Friday, 1 February 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0
South Australia in January 2019: warmest days on record and very dry
South Australia had its warmest January on record for mean maximum temperature and fourth-warmest January on record for mean minimum temperature. All areas of the State had very much above average daytime temperatures, with record warm days experienced in the north, east, and southwest, while the whole State also had above average overnight temperatures. Rainfall in January was below average to very much below average in southern and eastern agricultural districts, and near-average in most areas of the northern and western districts.
Drier than average
- January rainfall for South Australia as a whole was 79% below average, the driest January since 2013
- Many locations, particularly those in southern and eastern districts, recorded little or no rain for the month
- The month was very much drier than average in southern and eastern agricultural districts, with most areas having less than 20% of their January average rainfall
- The highest totals were in the Northwest Pastoral district, with Ernabella (Pukatja) having 18.2 mm for the month
- The State's wettest day was the 27th, when a cloud band associated with a broad area of low pressure and instability brought showers and thunderstorms over inland South Australia and daily rainfall totals of close to 10 mm in the Flinders district
- Some sites had either their lowest total January rainfall on record or their lowest total January rainfall for at least 20 years
Highest mean maximum temperature on record
- For monthly mean maximum temperature, South Australia had its warmest January on record (4.66 °C warmer than average), exceeding the previous record set in 2001 (+4.50 °C)
- All areas of the State had mean maximum temperatures very much above average
- The daily mean maximum temperature for South Australia on the 24th was 45.69 °C, the State's hottest day on record (previous highest was 45.26 °C on 2 January 1960), and was part of the run of five consecutive days (21–25 January) when the State's mean maximum temperature exceeded 40 °C
- Port Augusta recorded 49.5 °C on the 24th, which was the fourth-highest temperature ever recorded at a Bureau site in South Australia and highest since 49.6 °C at Moomba on 12 January 2013
- Many sites had their highest January temperature on record, particularly on the 24th
- In the State's north, Oodnadatta Airport had a total of 14 days with maximum temperatures of 45 °C or above during January, exceeding its previous record count of such days in January of 11 days in 2018
- Minimum temperatures generally weren't as extreme as the maximum temperatures, but were still warmer than average throughout the State, including large areas of very much above average in Pastoral and eastern districts
- South Australia's mean minimum temperature was 3.07 °C warmer than average, which was the fourth-highest on record for January and highest since 2006
- A few sites had their warmest January night on record, including Moomba Airport recording 36.1 °C on the 26th, the highest minimum temperature on record for South Australia
- For overall mean temperature, South Australia had its second-warmest January on record and warmest since 2001
- South Australia had its second-warmest day on record on the 24th when the mean temperature (average of maximum and minimum temperature) was 37.01 °C (the highest on record is 37.20 °C on 23 January 1982)
- Many sites had their highest January mean daily maximum temperature on record
- Two sites in the Pastoral districts had their highest January mean daily minimum temperature on record
- A number of sites had their highest January mean temperature on record
- Further information about the heatwaves that have affected large areas of the country can be found in the Special Climate Statement Widespread heatwaves during December 2018 and January 2019
Further information
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in January 2019 | |
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Hottest day |
49.5 °C at Port Augusta Aero on the 24th |
Warmest days on average |
43.1 °C at Moomba Airport |
Coolest days on average |
24.1 °C at Cape Willoughby |
Coldest day |
17.9 °C at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) on the 9th |
Coldest night |
3.5 °C at Coonawarra on the 10th |
Coolest nights on average |
11.7 °C at Coonawarra |
Warmest nights on average |
29.2 °C at Moomba Airport |
Warmest night |
36.1 °C at Moomba Airport on the 26th |
Warmest on average overall |
36.2 °C at Moomba Airport |
Coolest on average overall |
19.1 °C at Robe Airfield |
Wettest overall |
18.2 mm at Ernabella (Pukatja) |
Driest overall | 0 mm at many locations |
Wettest day |
14.6 mm at Ernabella (Pukatja) on the 19th |
Strongest wind gust |
100 km/h at Outer Harbour (Black Pole) on the 16th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Maps | |||
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Total rainfall |
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Mean daily minimum temperatures |
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Record lowest January total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Hahndorf | 0.1 | 0.3 | in 1957 | 134 | 26.8 |
Prospect Hill | 1.2 | = 1.2 | in 2009 | 51 | 28.0 |
Mount Schank (Jethia) | 1.6 | 3.0 | in 2001 | 50 | 28.7 |
Aldgate | 1.5 | 2.6 | in 2009 | 49 | 33.5 |
Edinburgh RAAF | 0.0 | 0.2 | in 2009 | 47 | 21.2 |
Port Parham | 0.0 | 1.0 | in 1992 | 47 | 18.0 |
Adelaide (Kent Town) | 0.0 | 0.4 | in 1992 | 42 | 20.1 |
Kingscote Aero | 0.4 | 0.6 | in 2012 | 26 | 14.7 |
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 0.0 | 0.8 | in 2009 | 25 | 15.3 |
Nuriootpa Pirsa | 0.2 | 0.8 | in 2000 | 23 | 16.7 |
Strathalbyn Racecourse | 0.8 | 1.0 | in 2009 | 23 | 16.5 |
Roseworthy AWS | 0.4 | = 0.4 | in 2008 | 22 | 17.3 |
Belair | 0.0 | 1.0 | in 2009 | 21 | 20.8 |
Lowest January total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent lower |
Average for January |
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Adelaide (Glen Osmond) | 0.2 | 0.0 | in 1926* | 22.9 | |
Macclesfield | 1.0 | =1.0 | in 1957 | 25.4 | |
Port Vincent | 0.8 | 0.0 | in 1957* | 12.7 | |
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | 0.3 | 0.0 | in 1957* | 27.4 | |
Port Wakefield | 1.2 | 1.0 | in 1980 | 16.6 | |
Penneshaw | 0.4 | 0.3 | in 1986 | 16.3 | |
Tanunda | 0.2 | 0.0 | in 1992* | 21.3 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported
Record highest January temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 46.6 | on the 24th | 46.1 | on the 12th in 1939 | 95 | 28.6 |
Ceduna AMO | 48.6 | on the 24th | 47.9 | on the 2nd in 1990 | 77 | 28.7 |
Adelaide Airport | 45.8 | on the 24th | 44.1 | on the 4th in 2013 | 64 | 28.2 |
Cleve | 46.0 | on the 24th | 45.2 | on the 31st in 1968 | 63 | 28.3 |
Parafield Airport | 47.7 | on the 24th | 46.4 | on the 25th in 2003 | 63 | 29.7 |
Mount Barker | 44.5 | on the 24th | = 44.5 | on the 28th in 2009 | 62 | 27.3 |
Yongala | 43.5 | on the 24th | = 43.5 | on the 28th in 2009 | 62 | 30.9 |
Elliston | 44.3 | on the 23rd | 43.2 | on the 14th in 2014 | 58 | 25.9 |
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 47.2 | on the 24th | 46.4 | on the 31st in 1968 | 58 | 30.6 |
Eudunda | 45.0 | on the 24th | 43.5 | on the 28th in 2009 | 55 | 29.3 |
Meningie | 46.1 | on the 24th | 45.1 | on the 28th in 2009 | 53 | 26.2 |
Kimba | 47.0 | on the 24th | 46.0 | on the 4th in 2013 | 52 | 31.5 |
Andamooka | 48.1 | on the 24th | 47.8 | on the 25th in 2011 | 49 | 36.6 |
Edinburgh RAAF | 47.5 | on the 24th | 46.2 | on the 23rd in 1982 | 47 | 30.1 |
Hawker | 46.0 | on the 24th | = 46.0 | on the 19th in 2003 | 47 | 34.4 |
Adelaide (Kent Town) | 47.7 | on the 24th | 45.7 | on the 28th in 2009 | 42 | 29.5 |
Maitland | 46.3 | on the 24th | 45.0 | on the 28th in 2009 | 37 | 29.4 |
Leigh Creek Airport | 46.9 | on the 24th | 46.3 | on the 6th in 2013 | 36 | 35.7 |
Whyalla Aero | 48.5 | on the 24th | 47.2 | on the 4th in 2013 | 35 | 30.2 |
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 41.8 | on the 24th | 41.6 | on the 14th in 1996 | 28 | 24.7 |
Edithburgh | 47.9 | on the 24th | 44.9 | on the 29th in 2009 | 27 | 25.4 |
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 48.3 | on the 24th | 46.1 | on the 21st in 2006 | 27 | 26.2 |
Clare High School | 44.9 | on the 24th | 43.7 | on the 28th in 2009 | 25 | 30.3 |
Coober Pedy Airport | 47.8 | on the 16th | 47.4 | on the 1st in 2014 | 25 | 36.8 |
Kingscote Aero | 45.4 | on the 24th | 43.8 | on the 29th in 2009 | 25 | 26.7 |
Mount Crawford AWS | 43.7 | on the 24th | 43.3 | on the 28th in 2009 | 25 | 27.6 |
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 43.5 | on the 24th | 42.5 | on the 28th in 2009 | 25 | 23.7 |
Cleve Aerodrome | 47.0 | on the 24th | 46.1 | on the 4th in 2013 | 23 | 29.1 |
Minnipa Pirsa | 48.0 | on the 24th | 46.9 | on the 4th in 2013 | 23 | 33.1 |
Nuriootpa Pirsa | 46.0 | on the 24th | 44.1 | on the 28th in 2009 | 23 | 30.1 |
Stenhouse Bay | 46.7 | on the 24th | 44.0 | on the 16th in 2014 | 23 | 25.2 |
Strathalbyn Racecourse | 46.7 | on the 24th | 46.3 | on the 28th in 2009 | 23 | 28.0 |
Roseworthy AWS | 48.3 | on the 24th | 46.7 | on the 28th in 2009 | 22 | 31.9 |
Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 44.0 | on the 24th | 42.7 | on the 28th in 2009 | 21 | 26.2 |
Snowtown (Rayville Park) | 47.3 | on the 24th | 46.0 | on the 25th in 2003 | 21 | 32.8 |
Tarcoola Aero | 49.1 | on the 24th | 48.9 | on the 1st in 2014 | 21 | 36.7 |
Yunta Airstrip | 46.0 | on the 15th | 45.0 | on the 14th in 2001 | 21 | 33.9 |
Mount Lofty | 41.1 | on the 24th | 37.9 | on the 28th in 2018 | 20 | 22.1 |
Record highest January mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Mount Barker | 32.1 | 31.9 | in 2001 | 117 | 27.3 |
Warooka | 30.1 | 30.0 | in 2001 | 58 | 27.3 |
Elliston | 29.6 | 29.5 | in 2001 | 57 | 25.9 |
Eudunda | 34.2 | 34.1 | in 2001 | 54 | 29.3 |
Meningie | 29.8 | 29.1 | in 2001 | 52 | 26.2 |
Cape Willoughby | 24.1 | 23.8 | in 2018 | 51 | 21.8 |
Adelaide (Kent Town) | 33.8 | 33.7 | in 2001 | 41 | 29.5 |
Leigh Creek Airport | 40.7 | 39.9 | in 2006 | 35 | 35.7 |
Loxton Research Centre | 36.5 | 35.7 | in 2001 | 34 | 32.0 |
Coonawarra | 30.6 | = 30.6 | in 2001 | 33 | 27.4 |
Nullarbor | 30.9 | 30.4 | in 2007 | 31 | 27.9 |
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 28.5 | 27.9 | in 2001 | 26 | 26.2 |
Kingscote Aero | 30.0 | 28.9 | in 2009 | 24 | 26.7 |
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 27.3 | 26.6 | in 2001 | 24 | 23.7 |
Moomba Airport | 43.1 | 42.0 | in 2018 | 23 | 38.8 |
Renmark Aero | 37.5 | 37.3 | in 2001 | 23 | 33.7 |
Stenhouse Bay | 26.8 | = 26.8 | in 2014 | 22 | 25.2 |
Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 29.6 | 28.9 | in 2001 | 20 | 26.2 |
Marree Aero | 42.4 | 42.0 | in 2006 | 20 | 38.8 |
Yunta Airstrip | 37.7 | 37.2 | in 2001 | 20 | 33.9 |
Record highest January daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Oodnadatta Airport | 34.3 | on the 25th | 34.2 | on the 28th in 2011 | 70 | 23.1 |
Nullarbor | 29.4 | on the 24th | 28.5 | on the 30th in 2011 | 32 | 16.0 |
Moomba Airport | 36.1 | on the 26th | 34.1 | on the 6th in 2004 | 24 | 24.7 |
Record highest January mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Arkaroola | 24.5 | 24.2 | in 2006 | 41 | 20.2 |
Moomba Airport | 29.2 | 28.3 | in 2006 | 23 | 24.7 |
Record highest January mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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Cape Willoughby | 20.7 | = 20.7 | in 2018 | 51 | 18.8 |
Kingscote Aero | 21.9 | 21.8 | in 2001 | 24 | 20.0 |
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 21.1 | 20.8 | in 2001 | 24 | 18.7 |
Moomba Airport | 36.2 | 34.9 | in 2006 | 23 | 31.8 |
Stenhouse Bay | 22.1 | = 22.1 | in 2018 | 22 | 21.0 |
Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 22.6 | 22.5 | in 2001 | 20 | 20.2 |
Yunta Airstrip | 28.3 | = 28.3 | in 2001 | 20 | 25.2 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for January 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for January 2019 |
Diff from average |
Highest for January 2019 |
Mean for January 2019 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for January 2019 |
Total for January 2019 |
Average for January |
Rank of January 2019 |
Fraction of January average |
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Northwest (district 16) | ||||||||||||
Andamooka | 40.5 | +3.9 | 48.1 | 24th | 24.5 | +3.1 | 17.8 | 6th | 2.1 | 18.2 | low | 12% |
Coober Pedy Airport | 39.7 | +2.9 | 47.8 | 16th | 23.9 | +1.6 | 15.6 | 28th | 9.4 | 12.9 | average | 73% |
Ernabella (Pukatja) | 39.2 | +3.9 | 44.5 | 15th | 23.5 | +2.4 | 16.8 | 28th | 18.2 | 27.3 | average | 67% |
Mount Ive | 38.1 | 47.5 | 24th | 8.7 | 14.7 | average | 59% | |||||
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) | 40.2 | +3.0 | 47.8 | 24th | 23.4 | +2.2 | 17.0 | 28th | 2.4 | 13.0 | average | 18% |
Tarcoola Aero | 39.1 | +2.4 | 49.1 | 24th | 20.6 | +0.7 | 13.9 | 7th | 2.8 | 11.9 | average | 24% |
Woomera Aerodrome | 38.8 | +4.2 | 47.9 | 24th | 22.4 | +2.8 | 15.8 | 28th | 1.4 | 16.0 | low | 9% |
Far North (district 17) | ||||||||||||
Arkaroola | 44.9 | 17th | 24.5 | +4.3 | 16.8 | 6th | 8.8 | 34.5 | average | 26% | ||
Leigh Creek Airport | 40.7 | +5.0 | 46.9 | 24th | 24.6 | +3.7 | 16.1 | 7th | 3.0 | 22.9 | average | 13% |
Marree Aero | 42.4 | +3.6 | 48.1 | 25th | 25.1 | +2.0 | 17.7 | 7th | 3.0 | 18.0 | average | 17% |
Moomba Airport | 43.1 | +4.3 | 47.1 | 23rd | 29.2 | +4.5 | 20.9 | 7th | 0 | 14.3 | lowest | 0% |
Oodnadatta Airport | 42.5 | +4.6 | 47.9 | 14th | 26.0 | +2.9 | 17.7 | 7th | 5.4 | 23.7 | average | 23% |
Western Agricultural (district 18) | ||||||||||||
Ceduna AMO | 31.8 | +3.1 | 48.6 | 24th | 16.5 | +1.2 | 7.5 | 29th | 2.4 | 12.4 | low | 19% |
Cleve | 31.1 | +2.8 | 46.0 | 24th | 17.4 | +1.7 | 13.0 | 28th | 1.2 | 16.0 | low | 8% |
Cleve Aerodrome | 31.4 | +2.3 | 47.0 | 24th | 16.5 | +0.4 | 12.5 | 28th | 0.6 | 16.1 | v low | 4% |
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid) | 27.5 | 40.8 | 3rd | 15.9 | 11.9 | 28th | 0.8 | |||||
Cultana (Defence) | 36.4 | 48.2 | 24th | 19.5 | 14.2 | 6th | 0.4 | |||||
Cummins Aero | 32.5 | +2.1 | 46.5 | 24th | 14.3 | -1.2 | 7.3 | 29th | 0.4 | 15.0 | v low | 3% |
Elliston | 29.6 | +3.7 | 44.3 | 23rd | 16.9 | +1.1 | 11.1 | 29th | 0.6 | 10.7 | low | 6% |
Kimba | 35.8 | +4.3 | 47.0 | 24th | 5.4 | 17.5 | average | 31% | ||||
Kyancutta | 36.6 | +3.6 | 49.2 | 24th | 16.3 | +1.8 | 9.3 | 6th | 2.5 | 14.5 | low | 17% |
Minnipa Pirsa | 35.4 | +2.3 | 48.0 | 24th | 17.1 | +1.0 | 10.4 | 6th | 4.0 | 11.2 | low | 36% |
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 28.5 | +2.3 | 48.3 | 24th | 15.7 | -0.2 | 10.3 | 14th | 0 | 15.3 | lowest | 0% |
Nullarbor | 30.9 | +3.0 | 47.6 | 23rd | 17.0 | +1.0 | 7.5 | 29th | 3.2 | 12.2 | average | 26% |
Port Augusta Aero | 37.1 | +2.9 | 49.5 | 24th | 21.4 | +1.9 | 15.7 | 6th | 3.0 | 12.8 | low | 23% |
Streaky Bay | 32.3 | +3.0 | 46.5 | 23rd | 16.6 | +0.5 | 11.5 | 1st | 2.3 | 11.0 | low | 21% |
Whyalla Aero | 32.5 | +2.3 | 48.5 | 24th | 19.4 | +1.6 | 13.9 | 11th | 2.2 | 17.0 | low | 13% |
Wudinna Aero | 36.1 | +2.6 | 48.1 | 24th | 16.1 | +0.5 | 8.3 | 6th | 2.4 | 14.5 | low | 17% |
Upper North (district 19) | ||||||||||||
Hawker | 38.3 | +3.9 | 46.0 | 24th | 2.8 | 20.0 | average | 14% | ||||
Yongala | 35.5 | +4.6 | 43.5 | 24th | 10.6 | 7th | 7.2 | 23.0 | average | 31% | ||
Northeast (district 20) | ||||||||||||
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 37.7 | +3.8 | 46.4 | 24th | 17.3 | +1.4 | 9.9 | 6th | 3.8 | 18.7 | low | 20% |
Yunta Airstrip | 37.7 | +3.8 | 46.0 | 15th | 19.0 | +2.4 | 11.1 | 10th | 4.6 | 21.4 | average | 21% |
Lower North (district 21) | ||||||||||||
Clare High School | 34.0 | +3.7 | 44.9 | 24th | 17.0 | +2.1 | 8.1 | 6th | 2.4 | 22.8 | low | 11% |
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS | 35.8 | 48.6 | 24th | 18.4 | 11.6 | 6th | 2.4 | |||||
Snowtown (Rayville Park) | 35.3 | +2.5 | 47.3 | 24th | 16.0 | +1.4 | 8.8 | 10th | 2.2 | 16.3 | low | 13% |
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A) | ||||||||||||
Edithburgh | 27.4 | +2.0 | 47.9 | 24th | 17.1 | +0.3 | 11.9 | 28th | 0.8 | 12.8 | v low | 6% |
Kadina AWS | 34.1 | +2.0 | 47.9 | 24th | 16.3 | +0.6 | 10.5 | 1st | 0.8 | 14.1 | v low | 6% |
Minlaton Aero | 32.2 | +2.6 | 46.8 | 24th | 15.2 | -0.2 | 9.4 | 6th | 0.2 | 13.7 | v low | 1% |
Stenhouse Bay | 26.8 | +1.6 | 46.7 | 24th | 17.3 | +0.5 | 13.0 | 29th | 0.6 | 13.9 | v low | 4% |
Warooka | 30.1 | +2.8 | 42.9 | 24th | 16.3 | +0.8 | 12.2 | 27th | 1.0 | 14.3 | low | 7% |
Kangaroo Island (district 22B) | ||||||||||||
Cape Borda | 27.1 | +2.4 | 38.5 | 15th | 14.7 | +0.2 | 9.5 | 9th | 1.6 | 15.1 | v low | 11% |
Cape Willoughby | 24.1 | +2.3 | 41.7 | 24th | 17.3 | +1.4 | 14.6 | 27th | 0 | 18.5 | lowest | 0% |
Kingscote Aero | 30.0 | +3.3 | 45.4 | 24th | 13.7 | +0.3 | 7.7 | 29th | 0.4 | 14.7 | lowest | 3% |
Parndana Cfs AWS | 29.3 | 45.3 | 24th | 13.3 | 8.8 | 10th | 0.2 | |||||
Adelaide Plains (district 23A) | ||||||||||||
Adelaide (Kent Town) | 33.8 | +4.3 | 47.7 | 24th | 19.0 | +1.7 | 13.1 | 10th | 0 | 20.1 | lowest | 0% |
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 33.0 | +4.4 | 46.6 | 24th | 18.1 | +1.5 | 12.8 | 8th | 0 | 19.7 | lowest | 0% |
Adelaide Airport | 31.2 | +3.0 | 45.8 | 24th | 17.9 | +1.8 | 13.2 | 1st | 0.2 | 17.7 | v low | 1% |
Edinburgh RAAF | 33.7 | +3.6 | 47.5 | 24th | 17.9 | +1.4 | 12.0 | 6th | 0 | 21.2 | lowest | 0% |
Parafield Airport | 34.4 | +4.7 | 47.7 | 24th | 17.6 | +1.2 | 10.6 | 6th | 0 | 21.0 | lowest | 0% |
Roseworthy AWS | 34.6 | +2.7 | 48.3 | 24th | 15.6 | +0.6 | 7.6 | 6th | 0.4 | 17.3 | lowest | 2% |
County Light (district 23B) | ||||||||||||
Nuriootpa Pirsa | 33.4 | +3.3 | 46.0 | 24th | 16.1 | +1.5 | 7.8 | 6th | 0.2 | 16.7 | lowest | 1% |
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 34.8 | +4.2 | 47.2 | 24th | 16.6 | +1.4 | 8.0 | 6th | 0.8 | 18.9 | low | 4% |
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C) | ||||||||||||
Hindmarsh Island AWS | 28.1 | +2.6 | 46.8 | 24th | 17.2 | +1.0 | 11.5 | 10th | 0.2 | 16.5 | v low | 1% |
Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 29.6 | +3.4 | 44.0 | 24th | 15.6 | +1.3 | 10.3 | 10th | 1.6 | 25.8 | v low | 6% |
Mount Barker | 32.1 | +4.8 | 44.5 | 24th | 14.5 | +2.6 | 9.2 | 10th | 0.6 | 25.9 | v low | 2% |
Mount Crawford AWS | 31.1 | +3.5 | 43.7 | 24th | 15.6 | +1.6 | 8.3 | 10th | 1.0 | 23.2 | low | 4% |
Mount Lofty | 28.3 | +6.2 | 41.1 | 24th | 14.4 | +2.1 | 7.2 | 10th | 0 | 34.0 | v low | 0% |
Noarlunga | 31.9 | +3.2 | 46.2 | 24th | 18.2 | +1.0 | 13.3 | 9th | 0.4 | 16.5 | v low | 2% |
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 27.3 | +3.6 | 43.5 | 24th | 14.9 | +1.1 | 11.1 | 10th | 2.4 | 27.4 | v low | 9% |
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) | 27.3 | +2.2 | 46.2 | 24th | 15.0 | +0.2 | 9.1 | 11th | 0 | 20.0 | v low | 0% |
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A) | ||||||||||||
Loxton Research Centre | 36.5 | +4.5 | 45.4 | 24th | 16.7 | +1.9 | 11.0 | 10th | 5.0 | 18.8 | low | 27% |
Renmark Aero | 37.5 | +3.8 | 46.3 | 4th | 18.4 | +2.0 | 12.3 | 6th | 2.2 | 19.2 | low | 11% |
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B) | ||||||||||||
Eudunda | 34.2 | +4.9 | 45.0 | 24th | 16.7 | +2.7 | 10.0 | 6th | 0.8 | 22.1 | v low | 4% |
Meningie | 29.8 | +3.6 | 46.1 | 24th | 15.0 | +0.9 | 8.4 | 10th | 1.1 | 18.6 | v low | 6% |
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) | 32.7 | +2.1 | 47.4 | 24th | 15.3 | +0.8 | 8.3 | 6th | 0.4 | 12.7 | v low | 3% |
Strathalbyn Racecourse | 30.8 | +2.8 | 46.7 | 24th | 15.4 | +0.7 | 8.8 | 10th | 0.8 | 16.5 | lowest | 5% |
Upper Southeast (district 25B) | ||||||||||||
Keith | 33.6 | +3.5 | 45.5 | 24th | 14.3 | +1.1 | 7.2 | 10th | 1.2 | 19.3 | v low | 6% |
Keith (Munkora) | 33.9 | +3.0 | 46.1 | 24th | 12.7 | +0.4 | 4.4 | 10th | 0.8 | 21.8 | v low | 4% |
Lameroo (Austin Plains) | 35.5 | +3.3 | 45.9 | 24th | 14.9 | +0.6 | 7.4 | 6th | 0 | 26.9 | v low | 0% |
Lower Southeast (district 26) | ||||||||||||
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 25.6 | +0.9 | 41.8 | 24th | 13.8 | +0.1 | 8.1 | 10th | 1.8 | 18.1 | low | 10% |
Coonawarra | 30.6 | +3.2 | 43.6 | 24th | 11.7 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 10th | 0.2 | 28.1 | lowest | 1% |
Mount Gambier Aero | 28.0 | +2.6 | 44.0 | 24th | 12.4 | +1.2 | 4.5 | 10th | 3.6 | 27.0 | v low | 13% |
Naracoorte Aerodrome | 31.8 | +2.0 | 45.1 | 24th | 12.1 | +0.4 | 4.6 | 10th | 2.2 | 23.0 | v low | 10% |
Padthaway South | 31.5 | +2.3 | 44.8 | 24th | 12.4 | -0.1 | 5.5 | 10th | 0.2 | 23.1 | v low | 1% |
Robe Airfield | 25.2 | +0.7 | 40.1 | 24th | 12.9 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 10th | 5.2 | 20.7 | low | 25% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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 February 2019. 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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