Friday, 31 October 2008 - Monthly Climate Summary for Adelaide Metro & Hills - Product code IDCKGC13R0
Adelaide Metro & Hills in October 2008
Another Dry Month!!
Summary
- Rainfall has been very much below normal in the metropolitan and hills area.
- Maximum temperatures approximately 3°C above the October average.
Climate statement
A South Australian climate statement on the September/October 2008 period is avaialable athttp://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/media_releases/sa/20081031drywarmsepoct.shtml.
An archive of previous monthly summaries for Adelaide Metro & Hills is also available, as are summaries for other states and many other climate summaries and diagnostics.
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Rainfall
The South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) rainfall for October 2008 was 8.0 mm, recorded on 8 days. This is 38.0 mm below the normal of 46.3 mm on 11 days. The driest October rainfall recorded at the South Australian Regional Office (which includes the Kent Town and West Terrace sites) was 1.0 mm recorded in 1969 at West Terrace & 2006 at Kent Town. (The South Australian Regional Office rainfall total is from the manually observed 203 mm rain gauge. This may differ from totals on the Bureau's webpage as these may be from the automatic tipping bucket rain gauge).
The total rainfall for the first 10 months of 2008 at the South Australian Regional Office was 348.2 mm, which is 147.1 mm below the long-term average of 495.3 mm. Last year 397.8 mm was recorded over the same period.
Temperature
October's mean monthly maximum temperatures in the suburbs and adjacent hills were about 3°C above of normal and ranged from 22.2°C, in the hills, to 24.9°C in the northern suburbs.
The highest daily maximum recorded at the South Australian Regional Office was 34.7°C on the 25th. The highest being 39.0°C in 1987 at Kent Town. The coldest day recorded at the South Australian Regional Office was on the 7th October with a maximum of 16.4°C.
The highest daily maximum temperature of 36.2°C was recorded at the Edinburgh on the 25th, whilst the coolest daytime temperature was 14.6°C at Mount Barker, in the Adelaide Hills, on the 7th.
October's mean monthly minimum temperatures in the suburbs and adjacent hills were within 1°C above the normal and ranged from 7.3°C, in the hills, to 12.0°C at Kent Town.
The lowest daily minimum temperature recorded at the South Australian Regional Office was 6.6°C on the morning of the 5th.
In the metropolitan and hills areas the lowest daily minimum temperature of 1.0°C was recorded at Mount Barker on the morning of the 5th, whilst the warmest night was 19.1°C at Adelaide Airport, on the 30th.
Further information
South Australian Regional OfficeSouth Australian Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8366 2600
Email climate.sa@bom.gov.au
Extremes
| Hottest day Highest temperature | 36.2°C at Edinburgh RAAF on the 25th |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
24.9°C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature |
22.2°C at Mount Barker |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature | 14.6°C at Mount Barker on the 7th |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature | 1.0°C at Mount Barker on the 5th |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature | 7.3°C at Mount Barker |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature | 12.0°C at Adelaide (Kent Town) |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature | 19.1°C at Adelaide Airport on the 30th |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall |
36.8 mm at Crafers |
| Highest wind gust | 78 km/h at Edinburgh RAAF on the 1st |
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Summaries
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| Summary statistics for October 2008 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures for October (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for October (°C) |
Rainfall for October (millimetres) |
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| Mean for October 2008 |
Diff from average |
Highest for October 2008 |
Mean for October 2008 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for October 2008 |
Total for October 2008 |
Average for October |
Rank of October 2008 |
Fraction of October average |
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| Adelaide | 24.1 | +3.0 | 34.7 | 25th | 12.0 | +1.0 | 6.6 | 5th | 8.0 | 45.0 | very low | 18% |
| Adelaide Airport | 23.0 | +2.5 | 34.2 | 18th | 11.3 | +0.9 | 5.1 | 5th | 2.4 | 38.5 | very low | 6% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 24.5 | +3.2 | 36.2 | 25th | 9.9 | +0.2 | 3.9 | 5th | 4.2 | 40.5 | very low | 10% |
| Mount Barker | 22.2 | +3.0 | 31.5 | 25th | 7.3 | +0.2 | 1.0 | 5th | 10.4 | 67.1 | very low | 15% |
| Noarlunga | 22.6 | 33.1 | 18th | 11.7 | 7.0 | 21st | 4.0 | |||||
| Parafield Airport | 24.9 | +3.7 | 36.1 | 25th | 9.6 | −0.3 | 3.8 | 21st | 3.8 | 42.8 | very low | 9% |
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Friday 31 October 2008. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages are long-term means based on observations from
all available years of record, which vary widely from site to site.
They are not shown for sites with less than 20 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.
Further information
South Australian Regional OfficeSouth Australian Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8366 2600
Email climate.sa@bom.gov.au