Tuesday, 6 January 2015 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0
South Australia in December 2014: A dry and mild end to the year for most of the State
The month began with generally mild temperatures for both days and nights. Temperatures began to increase, tended warmer than average by the end of the second week ahead a trough of low pressure that crossed South Australia. Temperatures cooled in the wake of the trough before becoming warm to hot again by the end of the third week in a north to north-westerly airstream. In the north of the State, temperatures were very high, peaking at 46.5 °C at Oodnadatta on 10 December, while both day and night temperatures tended cooler throughout the month across the agricultral districts. However, across the state as a whole, both daytime and night time temperatures were warmer than average this December with maximum temperatures 1.19 °C warmer than average and minimum temperatures 0.78 °C above average.
December was also generally dry, with very litte rain being recorded across most areas but particulary dry across western and southeastern agricultral areas. The heaviest rainfall was recorded at the start of the month in the north of the State where locally severe thunderstorms with damaging winds were observed across Pastoral districts. Several locations across the agricultural areas had their lowest total December rainfall for at least 20 years.
- Below average rainfall in the west and southeast agricultural areas
- Above average day and night temperatures across Pastoral districts
- Day and night temperatures tending cooler than average across agricultral districts
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| Extremes in December 2014 | |
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| Hottest day | 46.5 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 10th |
| Warmest days on average | 38.2 °C at Oodnadatta Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 20.1 °C at Cape Willoughby |
| Coldest day | 14.8 °C at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) on the 10th |
| Coldest night | 2.9 °C at Robe Airfield on the 27th |
| Coolest nights on average | 9.9 °C at Naracoorte Aerodrome |
| Warmest nights on average | 23.9 °C at Moomba Airport |
| Warmest night | 30.1 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 10th |
| Warmest on average overall | 30.9 °C at Moomba Airport |
| Coolest on average overall | 16.0 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
50.0 mm at Ernabella (Pukatja) |
| Wettest day |
29.4 mm at Kalamurina on the 3rd |
| Strongest wind gust | 106 km/h at Marree Aero on the 10th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Lowest December total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent lower | Years since lower |
Average for December |
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| Adelaide (Glen Osmond) | 4.4 | 2.3 | in 1963 | 51 | 29.2 |
| Adelaide Airport | 4.2 | 2.9 | in 1963 | 51 | 23.4 |
| Penong | 0.2 | 0.0 | in 1964 | 50 | 16.6 |
| Adelaide (Seaton) | 2.8 | 2.1 | in 1963* | 49 | 25.3 |
| Belair (State Flora Nursery) | 7.8 | 6.0 | in 1975 | 39 | 34.7 |
| Keith | 4.9 | 3.8 | in 1977 | 37 | 26.7 |
| Hamley Bridge | 2.0 | 0.6 | in 1982 | 32 | 24.1 |
| Marrabel | 5.0 | 4.2 | in 1982* | 31 | 27.3 |
| Nullarbor | 2.2 | 2.0 | in 1975* | 30 | 15.1 |
| Stockport (Clifton) | 2.2 | 2.0 | in 1982* | 30 | 26.3 |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 6.4 | 5.8 | in 1991 | 23 | 28.0 |
| Blanchetown Lock 1 | 6.0 | 5.8 | in 1991 | 23 | 23.7 |
| Blackwood (Wittunga) | 8.2 | 5.8 | in 1991* | 22 | 32.1 |
| North Adelaide | 5.6 | 4.4 | in 1991* | 22 | 27.4 |
| Price | 2.1 | 1.2 | in 1991* | 22 | 18.7 |
| Sutherlands | 3.4 | 0.0 | in 1991* | 22 | 22.7 |
| Blyth | 5.6 | 3.2 | in 1991* | 21 | 24.4 |
| Parafield Airport | 5.4 | 3.8 | in 1991* | 21 | 24.5 |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | 6.0 | 2.8 | in 1975* | 20 | 25.4 |
| Happy Valley Reservoir | 8.8 | 8.0 | in 1994 | 20 | 29.1 |
| Leigh Creek Airport | 1.4 | 0.8 | in 1994 | 20 | 23.3 |
| Wirrabara Forest | 8.6 | 8.5 | in 1994 | 20 | 32.7 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for December 2014 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for December 2014 |
Diff from average |
Highest for December 2014 |
Mean for December 2014 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for December 2014 |
Total for December 2014 |
Average for December |
Rank of December 2014 |
Fraction of December average |
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| Northwest (district 16) | ||||||||||||
| Andamooka | 35.8 | +1.3 | 44.4 | 10th | 19.9 | +0.5 | 15.0 | 26th | 8.4 | 18.4 | average | 46% |
| Coober Pedy Airport | 35.7 | +1.5 | 45.1 | 10th | 19.9 | +0.1 | 14.4 | 26th | 2.6 | 18.6 | low | 14% |
| Ernabella (Pukatja) | 35.6 | +2.6 | 42.2 | 9th | 20.4 | +1.4 | 14.4 | 28th | 50.0 | 57.5 | average | 87% |
| Mount Ive | 31.9 | 38.3 | 13th | 13.4 | 6.2 | 30th | 18.6 | 16.3 | high | 114% | ||
| Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) | 35.4 | +1.1 | 45.4 | 10th | 19.3 | +0.7 | 14.7 | 26th | 11.2 | 14.7 | average | 76% |
| Tarcoola Aero | 34.6 | +0.8 | 44.7 | 10th | 16.5 | -0.9 | 11.4 | 17th | 4.4 | 21.4 | low | 21% |
| Woomera Aerodrome | 33.4 | +1.1 | 44.1 | 10th | 17.7 | +0.1 | 13.1 | 26th | 12.8 | 14.0 | average | 91% |
| Far North (district 17) | ||||||||||||
| Leigh Creek Airport | 35.1 | +2.0 | 42.7 | 10th | 19.0 | +0.4 | 14.6 | 26th | 1.4 | 23.3 | v low | 6% |
| Marree Aero | 37.5 | +1.8 | 44.6 | 10th | 20.7 | +0.6 | 17.0 | 27th | 6.6 | 13.1 | average | 50% |
| Moomba Airport | 38.0 | +1.6 | 43.9 | 15th | 23.9 | +1.9 | 19.6 | 28th | 2.2 | 13.5 | low | 16% |
| Oodnadatta Airport | 38.2 | +1.9 | 46.5 | 10th | 23.3 | +2.1 | 16.7 | 27th | 2.4 | 16.8 | low | 14% |
| Western Agricultural (district 18) | ||||||||||||
| Ceduna AMO | 26.5 | -0.8 | 38.9 | 2nd | 13.9 | -0.2 | 7.5 | 28th | 13.2 | 20.5 | average | 64% |
| Cleve | 25.9 | -0.9 | 37.0 | 21st | 14.1 | +0.1 | 9.6 | 17th | 12.6 | 25.9 | average | 49% |
| Cleve Aerodrome | 26.3 | -0.9 | 38.8 | 21st | 13.4 | -0.5 | 9.5 | 27th | 10.2 | 23.5 | average | 43% |
| Coulta (Coles Point) | 23.9 | -1.7 | 32.6 | 21st | 13.2 | -0.5 | 8.2 | 28th | 16.6 | 14.0 | average | 119% |
| Cummins Aero | 26.4 | 38.0 | 21st | 11.9 | 5.0 | 19th | 18.6 | |||||
| Elliston | 23.6 | -1.0 | 30.1 | 2nd | 14.3 | -0.3 | 8.9 | 24th | 12.8 | 16.6 | average | 77% |
| Kimba | 29.7 | +0.4 | 37.0 | 13th | 12.4 | -1.5 | 8.0 | 17th | 15.4 | 19.9 | average | 77% |
| Kyancutta | 31.0 | +0.1 | 39.3 | 13th | 12.1 | -0.8 | 5.9 | 17th | 10.3 | 20.7 | average | 50% |
| Minnipa Pirsa | 29.6 | -0.8 | 38.4 | 9th | 12.9 | -1.2 | 7.1 | 26th | 7.8 | 19.4 | low | 40% |
| Neptune Island | 20.5 | 0.0 | 23.0 | 13th | 15.6 | +0.7 | 14.1 | 26th | 21.8 | 17.1 | high | 127% |
| North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 24.0 | -0.5 | 35.7 | 13th | 13.8 | -0.2 | 9.6 | 19th | 19.4 | 18.8 | average | 103% |
| Nullarbor | 27.1 | +0.4 | 37.7 | 31st | 14.2 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 17th | 2.2 | 15.1 | low | 15% |
| Port Augusta Aero | 30.7 | -1.3 | 40.0 | 21st | 16.4 | -0.7 | 12.4 | 26th | 12.2 | 23.9 | low | 51% |
| Streaky Bay | 26.9 | -0.5 | 36.6 | 9th | 15.0 | +0.1 | 11.4 | 27th | 11.8 | 14.5 | average | 81% |
| Whyalla Aero | 27.1 | -1.1 | 39.7 | 21st | 16.3 | +0.4 | 11.7 | 30th | 11.0 | 23.4 | low | 47% |
| Wudinna Aero | 30.7 | -0.3 | 39.0 | 13th | 11.6 | -2.0 | 4.5 | 26th | 6.4 | 18.1 | low | 35% |
| Upper North (district 19) | ||||||||||||
| Hawker | 33.0 | +1.1 | 39.5 | 10th | 15.3 | -0.5 | 10.0 | 30th | 8.2 | 21.9 | average | 37% |
| Yongala | 28.5 | -0.1 | 34.9 | 15th | 11.5 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 26th | 16.4 | 24.3 | average | 67% |
| Northeast (district 20) | ||||||||||||
| Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 31.3 | +0.2 | 38.5 | 21st | 13.4 | -0.3 | 7.5 | 26th | 19.0 | 34.2 | average | 56% |
| Lower North (district 21) | ||||||||||||
| Clare High School | 27.1 | -0.2 | 35.3 | 21st | 12.0 | -0.5 | 6.8 | 17th | 13.0 | 36.4 | low | 36% |
| Port Pirie Aerodrome | 29.7 | 39.1 | 21st | 13.7 | 7.4 | 17th | 6.4 | |||||
| Snowtown (Rayville Park) | 29.7 | -0.5 | 38.8 | 21st | 11.3 | -1.0 | 6.5 | 17th | 3.8 | 25.2 | v low | 15% |
| Yorke Peninsula (district 22A) | ||||||||||||
| Edithburgh | 23.3 | -0.5 | 35.5 | 13th | 14.8 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 17th | 8.0 | 17.1 | low | 47% |
| Kadina AWS | 27.3 | 38.6 | 21st | 12.0 | 5.8 | 17th | 13.2 | 27.9 | low | 47% | ||
| Maitland | 26.2 | -0.2 | 36.0 | 21st | 14.1 | +0.3 | 10.0 | 28th | 16.4 | 23.3 | average | 70% |
| Minlaton Aero | 25.8 | -1.6 | 35.1 | 13th | 12.4 | -1.1 | 6.4 | 26th | 6.4 | 19.1 | low | 34% |
| Stenhouse Bay | 22.5 | -0.6 | 33.3 | 13th | 15.1 | +0.1 | 11.5 | 16th | 18.0 | 17.1 | average | 105% |
| Warooka | 24.5 | -1.0 | 32.8 | 13th | 13.8 | +0.1 | 9.8 | 17th | 10.2 | 17.8 | average | 57% |
| Kangaroo Island (district 22B) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Borda | 21.0 | -1.5 | 26.8 | 13th | 12.5 | -0.4 | 8.2 | 27th | 20.4 | 25.1 | average | 81% |
| Cape Willoughby | 20.1 | -0.5 | 28.1 | 13th | 15.1 | +0.7 | 12.2 | 17th | 28.8 | 23.1 | high | 125% |
| Kingscote Aero | 24.2 | -0.6 | 34.1 | 13th | 11.1 | +0.2 | 4.9 | 27th | 29.0 | 19.3 | high | 150% |
| Parndana Cfs AWS | 23.0 | 33.4 | 13th | 10.7 | 5.8 | 17th | 28.0 | |||||
| Adelaide Plains (district 23A) | ||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 27.0 | -0.1 | 36.1 | 21st | 15.4 | -0.2 | 10.2 | 26th | 6.4 | 28.0 | v low | 23% |
| Adelaide Airport | 25.0 | -0.7 | 34.8 | 13th | 14.9 | +0.4 | 10.7 | 26th | 4.2 | 23.4 | v low | 18% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 27.1 | -0.7 | 37.5 | 21st | 13.9 | -0.9 | 9.1 | 17th | 7.2 | 24.4 | low | 30% |
| Parafield Airport | 27.2 | -0.5 | 36.6 | 21st | 14.2 | -0.6 | 8.8 | 26th | 5.4 | 24.5 | v low | 22% |
| Roseworthy AWS | 28.5 | -0.8 | 38.4 | 21st | 11.0 | -1.5 | 5.3 | 27th | 10.8 | 25.3 | v low | 43% |
| County Light (district 23B) | ||||||||||||
| Nuriootpa Viticultural | 26.8 | -0.3 | 36.0 | 21st | 11.5 | -0.9 | 4.9 | 19th | 10.2 | 35.2 | low | 29% |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 27.8 | -0.4 | 37.2 | 21st | 12.5 | -1.0 | 5.0 | 26th | 12.2 | 24.3 | average | 50% |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C) | ||||||||||||
| Hindmarsh Island AWS | 23.3 | -1.1 | 35.0 | 21st | 14.7 | +0.2 | 10.8 | 16th | 16.6 | 25.4 | low | 65% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 23.2 | -0.4 | 33.1 | 21st | 12.0 | -0.5 | 7.7 | 26th | 17.2 | 33.2 | low | 52% |
| Mount Barker | 25.3 | +0.2 | 35.8 | 21st | 11.2 | +0.8 | 6.3 | 26th | 20.4 | 34.7 | average | 59% |
| Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford AWS) | 24.6 | -0.2 | 34.1 | 21st | 11.6 | -0.4 | 7.1 | 26th | 12.8 | 32.5 | low | 39% |
| Mount Lofty | 21.5 | +2.1 | 30.9 | 21st | 10.6 | +0.1 | 6.5 | 26th | 15.6 | |||
| Noarlunga | 25.3 | -0.9 | 34.4 | 13th | 14.8 | -0.4 | 9.6 | 26th | 8.8 | 19.3 | low | 46% |
| Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 20.7 | -0.8 | 30.3 | 13th | 12.0 | +0.2 | 9.1 | 27th | 32.4 | 34.9 | average | 93% |
| Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) | 22.5 | -1.3 | 34.3 | 13th | 13.2 | +0.6 | 5.9 | 27th | 23.8 | 26.8 | low | 89% |
| Upper Murray Valley (district 24A) | ||||||||||||
| Loxton Research Centre | 30.3 | +0.7 | 37.4 | 21st | 13.2 | +0.2 | 7.8 | 17th | 8.6 | 24.9 | low | 35% |
| Renmark Aero | 31.5 | +0.5 | 37.9 | 3rd | 13.9 | -0.2 | 8.3 | 17th | 6.8 | 22.5 | low | 30% |
| Lower Murray Valley (district 24B) | ||||||||||||
| Eudunda | 27.5 | +0.6 | 35.0 | 21st | 12.3 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 26th | 8.7 | 26.3 | low | 33% |
| Meningie | 24.3 | -0.2 | 34.6 | 14th | 13.4 | +0.5 | 8.8 | 27th | 19.7 | 23.7 | average | 83% |
| Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) | 27.6 | 37.3 | 21st | 12.2 | 5.6 | 24th | 4.0 | |||||
| Strathalbyn Racecourse | 25.0 | -0.9 | 36.2 | 21st | 13.1 | +0.3 | 8.3 | 27th | 13.4 | 20.9 | low | 64% |
| Murray Mallee (district 25A) | ||||||||||||
| Karoonda | 28.6 | -0.7 | 37.0 | 21st | 12.1 | -0.5 | 7.7 | 19th | 4.0 | 24.7 | low | 16% |
| Upper Southeast (district 25B) | ||||||||||||
| Keith | 27.4 | -0.2 | 36.7 | 21st | 11.8 | -0.1 | 6.2 | 19th | 4.9 | 26.7 | v low | 18% |
| Keith (Munkora) | 28.1 | -0.6 | 37.5 | 21st | 10.1 | -0.3 | 3.6 | 24th | 2.6 | 33.0 | v low | 8% |
| Lameroo (Austin Plains) | 29.1 | -0.2 | 38.5 | 21st | 11.6 | -0.5 | 5.8 | 26th | 8.4 | 30.7 | low | 27% |
| Lower Southeast (district 26) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 21.8 | -0.9 | 31.7 | 13th | 12.5 | +0.2 | 6.5 | 27th | 16.0 | 24.1 | average | 66% |
| Coonawarra | 25.3 | +0.5 | 34.7 | 13th | 10.1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 27th | 17.8 | 37.9 | low | 47% |
| Mount Gambier Aero | 23.1 | +0.2 | 35.6 | 13th | 10.3 | +0.4 | 3.7 | 27th | 28.2 | 38.4 | average | 73% |
| Naracoorte Aerodrome | 26.9 | -0.3 | 36.0 | 13th | 9.9 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 27th | 17.0 | 39.0 | average | 44% |
| Padthaway South | 26.5 | 0.0 | 35.0 | 21st | 10.5 | -0.1 | 4.3 | 27th | 7.0 | 32.2 | v low | 22% |
| Robe Airfield | 21.7 | -1.1 | 31.4 | 13th | 11.1 | -0.7 | 2.9 | 27th | 28.4 | 33.7 | average | 84% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in South Australia using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.
A Climate Summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Tuesday 6 January 2015. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages for individual sites 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 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.
The ACORN-SAT dataset is used for temperature area averages.
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