Wednesday, 1 May 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC13L0
Greater Adelaide in April 2019: very dry and warm
Rainfall for April was very much below average throughout Adelaide and the Hills, with many suburbs having less than 10% of their monthly average. Daytime temperatures were very much warmer than average, with a burst of late season warmth during the third week of the month. Night-time temperatures generally weren't as extreme, but were still above average in most suburbs.
A very dry month
- Rainfall was very much below average throughout Adelaide and the Hills during April
- In the city, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) recorded 3.2 mm, which ranked as one of its ten driest Aprils on record
- Rainfall totals across Greater Adelaide were less than 10 mm and ranged from 1% of average at Rosedale to 15% of average at Mount Lofty
- For the January to April period, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) and Adelaide (Kent Town) each had their driest starts to the year on record
- A number of sites had either their lowest total April rainfall on record or their lowest total April rainfall for at least 20 years
Warmer than average
- There was unusual late season warmth for several days between the 14th and the 20th, with maximum temperatures more than 10 °C warmer than average on some days and minimum temperatures not dropping below 20 °C on the 17th
- The daily maximum temperature of 33.8 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) on the 19th was the highest temperature recorded at the official city site so late in the season (previous late season record was 33.6 °C on 19 April 1902)
- Mean maximum temperatures ranged from 1.1 °C warmer than average at Noarlunga to 3.2 °C warmer than average at Mount Lofty
- For the January to April period, Adelaide (Kent Town) had its second-warmest start to the year for mean maximum temperature (warmest was January to April 2018)
- The daily minimum temperature of 24.5 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) on the 17th was the highest minimum temperature at the official city site so late in the season (previous late season record was 24.4 °C on 17 April 1992 at Kent Town); it was also the warmest April night in the city for more than ten years, since 2 April 2005 (26.6 °C at Kent Town)
- Mean minimum temperatures ranged from 0.2 °C cooler than average at Rosedale to 1.9 °C warmer than average at Adelaide Airport
- On the 17th, Mount Barker had its warmest April night on record
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
- Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 3.2 mm, which is 7% of the long-term average of 43.8 mm
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 24.3 °C, which is 2.1 °C above the long-term average of 22.2 °C. The warmest day was 33.8 °C on the 19th, and the coolest day was on the 27th when the temperature reached 17.9 °C
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 14.1 °C, which is 1.3 °C above the long-term average of 12.8 °C. The coldest morning was 8.2 °C on the 25th, and the warmest morning was on the 17th when the minimum temperature was 24.5 °C
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in April 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
35.4 °C at Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) on the 16th |
| Warmest days on average |
25.3 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
19.3 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
12.6 °C at Mount Lofty on the 26th |
| Coldest night |
2.0 °C at Mount Barker on the 11th |
| Coolest nights on average |
10.5 °C at Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) |
| Warmest nights on average |
14.3 °C at Noarlunga |
| Warmest night |
24.7 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) on the 17th |
| Warmest on average overall |
19.2 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) 19.2 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) |
| Coolest on average overall |
15.0 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
14.0 mm at Ashton |
| Driest overall |
0.2 mm at Gawler |
| Wettest day |
6.0 mm at Belair (State Flora Nursery) on the 9th |
| Strongest wind gust |
81 km/h at Kuitpo Forest Reserve on the 5th 81 km/h at Outer Harbour (Black Pole) on the 30th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Record lowest April total rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for April |
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| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | 2.0 | 2.6 | in 1993 | 52 | 48.6 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 0.6 | 1.8 | in 1997 | 47 | 29.5 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 7.2 | 7.4 | in 2005 | 22 | 55.7 |
| Lowest April total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Observed (mm) |
Most recent lower |
Average for April |
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| Meadows | 4.2 | 0.5 | in 1923 | 66.5 | |
| Williamstown | 1.2 | 0.8 | in 1962 | 51.6 | |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 0.4 | 0.0 | in 1962* | 36.4 | |
| Parafield Airport | 2.0 | 1.2 | in 1981* | 37.8 | |
| Lenswood | 5.8 | 3.2 | in 1993 | 70.8 | |
| Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | 6.2 | 2.6 | in 1993* | 61.2 | |
| Hahndorf | 4.7 | 4.2 | in 1997 | 61.7 | |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 3.0 | 1.4 | in 1997 | 42.5 | |
| Birdwood | 4.0 | =4.0 | in 1997* | 51.9 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported
| Record highest April daily minimum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for April |
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| Mount Barker | 23.4 | on the 17th | 21.7 | on the 26th in 1962 | 63 | 8.4 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for April 2019 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for April 2019 |
Diff from average |
Highest for April 2019 |
Mean for April 2019 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for April 2019 |
Total for April 2019 |
Average for April |
Rank of April 2019 |
Fraction of April average |
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| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 24.8 | +2.0 | 33.9 | 19th | 13.7 | +1.2 | 8.2 | 25th | 5.4 | 38.2 | v low | 14% |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 24.3 | +2.1 | 33.8 | 19th | 14.1 | +1.3 | 8.2 | 25th | 3.2 | 43.8 | v low | 7% |
| Adelaide Airport | 24.0 | +1.7 | 33.3 | 16th | 13.7 | +1.9 | 8.3 | 24th | 4.2 | 33.9 | v low | 12% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 25.1 | +2.0 | 35.3 | 16th | 13.1 | +1.4 | 6.2 | 23rd | 0.6 | 29.5 | lowest | 2% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 21.6 | +1.8 | 30.9 | 19th | 12.1 | +0.8 | 7.3 | 11th | 7.2 | 55.7 | lowest | 13% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 21.5 | +2.2 | 30.9 | 16th | 11.4 | +0.8 | 5.0 | 11th | 3.0 | 42.5 | v low | 7% |
| Mount Lofty | 19.3 | +3.2 | 28.3 | 19th | 10.7 | +0.8 | 4.6 | 11th | 8.6 | 57.8 | v low | 15% |
| Noarlunga | 23.6 | +1.1 | 32.9 | 19th | 14.3 | +0.5 | 9.6 | 18th | 3.2 | 31.4 | v low | 10% |
| Parafield Airport | 25.3 | +2.5 | 34.5 | 16th | 12.5 | +0.7 | 4.8 | 29th | 2.0 | 37.8 | v low | 5% |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 25.1 | +1.9 | 35.4 | 16th | 10.5 | -0.2 | 4.1 | 10th | 0.4 | 36.4 | v low | 1% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for April 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 22.5 | 28.2 | 26.5 | 33.5 | 33.0 | 22.3 | 23.9 | 23.8 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 22.3 | 25.3 | 22.7 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 33.9 | 26.7 | 23.5 | 33.9 | 32.4 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 22.4 | 20.9 | 22.4 | 18.4 | 19.0 | 19.1 | 24.5 | 25.2 |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 21.2 | 27.6 | 26.6 | 32.7 | 32.6 | 21.0 | 22.9 | 23.7 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 25.2 | 23.1 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 33.5 | 25.7 | 23.0 | 33.8 | 32.2 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 18.3 | 17.9 | 18.5 | 23.9 | 24.3 |
| Adelaide Airport | 20.6 | 27.3 | 26.3 | 31.6 | 32.3 | 20.4 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 20.6 | 24.7 | 23.6 | 25.7 | 29.6 | 33.3 | 25.6 | 24.0 | 32.6 | 32.0 | 20.0 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 23.3 | 24.3 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 21.4 | 27.6 | 27.3 | 33.0 | 34.1 | 21.7 | 23.7 | 24.1 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 23.3 | 28.9 | 29.3 | 35.3 | 31.7 | 23.8 | 34.6 | 33.1 | 20.4 | 20.9 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 21.3 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 24.7 | 25.3 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 20.2 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 30.2 | 30.4 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 22.2 | 18.9 | 24.5 | 26.3 | 30.8 | 25.0 | 19.3 | 30.9 | 29.5 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 16.4 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 15.7 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 21.5 | 23.4 |
| Mount Barker | 23.4 | 27.1 | 25.2 | 30.7 | 24.0 | 21.4 | 21.5 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 20.5 | 25.4 | 19.9 | 25.2 | 26.5 | 31.9 | 28.0 | 20.5 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 23.4 | ||||||||||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 21.0 | 24.7 | 24.4 | 28.6 | 29.9 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 19.1 | 22.1 | 19.5 | 24.3 | 24.7 | 30.9 | 27.3 | 20.8 | 29.7 | 28.2 | 16.1 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 17.6 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
| Mount Lofty | 17.8 | 22.2 | 21.2 | 27.7 | 27.1 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 17.7 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 27.9 | 22.0 | 20.7 | 28.3 | 26.8 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 19.0 | 19.6 |
| Noarlunga | 20.8 | 27.3 | 26.1 | 31.6 | 31.1 | 20.5 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 24.3 | 22.5 | 25.2 | 28.5 | 32.6 | 23.1 | 24.7 | 32.9 | 31.0 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 20.4 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 23.7 |
| Parafield Airport | 22.5 | 28.0 | 27.2 | 33.5 | 34.3 | 22.1 | 23.8 | 24.0 | 19.6 | 20.3 | 23.3 | 25.3 | 24.1 | 29.2 | 29.9 | 34.5 | 28.8 | 24.9 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 21.2 | 21.8 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 24.5 | 25.9 |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 23.0 | 28.2 | 29.5 | 32.6 | 34.0 | 23.0 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 19.5 | 18.8 | 22.1 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 35.4 | 32.0 | 23.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 24.3 | 25.2 |
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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 April 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 14.2 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 16.9 | 23.6 | 16.9 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 16.1 | 18.9 | 15.8 | 24.7 | 11.4 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 14.7 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 15.0 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 8.3 | 13.3 |
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 13.9 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 20.1 | 23.7 | 17.0 | 11.8 | 14.0 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 24.5 | 10.0 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 14.4 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 15.1 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 8.5 | 15.0 |
| Adelaide Airport | 14.7 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 20.2 | 22.6 | 17.4 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 15.6 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 23.1 | 10.4 | 15.7 | 19.3 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 15.1 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 14.1 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 13.0 | 9.4 | 12.1 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 16.7 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 16.4 | 20.1 | 16.1 | 23.6 | 10.1 | 16.3 | 17.7 | 14.9 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 14.5 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 7.8 | 13.4 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 10.9 | 10.2 | 14.2 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 13.4 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 19.8 | 22.3 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 18.9 | 12.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 11.3 |
| Mount Barker | 10.2 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 14.2 | 18.0 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 15.3 | 23.4 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 10.4 | |||||||||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 9.9 | 10.0 | 14.3 | 15.7 | 17.8 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 11.1 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 15.0 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 19.9 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 10.2 |
| Mount Lofty | 9.0 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 19.2 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.9 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 14.7 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 7.5 | 10.4 | 20.1 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 10.6 |
| Noarlunga | 13.6 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 23.4 | 15.8 | 12.4 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 17.7 | 18.2 | 22.5 | 9.6 | 15.4 | 24.4 | 14.6 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 11.1 | 14.3 |
| Parafield Airport | 12.0 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 18.3 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 9.2 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 19.6 | 15.7 | 23.4 | 8.1 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 7.4 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 14.1 | 8.1 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 13.1 |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 20.4 | 14.0 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 15.4 | 21.9 | 7.0 | 15.2 | 19.2 | 14.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 12.0 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 9.4 |
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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 April 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
| Adelaide (Brighton) | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | → | 1.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Adelaide (Glen Osmond) | → | 2.8 | - | - | - | → | → | → | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | → | → | 1.0 | - | - | → | → | → | → | → | 0.4 | → | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | → | → | 0.6 | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Keswick) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Morphettville Racecourse) | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Club) | 2.6 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Seaton) | 4.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide Airport | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aldgate | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ashton | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 4.8 | - | 0.4 | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Ashton Co-op | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Balhannah (Gumbooya) | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | |
| Beaumont | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair (St Johns) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| Belair (State Flora Nursery) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Bellevue Heights | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| Birdwood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.2 | - | |
| Birdwood (McVittie's Hill Rndsup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Bridgewater | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Burnside | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Clarendon | 4.0 | → | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crafers West | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | - | 2.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | |
| Cromer Road | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | 0.2 | - | - | |
| Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | 0.8 | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cudlee Creek (Odea Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| Edinburgh RAAF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gawler | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gould Creek (Hermitage) | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Greenacres | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Hahndorf | - | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.3 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | ||
| Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Harrogate (Mount Beevor South) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Heathfield Works Depot | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | |||||
| Inglewood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Ironstone Road | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Kangarilla (Saddlebags Rndsup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Kanmantoo (Millbrae) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kersbrook | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Kilburn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Lenswood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 1.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| Lenswood (Stringybark) | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 1.0 | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | |
| Lobethal (Graeber) | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Lobethal (Maidment Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Long Ridge (Greenhill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Longwood | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | |||||||||||||||
| Longwood Alert | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Macclesfield | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | → | → | 0.8 | 0.8 | - | - | - | → | → | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | → | → | → | 0.8 | ||
| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | → | 3.4 | - | - | - | → | → | 0.6 | 0.8 | - | - | - | → | → | 2.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | |||||
| Meadows | - | - | - | - | - | → | - | - | 1.4 | 0.4 | - | - | → | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Mitchell Park (Marion) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Montacute | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Morphettville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Barker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | → | 0.4 | - | - | - | ||
| Mount Crawford AWS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | |
| Mount Lofty | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | |
| Mt Bold (Scott Creek Alert) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 3.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Mt Torrens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | 0.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | |
| Mylor (Biggs Flat) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Nairne | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.6 | - | - | - | → | → | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |||||
| Noarlunga | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| North Adelaide | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | → | → | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Parafield Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Piccadilly (Woodhouse) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prospect Hill | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Red Creek (Burwood) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Regency Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Rosslyn Park (Seaview) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Sellicks Beach | 1.0 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla | 4.2 | 1.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla (Sutton Creek) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Verdun | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Williamstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | |
| Willunga | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | → | → | 0.4 | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | → | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | → | → | → | → | 1.0 | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Woodside (Inverbrackie) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Woodside (Wicks Estate) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | |
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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 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.
This summary includes 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 10 am on Wednesday 1 May 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.
Further information
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