Friday, 1 December 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0

South Australia in November 2017: A wetter than average month with warm nights

November 2017 was wetter than average across much of South Australia, resulting in the seventh-wettest November on record. Maximum temperatures were close to average, while minimum temperatures were much warmer than average and the eighth-warmest on record.

Seventh-wettest November on record

  • Ranfall totals were above average across large areas of South Australia in November 2017, particularly in the Northwest Pastoral district, southeastern parts of the State, and in parts of the Eyre Peninsula
  • Parts of the West Coast around Ceduna and areas around Gulf St Vincent saw below to very much below average rainfall
  • For South Australia as a whole, it was the seventh wettest November on record, and wettest since 2009
  • Several stations recorded their highest total November rainfall on record
  • A band of rain and isolated thunderstorms moved across central districts during the 15th, giving several sites their highest November daily rainfall on record in the 24 hours to 9am on the 16th
  • A slow moving low pressure system over western Eyre Peninsula and a broad trough over central districts generated scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout central and eastern districts on the 22nd and 23rd. Isolated severe thunderstorms were observed over eastern districts with reports of flash flooding in the Barossa Valley. Several sites on the Eyre Peninsula observed their highest November daily rainfall on record in the 24 hours to 9am on the 23rd

Warmer than average temperatures, particularly in the southeast

  • Mean maximum temperatures during November 2017 were warmer than average in southern central and eastern areas, and close to average for the remainder of the State
  • South Australia had its seventh consecutive month of warmer than average mean maximum temperatures, although November 2017 was in the near-average range and 0.91 °C above normal; April is the only month this year so far in which the State's mean maximum temperature was cooler than average
  • Mean minimum temperatures were very much warmer than average throughout the agricultural districts, with several sites in the State's southeast reporting their warmest month on record; overnight temperatures were cooler than average in small parts of the northern Pastoral districts
  • Mean minimum temperatures for South Australia as a whole were 1.65 °C warmer than average during November 2017 and ranked as the eighth-warmest November on record
  • A cold morning on the 4th in southeastern agricultural areas saw several sites record their lowest November temperature on record including Keith (Munkora) with -2.3 °C which was the second-coldest November temperature observed in South Australia only behind the -2.4 °C observed at the same site on 10 November 2013
  • Keith observed both its coldest November temperature (0.5 °C on the 4th) and its warmest November temperature (28 °C on the 29th) in 55 years of record

Strong winds at times

  • On the 22nd, isolated severe thunderstorms were observed over eastern districts, with a wind gust to 82 km/h observed at Murray Bridge
  • A slow moving low generated severe wind gusts of 102 km/h and 100 km/h during the afternoon of the 22nd at Port Augusta Aero and Oodnadatta Airport respectively
  • Severe thunderstorms moved across South Australia on the 30th with a severe wind gust of 119 km/h reported at Oodnadatta

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes in November 2017
Hottest day 41.3 °C at Moomba Airport on the 30th
Warmest days on average 34.9 °C at Moomba Airport
Coolest days on average 20.7 °C at Neptune Island
Coldest day 11.1 °C at Mount Lofty on the 16th
Coldest night -2.3 °C at Keith (Munkora) on the 4th
Coolest nights on average 11.6 °C at Snowtown (Rayville Park)
Warmest nights on average 20.1 °C at Moomba Airport
Warmest night 28.0 °C at Keith on the 29th
Warmest on average overall 27.5 °C at Moomba Airport
Coolest on average overall 17.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 126.2 mm at Ernabella (Pukatja)
Wettest day 59.2 mm at Parrakie on the 16th
Strongest wind gust 119 km/h at Oodnadatta Airport on the 30th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Maps
ObservedAnomalyDecile rank
Total
rainfall		 Map of Rainfall totals Map of Percentage of normal rainfall Map of Rainfall deciles
Mean
daily
maximum
temperatures		 Map of Mean maximum temperature Map of Anomaly in mean maximum temperature Map of Decile rank of mean maximum temperature
Mean
daily
minimum
temperatures		 Map of Mean minimum temperature Map of Anomaly in mean minimum temperature Map of Decile rank of mean minimum temperature

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Record highest November daily rainfall
New record
(mm)		 Old
record		 Years of
record
Parrakie 59.2 on the 16th 38.8 on the 5th in 2015 110
Geranium 57.4 on the 16th 40.2 on the 5th in 2015 108
Wharminda 46.2 on the 23rd 36.6 on the 4th in 2015 70
Nildottie 39.4 on the 16th 31.2 on the 11th in 1970 52
Loxton Research Centre 50.8 on the 16th 35.0 on the 5th in 2015 34
Coffin Bay 46.4 on the 23rd 27.2 on the 26th in 2002 28
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) 43.2 on the 23rd 32.8 on the 2nd in 2008 24
Renmark Aero 25.6 on the 16th 25.0 on the 11th in 2000 23


Record highest November total rainfall
New record
(mm)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Loxton Research Centre 56.8 48.2 in 1988 32 22.4
Coffin Bay 60.8 43.0 in 1988 28 19.6
Coober Pedy Airport 44.4 38.2 in 1995 24 13.1
Ernabella (Pukatja) 126.2 58.6 in 2011 21 27.6

Highest November total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)		 Most recent
higher		 Average for
November
Tarcoola (Mobella) 47.8 63.0 in 1966* 15.5
Lock 52.4 64.8 in 1977* 23.2
Mount Hope (Fairview) 46.8 88.2 in 1979 18.7
Tumby Bay 51.6 56.4 in 1979* 21.0
Ungarra 44.4 46.8 in 1977* 22.3
Frances 81.4 87.2 in 1984 35.0
Kimba 46.8 53.0 in 1992 23.2
Kyancutta 43.2 44.6 in 1992 21.2
Peake 47.2 72.0 in 1992 25.5
Tailem Bend 65.5 76.0 in 1992* 28.4

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



Record highest November temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 37.4 on the 29th 37.2 on the 19th in 2009 26 21.3


Record highest November mean daily maximum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Mount Gambier Aero 26.2 = 26.2 in 2009 75 20.5
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 25.5 25.0 in 2000 25 21.3


Record highest November daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Keith 28.0 on the 29th 27.0 on the 13th in 2008 55 10.0


Record lowest November temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Keith 0.5 on the 4th 0.6 on the 3rd in 1974 55 10.0
Coonawarra -0.2 on the 4th 0.0 on the 28th in 1986 33 8.8
Strathalbyn Racecourse 1.7 on the 4th 3.0 on the 2nd in 1999 22 11.3


Record highest November mean daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Kyancutta 14.0 = 14.0 in 2009 87 10.8
Coonawarra 12.6 12.1 in 2009 32 8.8
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 13.8 13.1 in 2000 25 10.7
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) 14.1 13.7 in 2009 25 12.1
Edithburgh 15.1 15.0 in 2000 24 13.3
Kingscote Aero 12.2 11.9 in 2000 23 9.6


Record highest November mean temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
November
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 19.6 19.1 in 2000 25 16.0


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Summary statistics for November 2017
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
November
2017		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
November
2017		 Mean for
November
2017		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
November
2017		 Total for
November
2017		 Average
for
November		 Rank of
November
2017		 Fraction of
November
average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka 32.3 +0.4 39.9 30th 18.9 +1.8 12.8 7th 11.8 14.0 average 84%
Coober Pedy Airport 32.4 +0.2 39.0 30th 18.3 +0.6 12.5 6th 44.4 13.1 highest 339%
Ernabella (Pukatja) 31.7 +0.2 37.8 4th 16.4 -0.5 9.3 2nd 126.2 27.6 highest 457%
Mount Ive 30.0   36.6 28th 15.4   8.0 17th 40.0 18.7 high 214%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) 32.3 +0.1 39.1 30th 17.2 +0.7 9.3 1st 9.4 14.0 average 67%
Tarcoola Aero 31.7 -0.1 38.9 28th 16.3 +0.7 10.0 17th 35.2 19.5 high 181%
Woomera Aerodrome 31.0 +1.1 38.7 30th 16.8 +1.4 10.6 16th 14.6 16.4 average 89%
Far North (district 17)
Arkaroola 31.2 +1.0 36.5 30th 16.5 +1.1 9.0 1st 14.5 17.4 average 83%
Leigh Creek Airport 31.7 +0.9 38.7 30th 17.6 +1.4 8.8 1st 20.6 18.1 average 114%
Marree Aero 34.0 +0.3 41.2 30th 18.6 +0.8 10.1 1st 11.8 14.2 average 83%
Moomba Airport 34.9 +0.7 41.3 30th 20.1 +0.6 13.7 2nd 6.8 19.4 average 35%
Oodnadatta Airport 33.9 +0.1 39.1 29th 19.3 +0.7 11.2 1st 20.8 12.7 high 164%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO 27.4 +1.4 39.6 28th 14.0 +1.7 4.0 1st 1.6 18.7 v low 9%
Cleve 26.0 +1.1 36.5 29th 15.5 +3.2 10.0 5th 48.6 27.4 high 177%
Cleve Aerodrome 26.3 +0.4 37.6 29th 14.7 +2.4 7.2 5th 44.0 21.5 high 205%
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid) 24.3   37.0 21st 14.7   9.2 1st 40.6
Cummins Aero 27.2 +0.6 38.6 21st 14.1 +2.8 3.9 1st 9.6 18.4 low 52%
Elliston 25.3 +1.8 37.0 21st 15.0 +1.9 7.9 1st 26.8 19.5 high 137%
Kimba 28.2 +1.0 36.0 28th 13.5 +1.5 7.0 6th 46.8 23.2 v high 202%
Kyancutta 30.2 +1.5 38.3 29th 14.0 +3.2 5.0 7th 43.2 21.2 high 204%
Minnipa Pirsa 28.9 +0.1 38.6 29th 14.6 +2.1 6.2 17th 22.6 16.8 high 135%
Neptune Island 20.7 +1.5 28.6 29th 15.3 +1.7 11.2 4th 20.8 18.5 average 112%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) 23.6 +0.6 32.3 29th 14.1 +2.0 6.7 1st 51.4 18.9 v high 272%
Nullarbor 26.0 -0.1 39.3 18th 14.3 +1.8 6.6 17th 36.2 17.2 high 210%
Port Augusta Aero 30.7 +0.3 39.4 29th 16.5 +1.0 10.6 1st 33.0 20.2 high 163%
Streaky Bay 27.1 +1.5 37.5 28th 15.2 +1.9 8.0 17th 6.4 18.5 low 35%
Whyalla Aero 28.1 +1.5 39.1 29th 15.4 +1.4 7.5 5th 27.4 21.8 average 126%
Wudinna Aero 29.4 -0.2 38.0 29th 13.6 +2.0 4.8 5th 53.6 16.2 v high 331%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker 30.1 +0.6 37.0 28th 15.3 +1.7 7.0 17th 13.0 22.9 average 57%
Yongala 27.3 +1.5 35.3 29th 11.7 +2.5 3.1 7th 38.8 27.8 high 140%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) 30.1 +0.8 38.3 29th 12.9 +0.9 2.2 5th 44.4 29.3 high 152%
Yunta Airstrip 29.6 +1.0 36.4 13th 15.1 +2.6 5.0 5th 59.8 29.8 v high 201%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School 26.3 +1.3 35.2 29th 12.9 +2.1 3.7 7th 31.6 36.5 average 87%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS 29.9   39.2 29th 14.8   3.9 7th 48.8
Snowtown (Rayville Park) 29.5 +1.2 39.7 29th 11.6 +1.3 1.6 5th 20.4 27.3 average 75%
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh 24.9 +2.4 36.2 29th 15.1 +1.8 8.0 1st 8.4 17.2 low 49%
Kadina AWS 28.1 +0.3 37.6 29th 13.7 +2.6 5.5 1st 13.2 15.7 average 84%
Minlaton Aero 27.9 +1.9 38.7 29th 14.6 +2.8 5.9 1st 8.8 21.2 low 42%
Stenhouse Bay 24.1 +2.1 38.7 29th 15.3 +1.6 10.9 1st 30.8 21.0 high 147%
Warooka 25.9 +2.4 35.8 29th 15.2 +3.2 7.8 4th 11.8 22.3 average 53%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda 23.5 +2.5 33.5 29th 13.7 +2.0 4.5 4th 13.6 28.3 low 48%
Cape Willoughby 21.5 +2.3 33.9 29th 15.5 +2.4 11.2 3rd 8.4 27.7 low 30%
Kingscote Aero 25.7 +2.7 35.5 21st 12.2 +2.6 5.2 3rd 12.4 22.3 average 56%
Parndana Cfs AWS 24.4   36.4 29th 12.1   4.5 4th 29.0
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (Kent Town) 28.0 +2.7 39.1 29th 17.0 +3.0 9.1 4th 23.2 29.5 average 79%
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 27.5 +3.1 39.4 29th 16.6 +3.5 8.8 2nd 14.4 30.6 low 47%
Adelaide Airport 27.0 +3.0 38.7 29th 16.3 +3.5 9.0 8th 9.6 24.5 low 39%
Edinburgh RAAF 28.3 +2.5 39.3 29th 15.8 +3.0 7.5 1st 18.2 23.7 average 77%
Parafield Airport 28.9 +3.5 40.2 29th 16.1 +3.3 7.1 2nd 14.6 25.9 low 56%
Roseworthy AWS 29.8 +2.2 41.2 29th 13.1 +2.5 4.0 7th 22.6 25.3 average 89%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa Pirsa 26.3 +1.0 37.4 29th 13.5 +2.7 5.2 1st 39.2 31.7 average 124%
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) 28.6 +2.8 39.0 29th 13.9 +2.7 4.1 1st 34.6 28.2 average 123%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS 26.2 +3.0 40.1 29th 15.0 +1.9 5.2 4th 22.6 20.0 average 113%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 24.1 +2.2 36.3 29th 13.8 +2.7 4.4 4th 35.6 34.8 average 102%
Mount Barker 25.6 +3.0 36.0 13th 12.4 +3.5 3.0 4th 44.0 39.6 average 111%
Mount Crawford AWS 24.3 +1.9 34.9 29th 13.1 +2.4 2.4 4th 49.6 31.8 high 156%
Mount Lofty 22.2 +4.7 33.7 29th 12.2 +3.1 1.4 4th 58.4 37.6 high 155%
Noarlunga 26.8 +2.0 38.7 29th 16.7 +2.7 7.8 4th 5.6 21.1 v low 27%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) 22.6 +3.2 35.1 29th 13.5 +2.9 6.2 8th 35.0 40.8 average 86%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) 25.0 +2.5 38.3 29th 13.2 +1.7 6.8 5th 17.4 28.9 average 60%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre 29.6 +2.0 37.7 13th 14.2 +3.0 6.5 9th 56.8 22.4 highest 254%
Renmark Aero 30.3 +1.3 39.0 14th 14.8 +2.4 6.6 1st 29.2 21.5 high 136%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda 26.6 +2.0 36.7 29th 13.2 +2.8 4.3 4th 21.8 29.7 average 73%
Meningie 26.5 +3.5 38.0 13th 14.0 +2.7 3.1 4th 46.0 27.4 high 168%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) 28.7 +1.6 39.8 29th 13.0 +2.5 2.7 5th 44.2 21.5 v high 206%
Strathalbyn Racecourse 26.8 +2.3 39.2 29th 13.5 +2.2 1.7 4th 30.4 26.1 average 116%
Murray Mallee (district 25A)
Karoonda 30.1 +2.5 39.0 29th 14.8 +3.7 4.6 8th 34.6 24.0 high 144%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith 29.2 +4.2 37.5 29th 13.5 +3.5 0.5 4th 47.8 31.6 high 151%
Keith (Munkora) 29.1 +2.3 39.1 13th 11.9 +3.4 -2.3 4th 48.2 30.6 high 158%
Lameroo (Austin Plains) 29.5 +2.0 38.5 29th 12.5 +2.1 2.3 4th 51.2 30.6 high 167%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 25.5 +4.2 37.4 29th 13.8 +3.1 4.0 4th 34.4 26.1 high 132%
Coonawarra 26.1 +3.5 36.2 29th 12.6 +3.8 -0.2 4th 56.6 35.3 high 160%
Mount Gambier Aero 26.2 +5.7 37.6 29th 11.7 +3.3 1.8 4th 43.8 46.2 average 95%
Naracoorte Aerodrome 27.5 +2.8 37.0 13th 12.1 +3.6 -1.5 4th 45.4 34.3 average 132%
Padthaway South 27.2 +2.7 36.7 29th 13.0 +3.4 -0.8 4th 59.0 30.2 v high 195%
Robe Airfield 25.1 +3.8 37.5 29th 13.1 +2.7 3.5 8th 38.6 31.5 high 123%

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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 South Australia 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 10 am on Friday 1 December 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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