Wednesday, 30 June 2010 - Monthly Climate Summary for Adelaide Metro & Hills - Product code IDCKGC13R0

Adelaide Metro & Hills in June 2010

A wet finish to the month

• Rainfall below average for most of June, with rain on the last few days of the month bringing totals up to near average across the Adelaide metro and hills area.
• Near average temperatures across the Adelaide metro and hills area.

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Rainfall

Rainfall totals were below average across the Adelaide and hills area for most of June. The passage of a cold front on the 29th delivered good rainfall over the last few days of the month however, resulting in rainfall totals close to the long-term June average across the metropolitan and hills area.

Adelaide's (Kent Town) rainfall for June 2010 was 65.8 mm recorded on 17 days, which is just below the long term average of 79.7 mm.

The highest rainfall total was 175.0 mm recorded at Piccadilly (Woodhouse) in the Adelaide Hills.

For the first six months of the year 206.0 mm have been recorded at the South Australian Regional Office, which is 86% of the long-term year to date average of 239.2 mm.

The driest January to June rainfall at Kent Town occurred in 1990 when 151 mm was recorded.

Temperature

Average temperatures (average of the daily maximum and minimum mean temperatures) over the Adelaide metro and hills area was close to normal. These values ranged from 0.4°C below the long-term average on the plains, to 0.1°C above the long term average in the hills. The overall mean temperature recorded at Kent Town for June was 11.7°C, which is 0.4°C cooler than the long-term average of 12.1°C.

Maximum

Maximum temperatures were close to average across the Adelaide metro and hills area in June, with temperatures slightly cooler across the most of the Adelaide plains and warmer in the hills area. The mean maximum temperature at Mount Barker was 0.8°C warmer than the long-term mean for June.

The mean maximum temperature recorded at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) for June 2010 was 15.9°C, which is 0.2°C below the long-term mean maximum temperature of 16.1°C. Last year, in contrast, was 0.4°C above the long-term June mean maximum temperature.

The highest maximum temperature recorded in the Adelaide metropolitan and hills area was 18.4°C on the 24th at both Edinburgh & Parafield Airports.

Minimum

Mean minimum temperatures were slightly cooler than average across the Adelaide metro and hills area in June, with Parafield Airport 1°C cooler than its long-term mean minimum for June.

The mean minimum temperature for June 2010 at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) was 7.5°C, which is 0.6°C below the normal June mean minimum temperature of 8.1°C. The lowest recorded average minimum temperature is 5.5°C in 1982. June, last year, the mean minimum temperature was 8.6°C.

The coldest minimum temperature recorded in the Adelaide metropolitan and hills area was -1.2°C on the 15th at Mount Barker, whilst the warmest night was 13.2°C at Noarlunga on the 19th.

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