Friday, 1 March 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0

South Australia in February 2019: drier than average, warm days

Rainfall in February was below average in most northern and western districts, although totals were closer to average in the South East agricultural districts. Rainfall was the ninth-lowest on record in February for the State as a whole. Daytime temperatures were warmer than average in the west and some central and northeast areas of the State, but close to average elsewhere. Night-time temperatures were generally close to or slightly cooler than average.

Drier than average

• Rainfall for South Australia in February was 92% below average, the State's ninth-driest February on record and driest since 2009
• Most locations had less than 10 mm of rainfall for the month, with monthly totals less than 20% of average throughout northern and western districts
• The highest monthly totals were in the eastern Agricultural districts, with 44 mm recorded at Ashton in the Adelaide Hills
• Ashton had the wettest day for the month, recording 31.0 mm on the 9th
• Little or no rain fell in the Pastoral districts during February
• There were rain days in early February at most locations, but there were many dry days during the month, including the 3rd and 19th when no single location across the State recorded any rainfall

Warm days, slightly cooler than average nights

• The mean maximum temperature for South Australia in February was 1.73 °C warmer than average—the State's most recent cooler than average February for maximum temperature was in 2012
• Mean maximum temperatures were above average across most northeastern and western districts
• The mean minimum temperature for South Australia in February was 0.22 °C cooler than average, making it the lowest in February since 2012 and first cooler than average month for minimum temperature since September 2018
• Mean minimum temperatures were generally close to average in most districts, but were below average in some isolated areas scattered across the State
• On the 14th, several sites had their lowest February temperature on record

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	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top