Monday, 3 April 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC13L0
Adelaide in March 2017: very warm and generally drier than average
Most of the Adelaide region was drier and much warmer than average during March. Despite a cool end to the month, daytime temperatures in particular were very much above average. All locations in the Adelaide hills and suburbs had mean maximum temperatures that were more than two degrees warmer than average.
Generally drier than average
- Most sites around the Adelaide hills and suburbs had below average rainfall during March
- Adelaide (Kent Town) was one of only a few sites in the Adelaide region that recorded above average rainfall for the month
- North of the city, Edinburgh and Williamstown had their lowest total March rainfall since 1997
Much warmer than average
- March was warmer than average throughout the Adelaide region
- Maximum temperatures during March were very much warmer than average
- Mean maximum temperatures were almost five degrees warmer than average at Mount Lofty
- Mean minimum temperatures were also warmer than average throughout Adelaide
- March began with several hot days, with most sites recording their hottest day of the month on the 1st, but ended with several cold days
- Adelaide city had 25 nights of 15 °C or above during March, which was the most warm nights for March since 1974 (when there were 28 such warm nights at West Terrace)
- Mount Crawford had its warmest March on record after both its mean daily maximum temperatures and mean daily minimum temperatures were highest on record for March
Further information
- Media
- media@bom.gov.au (03) 9669 4057
- Enquiries
- helpdesk.climate@bom.gov.au
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in March 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 38.6 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) and Parafield Airport on the 1st |
| Warmest days on average | 30.2 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 23.8 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day | 14.1 °C at Mount Lofty on the 30th |
| Coldest night | 6.5 °C at Mount Lofty on the 30th and Edinburgh RAAF on the 31st |
| Coolest nights on average | 13.3 °C at Mount Barker |
| Warmest nights on average | 17.5 °C at Noarlunga |
| Warmest night | 23.3 °C at Noarlunga on the 20th |
| Warmest on average overall | 23.3 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) |
| Coolest on average overall | 18.8 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall | 46.4 mm at North Adelaide |
| Wettest day | 29.0 mm at North Adelaide on the 21st |
| Strongest wind gust | 69 km/h at Edinburgh RAAF on the 12th and Mount Crawford AWS on the 29th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Lowest March total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent lower |
Average for March |
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| Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) | 4.6 | 0.0 | in 1994 | 29.3 | |
| Sellicks Beach | 3.4 | 0.0 | in 1994 | 18.5 | |
| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | 6.4 | 4.8 | in 1995* | 22.8 | |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 6.4 | 4.8 | in 1997 | 25.3 | |
| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | 7.6 | 5.8 | in 1997 | 29.7 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported
| Record highest March mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Mount Crawford AWS | 26.3 | 26.2 | in 2008 | 22 | 23.3 |
| Record highest March mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Mount Crawford AWS | 14.6 | 14.5 | in 2013 | 22 | 12.1 |
| Record highest March mean temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Mount Crawford AWS | 20.5 | 20.3 | in 2008 | 22 | 17.7 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for March 2017 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for March 2017 |
Diff from average |
Highest for March 2017 |
Mean for March 2017 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for March 2017 |
Total for March 2017 |
Average for March |
Rank of March 2017 |
Fraction of March average |
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| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 29.3 | +2.9 | 38.6 | 1st | 17.4 | +2.1 | 8.8 | 31st | 39.4 | 27.4 | high | 144% |
| Adelaide Airport | 27.8 | +2.3 | 35.0 | 2nd | 17.0 | +2.5 | 8.3 | 31st | 6.4 | 21.8 | low | 29% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 29.7 | +2.8 | 38.2 | 1st | 15.6 | +1.1 | 6.5 | 31st | 6.4 | 25.3 | low | 25% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 25.3 | +2.2 | 34.7 | 1st | 14.7 | +2.0 | 8.7 | 30th | 23.8 | 36.5 | low | 65% |
| Mount Barker | 27.1 | +2.5 | 36.0 | 1st | 13.3 | +2.8 | 7.0 | 31st | 21.8 | 31.3 | average | 70% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 26.3 | +3.0 | 34.4 | 1st | 14.6 | +2.5 | 7.3 | 31st | 13.8 | 30.0 | average | 46% |
| Mount Lofty | 23.8 | +4.8 | 32.7 | 1st | 13.7 | +2.7 | 6.5 | 30th | 28.6 | |||
| Noarlunga | 27.7 | +2.1 | 36.3 | 1st | 17.5 | +2.0 | 9.8 | 31st | 9.2 | 21.6 | low | 43% |
| Parafield Airport | 30.2 | +3.4 | 38.6 | 1st | 15.7 | +1.1 | 6.8 | 31st | 11.8 | 22.6 | average | 52% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 38.6 | 36.2 | 34.0 | 32.5 | 26.9 | 28.8 | 32.2 | 33.0 | 32.9 | 31.5 | 30.7 | 21.7 | 23.4 | 30.2 | 35.4 | 23.3 | 27.3 | 33.5 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 29.9 | 22.6 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 27.7 | 33.3 | 23.9 | 24.6 | 22.7 | 19.7 | 20.1 |
| Adelaide Airport | 34.9 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 27.8 | 30.8 | 28.9 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 30.2 | 22.1 | 23.6 | 27.4 | 33.4 | 22.9 | 26.7 | 29.9 | 32.2 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 22.5 | 29.1 | 31.4 | 24.9 | 33.9 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 20.4 | 19.6 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 38.2 | 36.5 | 34.4 | 32.0 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 32.2 | 32.5 | 32.2 | 31.9 | 33.8 | 23.1 | 23.8 | 30.7 | 36.5 | 23.5 | 27.5 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 34.3 | 30.5 | 23.9 | 28.9 | 33.0 | 27.5 | 35.6 | 24.3 | 24.2 | 24.0 | 20.7 | 20.1 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 34.7 | 27.1 | 26.7 | 26.6 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 28.2 | 30.6 | 31.0 | 27.7 | 27.8 | 17.9 | 19.4 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 19.8 | 21.4 | 30.1 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 26.4 | 17.2 | 23.3 | 29.1 | 26.7 | 31.6 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 16.6 | 16.7 |
| Mount Barker | 36.0 | 29.7 | 29.0 | 28.3 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 29.9 | 33.8 | 32.2 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 30.3 | 34.0 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 33.5 | 34.2 | 32.1 | 27.3 | 18.3 | 25.6 | 31.1 | 29.6 | 30.3 | 22.8 | 24.0 | 20.8 | 18.2 | 17.9 |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 34.4 | 32.0 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 31.9 | 30.6 | 28.8 | 17.6 | 20.2 | 28.7 | 32.7 | 21.3 | 22.8 | 31.7 | 32.9 | 31.6 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 24.4 | 29.9 | 26.1 | 32.5 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 16.1 |
| Mount Lofty | 32.7 | 28.5 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 27.9 | 29.0 | 29.3 | 27.9 | 26.1 | 14.4 | 18.5 | 26.8 | 28.6 | 18.3 | 21.0 | 29.4 | 29.6 | 29.5 | 24.2 | 14.9 | 23.1 | 27.4 | 24.3 | 30.2 | 18.0 | 18.6 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 14.4 |
| Noarlunga | 36.3 | 31.9 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 30.0 | 29.8 | 29.3 | 30.3 | 22.3 | 23.0 | 28.4 | 33.8 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 29.2 | 33.4 | 32.2 | 30.1 | 21.0 | 27.5 | 30.9 | 26.0 | 34.3 | 22.5 | 22.8 | 22.3 | 19.6 | 19.1 |
| Parafield Airport | 38.6 | 37.2 | 34.9 | 32.9 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 32.6 | 33.5 | 33.4 | 32.5 | 33.3 | 23.1 | 24.3 | 30.9 | 36.1 | 24.0 | 28.1 | 34.2 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 30.5 | 24.8 | 29.4 | 33.6 | 28.9 | 35.5 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 20.6 | 20.8 |
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Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated, and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temperatures coloured according to their difference from the long-term average for the period |
-10.0 | -9.0 | -8.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +4.0 | +5.0 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +8.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | °C | Grey outline marks highest and lowest for the period |
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| Daily minimum temperatures for March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 23.0 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 15.2 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 16.3 | 23.2 | 21.5 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 8.8 |
| Adelaide Airport | 20.3 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 16.3 | 14.3 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 14.1 | 20.2 | 18.5 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 13.3 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 11.6 | 8.3 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 19.6 | 17.6 | 16.5 | 14.9 | 11.2 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 13.4 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 13.4 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 6.5 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 22.8 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 17.9 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 18.4 | 19.7 | 17.8 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 18.4 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| Mount Barker | 16.9 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 11.5 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 9.3 | 7.4 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 10.4 | 12.6 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 22.9 | 21.4 | 13.7 | 16.0 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 17.5 | 19.2 | 13.4 | 18.1 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 19.0 | 13.4 | 8.2 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 17.6 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 12.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| Mount Lofty | 21.1 | 19.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 14.7 | 18.3 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 17.5 | 11.5 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 16.6 | 13.5 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 17.9 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Noarlunga | 22.5 | 21.5 | 17.4 | 18.6 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 19.4 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 18.0 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 20.1 | 17.6 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 18.6 | 23.3 | 20.7 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 20.2 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 10.6 | 9.8 |
| Parafield Airport | 20.2 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 12.1 | 14.5 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 20.9 | 18.8 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 20.6 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 6.8 |
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Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated, and typically occurred that morning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temperatures coloured according to their difference from the long-term average for the period |
-10.0 | -9.0 | -8.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +4.0 | +5.0 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +8.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | °C | Grey outline marks highest and lowest for the period |
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| Daily rainfall for March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
| Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | |||||||||||
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | ||
| Adelaide (Keswick) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 3.2 | 0.6 | |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | 4.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 2.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | |
| Ashton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.4 | 12.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | 5.8 | - | |
| Ashton Co-op | - | - | - | - | → | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 12.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | 0.4 | - | - | → | 0.4 | 1.0 | - | 5.4 | - | |
| Athelstone (Black Hill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | 5.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 6.4 | - | |
| Balhannah (Killara Park) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | 6.4 | - | |
| Beaumont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 9.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 3.6 | - | |
| Belair | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 6.0 | 0.2 | |
| Belair (St Johns) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | 7.8 | 0.4 | |
| Bellevue Heights | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 7.2 | - | |
| Birdwood (McVittie's Hill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 11.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | |
| Blackwood (Wittunga) | 2.8 | 7.2 | 10.0 | 0.2 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | 6.0 | 0.2 | |
| Burnside | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | |
| Crafers West | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 | 15.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 6.8 | 0.2 | |
| Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 15.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.8 | ||
| Cudlee Creek (O'Deas Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 12.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | |
| Eden Valley (Mt Adam) | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edinburgh RAAF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | |
| Felixstow (Payneham) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 7.4 | - | |
| Gawler | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | - | |
| Greenacres | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 6.0 | - | |
| Hahndorf | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 2.8 | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.3 | 0.3 | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.1 | |
| Happy Valley Reservoir | 0.2 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heathfield Works Depot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 13.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.0 | ||
| Ironstone Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | |
| Kangarilla (Saddlebags) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | 8.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 1.0 | - | 6.4 | - | |
| Kersbrook | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 | 0.2 | |
| Kilburn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 5.2 | - | |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 1.4 | 6.0 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 6.8 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | 7.6 | 0.2 | ||
| Leawood Gardens (Eagle on The Hill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 3.6 | - | |
| Lenswood Research Centre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | 18.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | → | → | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.2 | ||
| Lobethal | 16.6 | 0.4 | → | → | → | → | → | → | 0.3 | → | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lobethal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | 12.8 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 2.8 | - | |
| Lobethal (Maidment Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 14.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | |
| Long Ridge (Greenhill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 13.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 4.2 | - | |
| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 | ||
| Melrose Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 7.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 5.6 | - | |
| Mitchell Park (Marion) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 0.2 | |
| Montacute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 4.8 | - | |
| Morphettville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | |
| Mount Barker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 10.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | 8.4 | - | |
| Mount Bold Reservoir | 2.0 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Crawford AWS | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 7.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | |
| Mount Lofty | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 14.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 5.8 | - | ||
| Mt Bold (Scott Creek) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 4.8 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 7.8 | - | |
| Mylor (Biggs Flat) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 5.4 | - | |
| Nairne | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 13.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | → | 0.2 | - | - | 5.0 | ||
| Noarlunga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 4.0 | - | |
| North Adelaide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | → | → | 9.0 | - | - | - | 29.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 8.0 | ||
| Owen | → | → | → | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parafield Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 6.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | ||
| Piccadilly (Woodhouse) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.6 | 11.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | ||||||||||
| Regency Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 3.8 | - | |
| Sellicks Beach | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla | 4.0 | 16.0 | 3.4 | 9.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla (Sutton Creek) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | 11.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | - | 5.6 | - | |
| Verdun | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 11.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 5.6 | - | |
| Williamstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | |||||||||||
| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 0.2 | |
| Willunga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | → | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | ||
| Woodside | → | → | → | 11.6 | 0.6 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woodside (Wicks Estate) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 7.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | - | |
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Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated.
Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day. Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre. Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rainfalls coloured according to the amount |
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Notes
The Monthly climate summary, generally published on the first working day of each month, lists the main features of the weather in Adelaide using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Monday 3 April 2017. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.
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.
Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.
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