Park (Seaview) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.4 - - - - 0.6 - - - - 13.0
Sellicks Beach 0.4 6.0
Uraidla 6.0 2.0 2.0
Uraidla (Sutton Creek) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - 2.0 - - - - 2.0 - - - - 1.6
Verdun - - - - - - - - - - - 0.6 - - - - 0.2 2.2 - - - - 2.6 - - - - 5.2
Williamstown - - - - - - - - - - - 1.6 - - - - - - - - - → 1.0
Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) -
Willunga - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - 11.6 - - - → → 2.4
Woodside (Inverbrackie) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.4 0.2 - - - - 4.8 - - - - 0.4 - - - - -
Woodside (Wicks Estate) - - - - - - - - - - - 0.8 - - - - - 9.4 - - - - 0.4 - - - - -
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 March 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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