Monday, 1 November 2010 - Monthly Climate Summary for Adelaide Metro & Hills - Product code IDCKGC23R0

Adelaide Metro & Hills in October 2010

A Mostly Average Month

• Maximum & Minimum temperatures within 1°C of October averages.
• Average to slightly below average rainfall across the Metro & Hills area.
• Water storage levels are near capacity in the Mount Lofty Ranges.

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Rainfall

Rainfall totals in the Adelaide region were generally below average for October 2010, until the passage of a cold frontal system on the afternoon of the 29th brought the total rainfall for the month from below average up to near average.

Adelaide (Kent Town) rainfall for October 2010 was 29.2mm recorded on 9 days (this rainfall total is from the manually observed 203mm rain gauge making up the long term rainfall record. This may differ from totals on the Bureau's webpage as these may be from the automatic tipping bucket rain gauge). This month's rainfall total is 14.6 mm below the Kent Town average of 43.8mm on 10 days, but closer to the median rainfall for October of 37.6mm. October rainfall total recorded at Adelaide (Kent Town) has not been above average since October 2005 when 88.4mm was recorded. The wettest October on record was in 1980 with 105.0 mm.

Rainfall totals were near average across the metropolitan area, ranging from about 30 mm to 35mm. In the Adelaide Hills rainfall totals were up to about 46mm. The highest reading was 57.4mm at Crafers (Mt

Lofty).

For the first 10 months of 2010, Adelaide (Kent Town) recorded 482.4mm which is 7.1 mm below the long-term average of 489.5 mm. Last year 456.8mm was recorded over the same period. Rainfall totals are generally slightly below average across the Adelaide Hills and Metropolitan area for this year so far

Temperatures

Mean maximum temperatures were within 1°C of average across the Adelaide Hills and Metropolitan area. Adelaide only had one day this month that reached 30°C on the 11th, where on average three might be expected, and five or more have been experienced in recent Octobers. The coldest day of 13.6°C was on the 15th. Only four other colder October days have occurred in the 30 year Adelaide (Kent Town) temperature record.

The mean maximum temperature at Adelaide (Kent Town) was 21.4°C which is 0.4°C below the long-term October average. This has been the coldest October in Adelaide since 2003, when the mean maximum temperature was 19.0°C. The coldest October on record at the Kent Town site, was October 2001 when 18.8°C was recorded.

The highest daily maximum temperature in the Adelaide and Adelaide Hills region, of 31.1°C was recorded at Adelaide Airport & Parafield Airport, in the northern suburbs on the 11th, whilst the lowest daytime temperature was 7.1°C at Mount Lofty, in the Adelaide Hills, on the 15th.

Minimum temperatures were within 0.5°C of average this October. The mean minimum temperature at Adelaide (Kent Town) was 11.7°C, which is 0.3°C above the long-term October average of 11.4°C. The lowest daily minimum temperature recorded at Adelaide (Kent Town) was 6.3°C on the morning of the 7th.

Across the metropolitan and hills areas the lowest daily minimum temperature of 1.6°C was recorded at Parafield Airport on the morning of the 7th, whilst the warmest night was 21.9°C at Noarlunga on the 29th.

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Details Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top

Details Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top