Monday, 2 June 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC23R0

South Australia in May 2014: Record warmth across the state

The month started with a burst of cold conditions and significant rainfall events up to the 10th. From the 11th to the 26th well above average temperatures persisted resulting in record runs of warm temperatures for May across the state. Because of this, and despite the cool start, monthly mean day and night temperatures were well above average across the state, resulting in the record warmest May for South Australia looking across both daytime and nightime temperatures. Rainfall was above average across the state as a whole, with western agricultural districts observing rainfall totals in excess of 150% of the seasonal monthly average, while pockets in the east of the state were closer to average, though tending below average in pockets of the southeast and northeast pastoral districts.

• Warmest May on record for the state, with daytime and nightime temperatures together being 2.7 °C above average
• Fifth-warmest May daytime temperatures across the state as whole, being 2.3 °C above average
• Warmest May nights on record, with nightime temperatures 3.0 °C above average
• Many locations with record runs of days above various temperature thresholds, see Special Climate Statement 49 for further information.
• Record high daily rainfall totals at some locations

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Further information

Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (03) 9669 4057
Email media@bom.gov.au

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Extremes in May 2014
Hottest day	32.1 °C at Moomba Airport on the 26th
Warmest days on average	26.4 °C at Moomba Airport
Coolest days on average	14.9 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day	7.7 °C at Mount Lofty on the 2nd
Coldest night	-1.3 °C at Coonawarra on the 8th
Coolest nights on average	7.2 °C at Yongala
Warmest nights on average	15.3 °C at Neptune Island
Warmest night	19.8 °C at Cleve Aerodrome on the 17th
Warmest on average overall	19.5 °C at Moomba Airport
Coolest on average overall	12.4 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall	173.0 mm at Parndana (Turkey Lane)
Driest overall	0 mm at Coulta (Coles Point)
Wettest day	52.8 mm at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) on the 10th
Highest wind gust	94 km/h at Cape Willoughby on the 9th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Record highest May daily rainfall
	Highest daily rainfall in May 2014 (mm)		Previous wettest for May		Years of record
Mount Gambier Aero	42.4	on the 3rd	40.6	on the 27th in 1951	73
Mount Schank (Jethia)	42.4	on the 5th	36.6	on the 27th in 2000	46
Coffin Bay	42.4	on the 27th	33.0	on the 29th in 2007	28
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	29.2	on the 31st	28.0	on the 25th in 1995	20

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Record highest total May rainfall
	Total rainfall for May 2014 (mm)	Previous wettest for May		Years of record	Average for May
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	90.0	77.0	in 2003	20	44.4

Highest total May rainfall for at least 20 years
	Total rainfall for May 2014 (mm)	Most recent May at least this wet		Years since wetter	Average for May
Ceduna AMO	78.4	93.6	in 1956	58	32.9
Streaky Bay	96.6	108.3	in 1971	43	46.1
Robertstown	65.0	137.9	in 1974	40	33.3
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	85.8	115.6	in 1974*	39	31.1
Hamley Bridge	77.4	78.0	in 1978	36	44.5
Mount Hope (Fairview)	89.8	93.6	in 1977*	36	49.2
Moonta	68.6	72.0	in 1987*	26	45.7
Point Pass	73.4	75.8	in 1987*	26	46.4
Darke Peak	60.8	77.4	in 1989	25	39.0
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	173.0	194.0	in 1988*	25	87.7
Penong	61.0	63.7	in 1989	25	38.9
Tarcoola (Mulgathing)	36.2	56.0	in 1989	25	14.7
Blinman	57.0	72.6	in 1990	24	29.0
Orroroo (Black Rock)	53.6	62.6	in 1990	24	30.5
Oodla Wirra (McCoys Well)	43.0	61.6	in 1990*	23	20.8
Andamooka	29.4	30.2	in 1992	22	15.8
Belton (Shadow Vale)	55.6	60.2	in 1990*	22	23.5
Blinman (Moolooloo)	47.8	57.8	in 1992	22	27.5
Eudunda	65.0	82.9	in 1992	22	45.2
Koonamore	51.0	75.2	in 1990*	22	20.1
Mindarie	52.0	58.0	in 1992	22	29.4
Nildottie	33.8	49.2	in 1992	22	25.0
Spalding	66.6	89.0	in 1992	22	45.9
Yunta (Panaramitee)	38.2	43.2	in 1992	22	20.0
Yunta (Paratoo)	38.4	39.2	in 1992	22	20.9
Oodla Wirra	48.4	51.0	in 1992*	21	26.9

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.

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Record highest May mean daily maximum temperature
	Mean daily maximum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Previous warmest for May		Years of record	Average for May
Ceduna AMO	23.5	23.3	in 1975	72	20.9
Keith	20.4	20.1	in 2002	59	18.3

Highest May mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Mean daily maximum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Most recent May at least this warm		Years since warmer	Average for May
Streaky Bay	22.5	22.8	in 1972*	41	20.1
Cleve	21.4	21.6	in 1980	34	18.9

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.

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Record highest May mean daily minimum temperature
	Mean daily minimum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Previous warmest for May		Years of record	Average for May
Mount Barker	9.8	= 9.8	in 2007	113	6.7
Streaky Bay	13.7	13.5	in 2013	87	10.8
Marree Comparison	12.6	12.1	in 1988	75	9.0
Cleve	13.1	12.6	in 2013	73	10.0
Oodnadatta Airport	13.2	12.9	in 2013	65	9.8
Neptune Island	15.3	15.2	in 2013	52	13.7
Kimba	10.7	10.6	in 2013	45	8.3
Edinburgh RAAF	11.5	= 11.5	in 2013	41	9.2
Maitland	12.4	12.0	in 2013	33	9.9
Marla Police Station	12.5	11.5	in 2013	27	9.0
Nullarbor	12.0	11.8	in 2013	26	9.0
Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford AWS)	10.8	9.8	in 2013	20	8.5

Highest May mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Mean daily minimum temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Most recent May at least this warm		Years since warmer	Average for May
Arkaroola	9.5	10.1	in 1988	26	7.1
Eudunda	9.5	=9.5	in 1988	26	7.6
Loxton Research Centre	8.7	9.4	in 1988	26	6.3
Yongala	7.2	7.6	in 1988	26	4.6
Leigh Creek Airport	11.0	11.4	in 1988*	25	8.8

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.

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Record highest May mean temperature
	Mean daily temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Previous warmest for May		Years of record	Average for May
Mount Barker	14.3	13.9	in 2007	113	11.6
Lameroo Comparison	15.3	15.2	in 2007	99	12.8
Streaky Bay	18.1	17.9	in 2013	87	15.5
Marree Comparison	19.1	18.4	in 2005	75	16.1
Cleve	17.2	17.0	in 2013	73	14.5
Ceduna AMO	17.6	17.5	in 2013	72	14.7
Keith	15.2	= 15.2	in 2007	58	13.0
Edinburgh RAAF	16.1	= 16.1	in 2013	41	14.2
Arkaroola	16.3	15.3	in 1999	36	13.7
Maitland	16.4	16.3	in 2013	33	14.0
Leigh Creek Airport	17.2	17.0	in 2005	31	14.9
Loxton Research Centre	15.0	= 15.0	in 2007	29	12.9
Marla Police Station	18.8	18.1	in 2013	27	16.1
Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford AWS)	13.6	13.4	in 2005	20	11.7

Highest May mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Mean daily temperature for May 2014 (°C)	Most recent May at least this warm		Years since warmer	Average for May
Oodnadatta Airport	19.4	19.5	in 1973*	32	16.5

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for May 2014
	Maximum temperatures for May (°C)				Minimum temperatures for May (°C)				Rainfall for May (millimetres)
	Mean for May 2014	Diff from average	Highest for May 2014		Mean for May 2014	Diff from average	Lowest for May 2014		Total for May 2014	Average for May	Rank of May 2014	Fraction of May average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka	24.0	+1.6	29.8	18th	11.8	+1.8	8.0	5th	29.4	15.8	high	186%
Coober Pedy Airport	23.1		30.6	25th	12.9		7.7	31st	14.6	9.0	high	162%
Ernabella (Pukatja)	23.7		28.3	25th	10.5		5.2	29th	7.4
Marla Police Station	25.0	+1.9	29.8	25th	12.5	+3.5	7.5	28th	11.8	13.4	average	88%
Mount Ive	21.5		27.2	25th	10.5		3.0	4th	37.8	26.0	high	145%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	24.1		30.1	25th	10.4		5.9	4th	11.0
Tarcoola Aero	23.4		29.7	25th	12.3		7.0	29th	22.8
Woomera Aerodrome	23.0	+2.4	29.9	25th	11.8	+2.4	6.7	3rd	13.6	18.5	average	74%
Far North (district 17)
Arkaroola	22.6	+2.4	28.4	25th	9.5	+2.4	2.5	4th	15.3	17.1	average	89%
Leigh Creek Airport	23.3	+2.3	28.7	19th	11.0	+2.2	3.3	4th	27.2	16.5	average	165%
Marree Aero	25.1		30.7	20th	11.3		6.3	4th	7.6
Marree Comparison	25.9	+2.7	32.0	20th	12.6	+3.6	8.0	4th	9.4	13.3	average	71%
Moomba Airport	26.4		32.1	26th	12.5		6.3	4th	0.6
Oodnadatta Airport	25.6	+2.4	30.6	25th	13.2	+3.4	8.2	29th	4.8	12.6	average	38%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO	23.5	+2.6	30.6	16th	11.7	+3.1	5.8	11th	78.4	32.9	v high	238%
Cleve	21.4	+2.5	27.9	21st	13.1	+3.1	6.5	4th	55.6	40.9	high	136%
Cleve Aerodrome	21.7		28.3	21st	13.1		6.7	4th	52.6	38.3	high	137%
Cummins Aero	21.7		28.8	21st	10.8		3.7	4th	70.0
Elliston	21.5	+2.0	28.5	25th	12.1	+1.8	5.6	4th	79.6	52.3	high	152%
Kimba	20.2	+0.8	26.8	21st	10.7	+2.4	6.0	4th	48.4	35.7	high	136%
Kyancutta	22.7	+1.6	29.1	21st	10.5	+3.1	3.6	4th	44.5	32.3	high	138%
Minnipa Pirsa	21.7		28.2	21st	12.1		6.8	3rd	75.4
Neptune Island	19.0	+1.3	22.1	18th	15.3	+1.6	9.9	3rd	81.0	54.8	high	148%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	21.4	+1.9	28.6	21st	11.8	+1.3	6.7	4th	90.0	44.4	highest	203%
Nullarbor	22.7	+1.2	28.5	20th	12.0	+3.0	7.1	1st	57.6	30.0	high	192%
Port Augusta Aero	22.0		27.0	21st	10.2		4.4	3rd	23.6
Streaky Bay	22.5	+2.4	27.7	18th	13.7	+2.9	10.3	11th	96.6	46.1	v high	210%
Whyalla Aero	21.7	+1.2	27.3	25th	10.1	+1.3	4.2	4th	18.0	24.4	average	74%
Wudinna Aero	22.3		29.1	25th	11.3		4.7	4th	54.0
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker	21.2	+1.2	27.0	21st	9.8	+2.6	1.0	4th	61.4	30.8	high	199%
Yongala	17.9	+0.8	23.3	25th	7.2	+2.6	2.0	8th	43.8	35.0	high	125%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	22.0		28.2	15th	8.2		0.0	8th	25.7
Yunta Airstrip	20.8		27.0	25th	8.6		0.5	4th	37.8
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School	18.1	+0.9	23.9	21st	8.0	+1.6	0.0	4th	68.4	52.1	high	131%
Port Pirie Aerodrome	21.3		25.5	18th	10.7		4.5	4th	54.2
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	21.4		28.1	21st	9.4		1.2	4th	35.4
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh	19.6	+1.2	26.9	16th	11.3	+0.5	5.4	4th	51.6	44.7	average	115%
Kadina AWS	20.6		26.0	21st	10.2		3.4	4th	71.4
Maitland	20.3	+2.2	26.5	21st	12.4	+2.5	5.2	4th	64.2	62.7	average	102%
Minlaton Aero	20.3		26.1	16th	11.9		4.6	4th	63.0
Stenhouse Bay	20.1		26.0	21st	12.7		8.5	2nd	73.4
Warooka	19.4	+0.8	23.4	21st	11.8	+1.3	6.6	4th	68.6	53.7	high	128%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda	17.9		20.8	17th	12.7		7.4	2nd	125.6
Cape Willoughby	18.4	+1.4	22.3	21st	13.9	+1.3	8.1	3rd	42.6	61.4	average	69%
Kingscote Aero	19.6	+1.0	23.6	16th	9.1	+1.3	2.2	8th	45.2	46.9	average	96%
Parndana Cfs AWS	18.3		22.5	18th	10.5		4.0	4th	93.4
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (Kent Town)	20.6	+1.6	27.4	16th	12.2	+2.0	5.9	4th	64.4	60.0	average	107%
Adelaide Airport	20.4	+1.9	26.2	16th	11.6	+2.0	5.2	8th	59.2	54.1	average	109%
Edinburgh RAAF	20.7	+1.5	26.8	16th	11.5	+2.3	4.4	8th	45.6	44.3	average	103%
Parafield Airport	20.8	+1.9	26.8	21st	11.2	+1.8	4.9	3rd	52.6	48.2	average	109%
Roseworthy AWS	21.3		28.0	16th	11.2		5.9	8th	36.2
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa Viticultural	18.8		25.1	21st	8.3		0.2	4th	32.2
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre)	20.2	+1.5	26.7	21st	10.1	+1.9	2.3	3rd	52.6	53.2	average	99%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS	20.5		26.4	21st	11.5		5.0	8th	41.6
Kuitpo Forest Reserve	17.7		24.2	16th	11.2		5.2	8th	71.4
Mount Barker	19.2	+2.7	25.0	21st	9.8	+3.1	2.7	8th	59.6	87.3	average	68%
Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford AWS)	16.5	+1.6	22.3	21st	10.8	+2.3	4.3	3rd	70.4	66.1	average	107%
Mount Lofty	14.9		20.7	21st	9.9		3.7	3rd	98.8
Noarlunga	19.9		25.5	16th	13.2		7.3	8th	55.0
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)	16.4		21.6	21st	11.1		6.0	3rd	137.6	94.5	v high	146%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay)	20.3		26.6	16th	10.0		3.1	8th	55.0
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre	21.3	+1.8	27.5	15th	8.7	+2.4	2.1	8th	24.4	23.2	average	105%
Renmark Aero	21.6		27.3	21st	8.5		2.4	7th	20.4
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda	18.4	+1.4	24.5	21st	9.5	+1.9	3.2	8th	65.0	45.2	high	144%
Meningie	19.8	+1.5	25.4	21st	10.8	+2.0	3.9	8th	56.4	54.7	average	103%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome)	20.9		27.3	21st	8.3		1.1	8th	34.4
Murray Bridge Comparison	21.4	+1.8	28.0	21st	9.5	+1.5	2.7	8th	36.1	35.3	average	102%
Strathalbyn Racecourse	20.1		26.1	21st	10.7		2.6	8th	49.4
Murray Mallee (district 25A)
Karoonda	20.4		25.8	15th	9.0		2.1	8th	29.8	35.3	average	84%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith	20.4	+2.1	27.0	16th	9.8	+2.1	2.0	6th	29.6	52.1	low	57%
Keith (Munkora)	20.7		28.0	16th	9.2		1.4	7th	28.8
Lameroo (Austin Plains)	20.1		25.6	16th	8.7		3.1	8th	23.8
Lameroo Comparison	20.7	+2.1	25.8	15th	9.8	+2.8	3.6	8th	34.1	39.4	average	87%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	17.7	+0.7	21.8	16th	10.6	+1.4	3.5	8th	65.6	51.4	high	128%
Coonawarra	18.8	+1.6	25.7	16th	8.4	+1.6	-1.3	8th	26.4	50.4	low	52%
Mount Gambier Aero	17.6	+1.5	23.6	16th	9.3	+2.0	1.6	8th	106.2	70.7	high	150%
Naracoorte Aerodrome	19.5		26.3	16th	9.2		-0.2	8th	35.4
Padthaway South	19.5		26.6	16th	8.9		0.9	8th	20.6
Robe Airfield	18.6		23.5	16th	9.6		1.9	7th	68.0
Robe Comparison	17.1	+0.7	19.1	11th	11.5	+1.3	4.7	8th	66.7	73.0	average	91%

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Further information

Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (03) 9669 4057
Email media@bom.gov.au

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