Tuesday, 9 January 2018 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC13L0
Greater Adelaide in December 2017: wetter than average and slightly warmer than average
December rainfall was above average at most sites in Adelaide and the Hills. After a cool start, several hot days later in the month resulted in mean daytime and night time temperatures for December that were generally slightly warmer than average.
Wetter than average
- December rainfall was above average at most sites in Adelaide and the Hills
- December totals ranged from 88% of average at Mount Crawford to 165% of average at Noarlunga
- There were two significant rain events during the month: most sites around Adelaide had their wettest day of the month on the 1st, with another very wet day on the 19th
- On the 1st, a large cloud band across the country brought rain to Adelaide, including around 13 mm in the city and more than 20 mm at sites in the Hills
- Several cold fronts crossed the city during the first week of December, keeping temperatures cool and bringing rainfall to the city on most days until the 8th
- On 19 December, a complex low pressure system and cold front brought thunderstorms and rain to the Adelaide region, including more than 10 mm to the city
Slightly warmer than average
- December began with more than a week of cooler than average temperatures across the Adelaide region
- Adelaide city had its coldest first week of December since 1969, with maximum temperatures at West Terrace averaging 21.1 °C, almost five degrees cooler than average
- Temperatures were generally warmer than average for the last three weeks of the month, resulting in a warmer than average December overall
- Mean maximum temperatures ranged from 0.4 °C cooler than average at Noarlunga to 2.6 °C warmer than average at Mount Lofty
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
- Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 29.2 mm, which is 111% of the long-term average of 26.3 mm
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 27.0 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 26.8 °C. The warmest day was 39.4 °C on the 13th, and the coolest day was on the 2nd when the temperature reached 19.6 °C
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 15.6 °C, which is 0.5 °C above the long-term average of 15.1 °C. The coldest morning was 10.8 °C on the 7th, and the warmest morning was on the 13th when the minimum temperature was 25.9 °C
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in December 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
42.6 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on the 13th |
| Warmest days on average |
28.7 °C at Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) |
| Coolest days on average |
22.0 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
12.1 °C at Mount Lofty on the 7th |
| Coldest night |
6.2 °C at Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) on the 8th |
| Coolest nights on average |
11.2 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Warmest nights on average |
15.8 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) |
| Warmest night |
27.0 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) on the 13th |
| Warmest on average overall |
21.9 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) |
| Coolest on average overall |
16.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
55.2 mm at Mount Lofty |
| Driest overall |
24.8 mm at Regency Park |
| Wettest day |
29.4 mm at Woodside on the 1st |
| Strongest wind gust |
72 km/h at Outer Harbour (Black Pole) on the 23rd 72 km/h at Sellicks Hill (Mount Terrible Radar) on the 24th and 25th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for December 2017 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for December 2017 |
Diff from average |
Highest for December 2017 |
Mean for December 2017 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for December 2017 |
Total for December 2017 |
Average for December |
Rank of December 2017 |
Fraction of December average |
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| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 27.9 | +0.7 | 38.8 | 13th | 15.8 | +0.2 | 10.4 | 8th | 28.2 | 29.1 | average | 97% |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 27.0 | +0.2 | 39.4 | 13th | 15.6 | +0.5 | 10.8 | 7th | 29.2 | 26.3 | average | 111% |
| Adelaide Airport | 26.1 | +0.3 | 38.4 | 13th | 15.3 | +0.7 | 10.7 | 8th | 31.6 | 24.2 | high | 131% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 28.0 | +0.1 | 42.6 | 13th | 15.1 | +0.3 | 8.6 | 5th | 30.0 | 25.7 | average | 117% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 23.8 | -0.1 | 36.9 | 13th | 12.7 | +0.1 | 7.9 | 8th | 38.8 | 35.7 | average | 109% |
| Mount Barker | 25.8 | +0.7 | 37.1 | 13th | 11.9 | +1.4 | 7.1 | 8th | 50.0 | 35.1 | high | 142% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 24.8 | -0.2 | 36.7 | 13th | 12.0 | -0.1 | 7.3 | 8th | 30.4 | 34.6 | average | 88% |
| Mount Lofty | 22.0 | +2.6 | 32.9 | 13th | 11.2 | +0.7 | 6.7 | 8th | 55.2 | |||
| Noarlunga | 26.0 | -0.4 | 38.2 | 13th | 15.1 | -0.3 | 9.8 | 8th | 36.2 | 21.9 | high | 165% |
| Parafield Airport | 28.4 | +0.6 | 40.4 | 13th | 15.1 | +0.2 | 9.5 | 9th | 37.0 | 25.2 | high | 147% |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 28.7 | +0.4 | 41.0 | 13th | 13.1 | -0.4 | 6.2 | 8th | 29.2 | 24.3 | average | 120% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for December 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) | 21.4 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 22.3 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 24.8 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 38.7 | 38.8 | 26.0 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 34.6 | 35.2 | 28.8 | 23.0 | 23.9 | 32.8 | 37.7 | 24.8 | 29.4 | 35.4 | 38.1 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 24.5 | 26.4 |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 21.1 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 24.0 | 28.2 | 28.8 | 37.5 | 39.4 | 24.2 | 25.6 | 27.0 | 33.1 | 35.3 | 28.1 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 31.3 | 37.4 | 24.1 | 29.6 | 34.7 | 37.6 | 26.3 | 24.3 | 23.6 | 24.4 |
| Adelaide Airport | 20.9 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 22.9 | 24.9 | 28.3 | 36.2 | 38.4 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 27.5 | 30.3 | 35.9 | 27.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 29.6 | 37.1 | 24.9 | 29.5 | 33.3 | 36.0 | 25.0 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 22.3 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 22.0 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 20.0 | 21.2 | 24.7 | 29.9 | 30.4 | 38.0 | 42.6 | 24.4 | 26.9 | 26.7 | 34.6 | 35.5 | 28.9 | 23.2 | 24.7 | 32.6 | 38.9 | 26.1 | 30.6 | 34.8 | 40.1 | 27.5 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 25.2 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 15.0 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 21.4 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 34.0 | 36.9 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 30.3 | 30.7 | 24.2 | 19.5 | 21.9 | 28.1 | 33.3 | 18.9 | 22.8 | 30.6 | 35.5 | 27.1 | 22.6 | 20.5 | 21.4 |
| Mount Barker | 16.9 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 21.0 | 23.8 | 18.4 | 20.9 | 23.3 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 34.2 | 37.1 | 23.8 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 25.6 | 22.2 | 25.7 | 29.8 | 34.5 | 21.7 | 26.1 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 26.3 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 25.3 |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 16.9 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 17.9 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 18.0 | 22.5 | 27.0 | 29.2 | 34.3 | 36.7 | 23.1 | 24.6 | 28.4 | 30.9 | 31.0 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 24.7 | 29.3 | 34.3 | 20.6 | 25.2 | 31.0 | 35.6 | 26.0 | 24.2 | 21.1 | 23.4 |
| Mount Lofty | 14.3 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 12.1 | 15.4 | 19.5 | 24.1 | 26.1 | 31.2 | 32.9 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 29.1 | 21.7 | 16.9 | 21.0 | 25.6 | 31.1 | 18.4 | 23.4 | 29.0 | 32.2 | 23.1 | 20.4 | 18.3 | 20.1 |
| Noarlunga | 18.9 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 19.7 | 20.1 | 23.0 | 26.4 | 29.6 | 36.6 | 38.2 | 23.7 | 23.9 | 26.0 | 31.3 | 34.7 | 26.8 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 29.5 | 35.4 | 22.6 | 26.7 | 33.3 | 35.7 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 22.3 |
| Parafield Airport | 22.9 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 22.8 | 24.5 | 20.4 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 29.8 | 31.2 | 38.5 | 40.4 | 25.6 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 35.0 | 37.3 | 29.3 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 32.8 | 38.1 | 26.6 | 31.1 | 35.3 | 39.7 | 27.9 | 25.7 | 24.9 | 25.9 |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 20.8 | 20.5 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 23.5 | 24.2 | 19.8 | 21.5 | 25.7 | 30.4 | 32.6 | 38.2 | 41.0 | 25.4 | 31.0 | 34.6 | 35.5 | 30.0 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 34.0 | 38.7 | 26.2 | 30.0 | 35.2 | 40.0 | 29.4 | 27.5 | 25.0 | 26.3 | |
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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 December 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) | 17.8 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 27.0 | 18.2 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 17.2 | 22.4 | 20.6 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 13.3 | 17.9 | 24.9 | 22.3 | 19.2 | 16.9 | 14.2 |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 14.4 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 13.3 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 25.9 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 22.0 | 20.8 | 16.8 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 18.6 | 16.8 | 13.1 | ||||
| Adelaide Airport | 17.9 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 22.3 | 18.0 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 14.8 | 21.6 | 20.5 | 17.7 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 16.3 | 13.9 | 18.0 | 20.6 | 21.1 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 13.7 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 17.7 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 8.6 | 12.3 | 10.1 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 25.7 | 18.4 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 25.4 | 21.0 | 16.2 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 25.0 | 21.6 | 19.3 | 17.0 | 12.7 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 13.7 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 21.2 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 20.2 | 17.1 | 13.6 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 19.9 | 17.4 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 10.8 |
| Mount Barker | 14.9 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 8.3 | 18.0 | 15.8 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 8.1 |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 14.2 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 22.7 | 14.6 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 15.2 | 11.8 | 7.9 | 12.3 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 9.7 |
| Mount Lofty | 12.5 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 13.4 | 21.5 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 11.4 | 18.9 | 13.8 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 10.2 | 16.6 | 10.1 | 6.9 | 11.3 | 18.8 | 17.7 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 8.7 |
| Noarlunga | 16.4 | 13.9 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.9 | 23.5 | 16.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 16.6 | 21.1 | 19.7 | 15.9 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 16.7 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 17.2 | 15.2 | 13.6 |
| Parafield Airport | 17.8 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 12.7 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 25.5 | 18.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 15.7 | 23.7 | 20.6 | 16.2 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 15.9 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 24.8 | 22.0 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 12.8 |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 17.8 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 11.0 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 20.2 | 17.2 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 12.7 | 24.4 | 20.9 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 20.6 | 21.0 | 18.6 | 13.0 | 8.5 | ||
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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 December 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 (Brighton) | 12.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) | 19.0 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | - | - | 0.6 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 9.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 12.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | 0.2 | |
| Adelaide (Keswick) | 15.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | 1.0 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | 15.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 18.0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Club) | 18.4 | 9.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Seaton) | 16.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8.8 | 3.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Council) | - | - | - | 24.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4 | - | 0.4 | |||||||||||
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 13.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | 0.8 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0.2 | - | |
| Adelaide Airport | 15.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | 1.2 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.6 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | |
| Adelaide Airport Alert | 19.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 1.4 | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | - | - | |
| Aldgate | 18.0 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | - | 0.8 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 10.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 0.3 | - | |
| Ashton Co-op | 21.8 | 4.2 | → | 4.4 | 1.0 | - | 1.4 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | → | 0.4 | 8.6 | → | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | ||
| Athelstone (Black Hill) | 20.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 9.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Balhannah (Killara Park) | 19.8 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | - | 0.2 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | |
| Beaumont | 13.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | |
| Belair | 14.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Belair (St Johns) | 15.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 9.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 | - | 0.2 | |
| Belair (State Flora Nursery) | 16.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | 1.0 | 11.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | 4.0 | - | 0.4 | |
| Bellevue Heights | 12.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | - | - | 0.2 | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 10.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 0.2 | - | |
| Birdwood | 19.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.4 | - | 1.0 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Birdwood (McVittie's Hill) | 21.8 | 4.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | - | 0.8 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Blackwood (Wittunga) | 13.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bolivar Treatment Works | 20.4 | 3.4 | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.4 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bridgewater | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.0 | |||
| Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) | 15.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 0.2 | - | |
| Burnside | 14.8 | 1.0 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.8 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0.2 | - | |
| Cherry Gardens | 18.4 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | - | 0.8 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | 1.6 | 11.0 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | |||
| Clarendon | 12.0 | - | 3.0 | - | 2.0 | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.4 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | 0.6 | |
| Crafers (Mt Lofty) | 19.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 0.8 | - | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.8 | 11.0 | 0.2 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Crafers West | 15.2 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | - | 0.4 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| Cromer Road | 26.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | 0.6 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 4.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | 18.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.4 | - | 0.6 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 8.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |||
| Cudlee Creek (O'Deas Road) | 21.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | - | 0.6 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 7.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | |
| Echunga | 15.8 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 1.6 | - | 0.2 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 1.0 | 10.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | - | - | |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 21.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Felixstow (Payneham) | 12.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | |
| Gawler | 23.6 | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gawler Council Depot | 25.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gould Creek (Hermitage) | 17.8 | 1.4 | - | 1.0 | - | - | 0.4 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Greenacres | 15.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | |
| Hahndorf | 19.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | - | - | 2.5 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | - | 0.6 | 7.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | |
| Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) | 17.0 | 2.8 | 0.6 | - | - | - | 0.4 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Happy Valley Reservoir | 13.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harrogate | 24.6 | 6.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | - | 0.6 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | |
| Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) | 25.2 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | - | 0.2 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Heathfield Works Depot | 22.2 | → | → | 9.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | → | 15.6 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
| Inglewood | 21.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | - | - | 0.8 | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 8.8 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | |
| Ironstone Road | 20.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |
| Kangarilla (Saddlebags) | 23.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.4 | 10.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | - | - | |
| Kanmantoo (Millbrae) | 22.0 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kersbrook | 21.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Kilburn | 11.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | 0.4 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 10.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.6 | 10.2 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Leawood Gardens (Eagle on The Hill) | 13.4 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
| Lenswood (Stringybark) | 24.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.0 | - | 0.6 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 7.4 | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Lobethal | 22.5 | → | → | 6.7 | → | → | 1.0 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lobethal | 21.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Lobethal (Maidment Road) | 24.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | 0.2 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | |
| Long Ridge (Greenhill) | 16.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | - | - | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Longwood | 15.0 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | - | 0.4 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.6 | 9.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 0.2 | - | |
| Longwood | 16.6 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | - | 0.2 | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 1.0 | 9.2 | - | ||||||||||||
| Macclesfield | 15.4 | → | → | 15.2 | 1.8 | - | 0.2 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 1.2 | 7.0 | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | |
| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | 11.6 | → | → | 1.0 | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | → | 15.0 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||
| Meadows | 16.4 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 1.8 | - | 0.2 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 9.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | - | ||
| Mitchell Park (Marion) | 15.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | - | - | 0.2 | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | |
| Montacute | 19.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | - | 0.6 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 9.0 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | |
| Morphettville | 14.8 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | |
| Mount Barker | 22.2 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | - | 0.4 | 1.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.6 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 5.8 | - | - | |
| Mount Bold Reservoir | 22.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 11.2 | 0.8 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 19.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | |
| Mount Lofty | 18.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.8 | 13.2 | - | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Mt Bold (Scott Creek) | 16.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 10.6 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | 0.4 | - | |
| Mt Torrens | 21.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | |
| Mylor (Biggs Flat) | 16.8 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | - | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | |
| Nairne | 16.4 | 5.0 | → | 8.8 | 0.4 | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | 1.2 | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||
| Noarlunga | 12.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 16.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | |
| North Adelaide | 12.4 | 0.8 | - | - | → | → | 3.4 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.1 | |||||||||||||
| Parafield Airport | 22.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Piccadilly (Woodhouse) | 23.0 | 4.8 | 2.8 | - | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Prospect Hill | 11.0 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | - | 0.2 | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 9.6 | 4.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | 0.2 | - | |
| Red Creek (Burwood) | 21.6 | 5.8 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 1.4 | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 0.2 | - | |
| Regency Park | 10.0 | 0.8 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.6 | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 14.6 | 5.6 | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | - | 1.4 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Rosslyn Park (Seaview) | 17.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.2 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0.2 | - | |
| Sellicks Beach | 10.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 17.2 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Upper Hermitage | 20.4 | - | 1.8 | 0.6 | - | - | 1.2 | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 8.4 | - | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | 0.4 | |
| Uraidla | 21.4 | → | → | 3.8 | 9.4 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla (Sutton Creek) | 20.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | - | 0.2 | 0.8 | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | 0.4 | |
| Verdun | 18.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | - | 0.2 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | |
| Williamstown | 21.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | - | 1.4 | - | 0.6 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |
| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | 22.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | - | - | 0.8 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |||
| Willunga | 10.6 | → | → | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | 1.0 | 14.2 | 7.2 | ||||||||||||
| Woodside | 29.4 | → | → | 7.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woodside (Wicks Estate) | 25.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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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). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Greater 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.
In September 2017 this summary was broadened to include data from observing sites in or near the Greater Adelaide “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to “include the population within the urban area of the city, as well as people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the city, and live in small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city. They provide a stable definition for these cities and are designed for the output of a range of social and economic survey data.”
This statement has been prepared based on information available at on Tuesday 9 January 2018. 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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