Thursday, 1 July 2021 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0

South Australia in June 2021: wettest since 2016

Rainfall was above average for most of the southern Agricultural districts, but closer to average in the Lower South East. For South Australia as a whole, it was the wettest June since 2016. Daytime temperatures were generally close to average or warmer than average in the state's east, but were cooler than average in the west, particularly in the West Coast district. Night-time temperatures were above to very much above average in central and eastern Agricultural districts but were cooler than average in state's north-west.

Wettest June since 2016

• Rainfall was above average along most of South Australia's southern coastline, with rainfall close to average for the Lower South East.
• Rainfall was below average for parts of the Riverland and Murraylands districts. It was also drier than average in central parts of the Northeast Pastoral district, which had less than 10 mm for the month. But elsewhere, totals were close to average or above average during June.
• For South Australia as a whole, June rainfall was 21% above average, the highest since 2016.
• On the 7th, strong north to north-westerly winds ahead of a cold front resulted in areas of raised dust observed on the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Mid North district, and around Adelaide.
• The following day on the 8th, hail and sleet fell at Mount Lofty as a vigorous cold front crossed south-eastern Australia, with snow flurries on the Heysen Trail at Hallett Hut and at Mount Bryan in the state's Mid North.
• On the 17th, a cold front crossed the state, bringing widespread falls of 10 to 50 mm across central districts.
• In the 24 hours to 9am on the 18th, a few sites had their highest June daily rainfall on record.
• On the 24th, a low pressure system brought strong winds, rain, and abnormally high tides to the Adelaide region, with trees brought down in the Adelaide Hills.
• Two sites, each with less than 30 years of data, had their highest total June rainfall on record and several more had their highest total June rainfall for at least 20 years.
• Year-to-date rainfall has been below average in the east, particularly in the Riverland and Murraylands districts, but close to average or above average elsewhere. For South Australia as a whole, rainfall for the first 6 months of the year has been 11% below average.

Cool in the west, warmer in the east

• Daytime temperatures were generally close to average or warmer than average in the state's east, but were cooler than average in the west, particularly in the West Coast district.
• The mean maximum temperature for South Australia as a whole was 0.18 °C above average, the lowest since 2016.
• A few sites had their coldest June day on record.
• Loxton Research Centre had its highest June mean daily maximum temperature since 1991.
• Night-time temperatures were above to very much above average in central and eastern Agricultural districts but were cooler than average in the state's north-west.
• South Australia's mean minimum temperature was 0.50 °C above average, the highest since 2016.
• On the 7th, Kingscote Aero had its warmest June night on record.
• Several sites had their highest June mean daily minimum temperature on record or their highest June mean daily minimum temperature since 1991.
• The state-wide mean temperature was 0.33 °C above average, the highest for June since 2016.
• A few sites had either their highest June mean temperature on record or their highest June mean temperature since 1991.
• Year-to-date mean temperatures have generally been cooler than average in the state's north and parts of the east, but close to average across most other areas of South Australia. Overall, it has been South Australia's coolest first 6 months of the year since 2012.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in June 2021
Hottest day	28.2 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 1st and 13th
Warmest days on average	20.1 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest days on average	10.9 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day	5.8 °C at Mount Lofty on the 8th
Coldest night	-3.3 °C at Ernabella (Pukatja) on the 11th
Coolest nights on average	4.5 °C at Ernabella (Pukatja)
Warmest nights on average	12.6 °C at Neptune Island
Warmest night	16.0 °C at Neptune Island on the 2nd
Warmest on average overall	14.5 °C at Neptune Island
Coolest on average overall	8.6 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall	228.8 mm at Uraidla
Wettest day	49.8 mm at Rodwell Creek (Highland Valley (Greenhol on the 18th
Strongest wind gust	109 km/h at Cape Willoughby on the 24th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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

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Record highest June daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record
Strathalbyn Racecourse	36.6	on the 18th	28.4	on the 14th in 2013	25
Adelaide (Keswick)	46.8	on the 18th	41.4	on the 21st in 2012	21
Greenock Alert	39.8	on the 18th	38.0	on the 1st in 2013	21

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Record highest June total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Brownhill Creek (Scotch College)	143.0	142.2	in 2012	23	78.9
Wudinna Aero	105.2	66.2	in 2009	23	36.8

Highest June total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Penong	80.2	84.6	in 1981	42.0
Robe	142.4	162.8	in 1991	95.2
Yardea	57.2	126.0	in 1991	33.4
Hiltaba	57.6	61.0	in 1995*	35.0

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

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Record lowest June daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Cleve Aerodrome	9.8	on the 8th	10.5	on the 24th in 2007	25	16.1
Minnipa PIRSA	10.8	on the 11th	11.4	on the 24th in 2019	25	16.7
Tarcoola Aero	12.4	on the 22nd	12.6	on the 24th in 2019	24	18.8

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Highest June mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Loxton Research Centre	17.5	17.8	in 1991	16.3

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Record highest June daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Kingscote Aero	15.3	on the 7th	14.6	on the 9th in 1995	28	6.6

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Record highest June mean daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Renmark Aero	6.3	6.2	in 2004	25	4.3
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	6.0	5.9	in 2014	22	3.9
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	7.3	= 7.3	in 2005	22	5.4

Highest June mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Loxton Research Centre	6.6	8.4	in 1991	4.6
Mount Barker	7.6	8.7	in 1991	5.2

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Record highest June mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for June
Renmark Aero	11.8	= 11.8	in 2005	25	10.5

Highest June mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for June
Loxton Research Centre	12.0	13.1	in 1991	10.5
Mount Barker	11.2	12.2	in 1991	9.5

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for June 2021
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for June 2021	Diff from average	Highest for June 2021		Mean for June 2021	Diff from average	Lowest for June 2021		Total for June 2021	Average for June	Rank of June 2021	Fraction of June average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka	18.9	+0.3	26.3	1st	7.1	+0.2	1.5	28th	10.2	15.0	average	68%
Coober Pedy Airport	18.4	+0.1	26.3	1st	6.4	-0.5	1.3	10th	16.2	12.1	high	134%
Ernabella (Pukatja)	17.2	-0.6	24.8	1st	4.5	-0.2	-3.3	11th	11.6	15.2	average	76%
Mount Ive	17.0		23.0	7th					42.3	28.5	high	148%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	18.7	+0.2	25.9	1st	6.0	+1.0	-1.0	30th	6.4	14.5	average	44%
Tarcoola Aero	18.5	-0.3	25.3	1st	5.9	+0.7	0.0	20th	23.0	13.5	high	170%
Woomera Aerodrome	18.0	+0.6	24.3	1st	6.3	-0.4	2.2	30th	7.2	15.8	average	46%
Far North (district 17)
Leigh Creek Airport	17.3	+0.2	24.8	1st	6.0	+0.5	0.9	27th	12.2	16.4	average	74%
Marree Aero	19.5	+0.1	27.0	1st	6.4	+0.7	1.5	27th	4.4	10.4	average	42%
Moomba Airport	19.6	-0.3	26.9	1st	7.0	-0.3	2.2	10th	12.8	10.2	high	125%
Oodnadatta Airport	20.1	+0.2	28.2	13th	6.7	+0.2	0.5	11th	6.0	11.5	average	52%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO	17.5	-0.7	24.7	1st	7.2	+0.8	2.0	20th	67.4	35.8	high	188%
Cleve	16.1	+0.1	23.0	1st	8.7	+0.7	5.0	20th	79.8	47.4	high	168%
Cleve Aerodrome	15.9	-0.2	23.5	1st	8.8	+0.7	4.0	20th	63.8	43.5	high	147%
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid)	16.5		21.3	1st	10.4		6.1	20th	95.6
Cultana (Defence)	17.1		23.2	1st	7.5		3.4	16th	21.6
Cummins Aero	16.5	-0.1	22.8	1st	7.0	+0.9	0.8	19th	71.6	59.2	average	121%
Elliston	17.3	+0.1	23.3	1st	9.1	+0.7	3.6	20th	103.1	71.9	high	143%
Kimba	15.8	-0.2	22.0	7th	6.7	+0.8	3.0	23rd	75.0	40.4	v high	186%
Kyancutta	17.5	-0.3	24.4	1st	6.2	+0.9	0.7	20th	64.7	38.4	high	168%
Minnipa PIRSA	15.7	-1.0	23.2	1st	7.5	+0.2	3.9	9th	72.4	37.8	v high	192%
Neptune Island	16.4	+0.4	19.7	2nd	12.6	+0.3	7.4	8th	77.0	66.9	average	115%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	17.0	+0.2	21.9	1st	8.5	+0.1	4.4	20th	79.2	60.3	high	131%
Nullarbor	18.0	-0.8	24.4	6th	7.0	+0.7	0.0	11th	48.4	30.3	high	160%
Port Augusta Aero	18.5	+0.5	25.7	1st	6.7	+0.9	0.7	30th	22.2	24.5	average	91%
Streaky Bay	16.6	-0.6	23.5	1st	9.3	+0.3	6.0	21st	104.1	61.7	high	169%
Whyalla Aero	17.9	+0.7	24.5	1st	7.4	+1.4	0.8	29th	20.2	27.7	average	73%
Wudinna Aero	16.7	-0.7	24.4	1st	7.6	+1.1	2.0	19th	105.2	36.8	highest	286%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker	15.5	-0.9	23.2	1st	5.8	+1.3	0.7	27th	27.6	37.5	average	74%
Yongala	13.6	0.0	19.4	1st	4.6	+1.8	-0.7	30th	53.4	39.2	high	136%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	17.4	+0.2	21.5	7th	6.0	+2.1	-2.0	21st	34.2	23.7	high	144%
Yunta Airstrip	16.4	+0.6	21.6	1st	5.5	+2.0	-1.4	21st	17.6	14.6	high	121%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School	13.8	+0.3	20.2	1st	6.1	+1.4	0.7	5th	85.4	66.8	average	128%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS	17.5		23.3	1st	8.4		2.9	9th	42.8
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	16.4	+0.2	22.4	1st	7.3	+1.9	2.6	21st	53.8	50.1	average	107%
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh	16.1	+0.2	22.5	7th	8.9	+0.1	3.7	5th	56.6	54.6	average	104%
Kadina AWS	16.6	+0.5	21.5	7th	8.0	+2.3	2.4	21st	54.0	39.3	average	137%
Minlaton Aero	16.7	+0.4	21.8	1st	8.4	+0.7	3.6	26th	43.4	50.5	average	86%
Stenhouse Bay	16.7	+0.4	22.4	1st	10.1	+0.1	5.8	21st	75.4	69.6	average	108%
Warooka			19.6	1st	9.1	+0.6	5.2	25th	46.7	64.1	average	73%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda	15.0	0.0	18.8	2nd	10.9	+1.1	6.7	8th	116.4	87.8	average	133%
Cape Willoughby	15.7	+0.8	18.3	6th	11.6	+0.8	6.4	8th	94.6	74.7	high	127%
Kingscote Aero	16.7	+0.6	20.6	2nd	7.7	+1.1	1.0	21st	84.2	65.1	high	129%
Parndana CFS AWS	15.0		20.0	2nd	8.5		3.6	8th	132.8	98.3	high	135%
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)	16.7	+0.9	21.9	2nd	9.7	+1.3	4.9	9th	106.4	71.4	high	149%
Adelaide Airport	16.6	+0.7	21.3	2nd	9.2	+1.6	4.2	9th	75.6	56.0	high	135%
Edinburgh RAAF	16.8	+0.9	22.3	2nd	8.8	+2.1	2.8	9th	65.0	53.0	average	123%
Parafield Airport	17.2	+1.4	22.9	2nd	8.3	+1.3	1.8	9th	76.2	53.5	high	142%
Roseworthy AWS	16.9	+0.7	21.9	2nd	8.0	+1.6	2.2	9th	60.6	45.2	high	134%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa PIRSA	14.6	+0.5	20.2	1st	6.4	+1.4	0.6	5th	74.6	54.5	high	137%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS	16.6	+0.7	21.1	2nd	9.3	+0.9	5.2	1st	113.6	56.4	high	201%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve	13.6	+0.6	20.0	2nd	7.8	+0.5	4.3	8th	156.6	108.0	high	145%
Mount Barker	14.8	+1.0	19.3	2nd	7.6	+2.4	1.9	21st	165.7	100.0	high	166%
Mount Crawford AWS	12.3	+0.6	16.7	7th	6.9	+0.4	2.9	8th	118.6	85.8	high	138%
Mount Lofty	10.9	+1.5	16.4	2nd	6.3	+0.7	2.0	9th	215.2	136.2	v high	158%
Noarlunga	16.3	+0.8	21.9	2nd	10.0	+0.8	6.4	9th	89.6	63.9	high	140%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)	13.2	+0.8	18.6	2nd	8.3	+0.6	4.2	8th	146.6	122.4	average	120%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay)	16.8	+0.7	21.0	2nd	7.8	+0.7	1.4	21st	113.2	79.7	high	142%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre	17.5	+1.2	21.3	7th	6.6	+2.0	-1.2	21st	13.2	24.2	average	55%
Renmark Aero	17.4	+0.6	21.6	7th	6.3	+2.0	-1.6	21st	13.0	19.2	average	68%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda	14.0	+0.3	19.3	1st	5.4	-0.3	1.8	21st	58.4	51.6	average	113%
Meningie	16.5	+0.9	21.0	2nd	8.3	+1.3	3.5	21st	121.9	62.2	v high	196%
Murray Bridge	17.2	+0.4	22.3	7th	7.1	+1.1	2.4	30th	53.4	38.1	high	140%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome)	16.7	+0.6	22.3	7th	6.8	+1.9	1.0	21st	49.6	30.7	high	162%
Strathalbyn Racecourse	16.2	+0.4	20.8	7th	8.2	+0.9	2.3	29th	92.8	52.2	high	178%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith	16.4	+0.9	21.4	7th	7.3	+1.4	1.8	5th	60.0	52.2	average	115%
Keith (Munkora)	16.1	+0.5	21.7	7th	6.8	+1.8	0.6	5th	56.6	48.3	average	117%
Lameroo (Austin Plains)	16.3	+1.0	20.9	7th	6.9	+2.0	1.8	5th	32.2	27.6	average	117%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	15.1	+0.4	18.6	2nd	8.3	+0.4	4.1	5th	111.8	67.3	v high	166%
Coonawarra	14.9	+0.4	19.6	7th	6.8	+1.4	-0.2	21st	65.2	73.3	average	89%
Mount Gambier Aero	14.8	+0.9	18.6	2nd	6.9	+1.1	-0.1	21st	101.0	84.5	high	120%
Naracoorte Aerodrome	15.1	+0.2	19.9	7th	6.6	+1.1	0.2	20th	50.0	55.0	average	91%
Padthaway South	15.1	+0.1	19.8	7th	6.7	+1.3	-0.2	5th	64.4	54.5	average	118%
Robe	14.5	+0.2	16.5	3rd	9.3	+0.6	5.9	20th	142.4	95.2	high	150%
Robe Airfield	15.3	+0.1	18.2	2nd	7.3	+0.8	1.2	5th	130.8	88.3	high	148%

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