Tuesday, 2 August 2022 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0
South Australia in July 2022: fifth-driest July on record; cooler than average nights, warmer than average days in the west
Rainfall was below average across almost the whole state, with large areas in the driest 10% of records for July. Minimum temperatures were lower than average for most of South Australia, while maximum temperatures were near average for most parts, tending to higher than average in the west.
Lowest July rainfall since 1997
- Rainfall for July was 71% below average for South Australia as a whole.
- It was South Australia's fifth-driest July since 1900 and the driest since 1997.
- Large area's of the state's south-east quarter and the north-west had rainfall totals in the lowest 10% of July records.
- The highest daily rainfall was recorded on the 17th, associated with a cold front crossing the south; most site had less than 10 mm of rain on most other days of July.
- Ashton, with a relatively short 21 years of historical records, had its highest July daily rainfall on record on the 17th.
- Parts of the North East Pastoral and North West Pastoral district recorded no rainfall during July.
Coldest July since 2012
- Mean minimum temperatures were below average for most of the state, particularly parts of the North East Pastoral district and western parts of the Eyre Peninsula, tending to above average in the far south-west.
- The mean minimum temperature was 1.07 °C below average and the lowest for July since 2012.
- Mean maximum temperatures were close to average for most of the state, tending to above average in the far west.
- South Australia's mean maximum temperature for July was 0.35 °C above average, making it the lowest since 2015.
- A few sites, with relatively short historical records, had their lowest July temperature on record, and others their lowest July mean daily minimum temperature on record.
- Some sites had their lowest July mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years and their lowest July mean temperature for at least 20 years.
- A couple of sites, with relatively short historical records, had their lowest July mean temperature on record.
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in July 2022 | |
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| Hottest day |
27.6 °C at Coober Pedy Airport on the 24th 27.6 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 24th |
| Warmest days on average |
19.4 °C at Oodnadatta Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
9.1 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
5.2 °C at Mount Lofty on the 19th |
| Coldest night |
-4.9 °C at Ernabella (Pukatja) on the 6th |
| Coolest nights on average |
2.0 °C at Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) |
| Warmest nights on average |
11.6 °C at Neptune Island |
| Warmest night |
14.1 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 31st |
| Warmest on average overall |
13.3 °C at Neptune Island |
| Coolest on average overall |
6.9 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
97.4 mm at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) |
| Wettest day |
50.6 mm at Ashton on the 17th |
| Strongest wind gust |
87 km/h at Neptune Island on the 31st |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Record highest July daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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| Ashton | 50.6 | on the 17th | 47.4 | on the 24th in 2004 | 21 | |
| Lowest July mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for July |
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| Eudunda | 11.9 | =11.9 | in 1998 | 13.2 | |
| Record lowest July temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for July |
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| Coober Pedy Airport | -1.0 | on the 5th | -0.4 | on the 22nd in 1997 | 29 | 6.4 |
| Marree Aero | -1.2 | on the 6th | -1.0 | on the 3rd in 2012 | 25 | 5.0 |
| Tarcoola Aero | -4.5 | on the 6th | -2.9 | on the 19th in 2015 | 25 | 4.6 |
| Record lowest July mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for July |
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| Moomba Airport | 4.5 | 4.8 | in 2014 | 27 | 6.3 |
| Padthaway South | 3.9 | = 3.9 | in 2020 | 22 | 5.6 |
| Lowest July mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for July |
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| Keith | 4.0 | 2.7 | in 1997 | 5.6 | |
| Kyancutta | 2.8 | 0.4 | in 1997 | 4.8 | |
| Ceduna AMO | 4.1 | 4.0 | in 2001 | 5.8 | |
| Record lowest July mean temperature | |||||
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Average for July |
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| Moomba Airport | 11.6 | = 11.6 | in 1997 | 27 | 13.1 |
| Padthaway South | 8.9 | 9.1 | in 2020 | 22 | 10.0 |
| Lowest July mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for July |
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| Ceduna AMO | 10.6 | 9.4 | in 1997 | 11.6 | |
| Andamooka | 11.4 | 11.2 | in 1998 | 12.3 | |
| Keith | 9.5 | 9.2 | in 1998 | 10.3 | |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for July 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for July 2022 |
Diff from average |
Highest for July 2022 |
Mean for July 2022 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for July 2022 |
Total for July 2022 |
Average for July |
Rank of July 2022 |
Fraction of July average |
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| Northwest (district 16) | ||||||||||||
| Andamooka | 17.9 | -0.7 | 24.0 | 24th | 4.9 | -1.1 | 0.7 | 15th | 0 | 11.0 | lowest | 0% |
| Coober Pedy Airport | 18.0 | -0.7 | 27.6 | 24th | 4.6 | -1.8 | -1.0 | 5th | 0 | 4.7 | lowest | 0% |
| Ernabella (Pukatja) | 18.8 | +0.2 | 26.5 | 24th | 3.4 | -1.1 | -4.9 | 6th | 0 | 11.5 | lowest | 0% |
| Mount Ive | 16.5 | 21.0 | 24th | -2.0 | 21st | 14.3 | 22.3 | average | 64% | |||
| Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) | 17.8 | -0.9 | 24.3 | 24th | 2.0 | -2.3 | -3.0 | 6th | 0 | 5.9 | lowest | 0% |
| Tarcoola Aero | 18.3 | -0.8 | 27.3 | 24th | 3.2 | -1.4 | -4.5 | 6th | 3.8 | 10.4 | average | 37% |
| Woomera Aerodrome | 16.9 | -0.2 | 23.7 | 24th | 4.7 | -1.1 | 1.2 | 6th | 0.8 | 13.8 | low | 6% |
| Far North (district 17) | ||||||||||||
| Arkaroola | 16.2 | -0.6 | 22.5 | 24th | -3.5 | 3rd | 0 | 14.0 | lowest | 0% | ||
| Leigh Creek Airport | 16.7 | -0.2 | 22.8 | 24th | 3.2 | -1.5 | -0.5 | 15th | 0 | 14.3 | lowest | 0% |
| Marree Aero | 18.6 | -0.9 | 25.3 | 24th | 3.2 | -1.8 | -1.2 | 6th | 0 | 4.1 | lowest | 0% |
| Moomba Airport | 18.6 | -1.3 | 26.0 | 24th | 4.5 | -1.8 | 0.7 | 11th | 0 | 11.5 | lowest | 0% |
| Oodnadatta Airport | 19.4 | -0.4 | 27.6 | 24th | 4.3 | -1.5 | -1.6 | 5th | 0 | 8.9 | lowest | 0% |
| Western Agricultural (district 18) | ||||||||||||
| Ceduna AMO | 17.0 | -0.5 | 22.4 | 29th | 4.1 | -1.7 | -3.9 | 6th | 21.0 | 38.3 | low | 55% |
| Cleve | 14.8 | -0.5 | 18.7 | 29th | 6.9 | -0.3 | 3.0 | 18th | 25.6 | 45.7 | low | 56% |
| Cleve Aerodrome | 14.4 | -1.2 | 18.3 | 29th | 6.6 | -0.9 | 2.1 | 21st | 14.4 | 41.8 | v low | 34% |
| Coffin Bay (Point Avoid) | 15.5 | 18.2 | 29th | 9.0 | 4.4 | 21st | 42.8 | |||||
| Cultana (Defence) | 16.4 | 23.5 | 24th | 5.8 | 2.4 | 6th | 2.2 | |||||
| Cummins Aero | 15.0 | -0.6 | 17.9 | 23rd | 4.4 | -1.0 | -1.4 | 6th | 25.6 | 62.7 | v low | 41% |
| Elliston | 16.5 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 29th | 6.7 | -1.2 | 1.5 | 6th | 54.6 | 70.5 | average | 77% |
| Kimba | 14.9 | -0.6 | 19.0 | 24th | 4.7 | -0.3 | 1.5 | 6th | 17.0 | 40.9 | v low | 42% |
| Kyancutta | 17.1 | -0.1 | 20.8 | 29th | 2.8 | -2.0 | -3.6 | 21st | 13.4 | 39.4 | v low | 34% |
| Minnipa PIRSA | 15.4 | -0.9 | 19.0 | 29th | 5.9 | -0.8 | 2.0 | 6th | 25.4 | 34.7 | average | 73% |
| Neptune Island | 15.1 | -0.2 | 16.9 | 23rd | 11.6 | +0.3 | 9.5 | 20th | 38.2 | 76.1 | low | 50% |
| North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 15.3 | -0.8 | 18.8 | 23rd | 6.6 | -0.8 | 2.5 | 15th | 34.4 | 56.1 | low | 61% |
| Nullarbor | 18.1 | -0.3 | 25.0 | 29th | 5.5 | +0.3 | -0.8 | 6th | 26.6 | 26.6 | average | 100% |
| Port Augusta Aero | 17.6 | -0.4 | 25.2 | 24th | 4.2 | -0.4 | -2.3 | 6th | 1.8 | 16.3 | lowest | 11% |
| Whyalla Aero | 16.2 | -0.9 | 24.0 | 24th | 5.0 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 10th | 4.6 | 21.7 | v low | 21% |
| Wudinna Aero | 16.7 | -0.3 | 20.9 | 29th | 4.1 | -2.1 | -2.1 | 21st | 10.6 | 32.9 | v low | 32% |
| Upper North (district 19) | ||||||||||||
| Hawker | 15.9 | -0.1 | 21.2 | 24th | 3.6 | -0.1 | -2.1 | 6th | 1.6 | 32.7 | v low | 5% |
| Northeast (district 20) | ||||||||||||
| Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 16.4 | -0.7 | 23.0 | 24th | 3.9 | +0.3 | -3.5 | 15th | 6.0 | 18.9 | lowest | 32% |
| Yunta Airstrip | 15.2 | -0.5 | 21.2 | 24th | 3.3 | +0.2 | -4.4 | 6th | 1.6 | 13.8 | lowest | 12% |
| Lower North (district 21) | ||||||||||||
| Clare High School | 12.3 | -0.7 | 19.3 | 24th | 3.6 | -0.5 | -2.1 | 10th | 20.4 | 64.0 | v low | 32% |
| Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS | 16.5 | 23.1 | 24th | 4.4 | -0.9 | 10th | 6.4 | |||||
| Snowtown (Rayville Park) | 15.1 | -0.3 | 21.9 | 24th | 3.9 | -0.7 | -1.3 | 10th | 11.0 | 38.1 | v low | 29% |
| Yorke Peninsula (district 22A) | ||||||||||||
| Edithburgh | 14.6 | -0.5 | 17.5 | 23rd | 7.6 | +0.2 | 1.1 | 6th | 28.2 | 47.6 | low | 59% |
| Kadina AWS | 14.8 | -0.8 | 19.1 | 24th | 4.4 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 6th | 15.2 | 30.4 | low | 50% |
| Minlaton Aero | 14.8 | -0.6 | 17.5 | 24th | 6.2 | -0.8 | 1.2 | 20th | 29.8 | 46.4 | low | 64% |
| Stenhouse Bay | 14.8 | -0.8 | 16.9 | 23rd | 9.3 | +0.2 | 4.6 | 10th | 65.4 | 70.9 | average | 92% |
| Warooka | 7.4 | -0.2 | 3.8 | 20th | 44.8 | 65.1 | low | 69% | ||||
| Kangaroo Island (district 22B) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Borda | 13.8 | -0.5 | 16.1 | 27th | 8.8 | -0.4 | 6.0 | 10th | 47.4 | 89.2 | v low | 53% |
| Cape Willoughby | 13.8 | -0.4 | 16.1 | 23rd | 10.2 | +0.4 | 8.5 | 18th | 39.4 | 81.0 | v low | 49% |
| Kingscote Aero | 14.7 | -0.7 | 18.1 | 23rd | 5.3 | -0.7 | -0.6 | 10th | 50.2 | 66.7 | average | 75% |
| Parndana CFS AWS | 13.5 | -0.3 | 17.3 | 23rd | 6.3 | -0.5 | 3.5 | 6th | 70.6 | 94.1 | low | 75% |
| Adelaide Plains (district 23A) | ||||||||||||
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 14.9 | -0.1 | 19.8 | 24th | 7.2 | -0.4 | 2.7 | 10th | 32.2 | 65.7 | low | 49% |
| Adelaide Airport | 14.8 | -0.2 | 20.2 | 24th | 6.7 | -0.4 | 1.5 | 10th | 21.4 | 58.8 | v low | 36% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 14.8 | -0.5 | 19.5 | 24th | 5.5 | -0.6 | -0.2 | 10th | 22.4 | 52.6 | low | 43% |
| Parafield Airport | 15.1 | -0.1 | 19.7 | 24th | 5.6 | -0.7 | -0.4 | 10th | 19.0 | 58.4 | v low | 33% |
| Roseworthy AWS | 14.6 | -0.9 | 20.3 | 24th | 4.7 | -1.0 | -0.4 | 28th | 26.0 | 43.7 | low | 59% |
| County Light (district 23B) | ||||||||||||
| Nuriootpa PIRSA | 12.7 | -0.9 | 18.6 | 24th | 3.8 | -0.9 | -2.2 | 10th | 30.8 | 57.6 | v low | 53% |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C) | ||||||||||||
| Hindmarsh Island AWS | 14.4 | -1.0 | 18.3 | 23rd | 7.7 | -0.4 | 3.0 | 15th | 26.0 | 50.0 | v low | 52% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 11.6 | -0.8 | 15.9 | 24th | 6.1 | -0.6 | 2.4 | 10th | 46.4 | 107.7 | lowest | 43% |
| Mount Barker | 13.2 | +0.2 | 17.4 | 23rd | 5.5 | +0.9 | -1.0 | 10th | 38.4 | 106.9 | v low | 36% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 10.4 | -0.6 | 15.2 | 24th | 5.2 | -0.7 | 2.8 | 10th | 38.4 | 94.8 | v low | 41% |
| Mount Lofty | 9.1 | +0.2 | 14.8 | 24th | 4.6 | -0.4 | 0.8 | 20th | 83.2 | 147.9 | v low | 56% |
| Noarlunga | 14.4 | -0.5 | 19.5 | 24th | 7.8 | -0.9 | 3.6 | 15th | 23.8 | 61.4 | v low | 39% |
| Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 11.4 | -0.3 | 15.9 | 24th | 6.9 | -0.1 | 3.1 | 10th | 97.4 | 125.6 | average | 78% |
| Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) | 14.7 | -0.9 | 18.1 | 23rd | 6.4 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 15th | 41.6 | 78.8 | low | 53% |
| Upper Murray Valley (district 24A) | ||||||||||||
| Loxton Research Centre | 15.4 | -0.6 | 21.0 | 24th | 3.9 | 0.0 | -2.7 | 10th | 11.2 | 26.0 | low | 43% |
| Renmark Aero | 15.6 | -0.9 | 21.6 | 24th | 3.6 | -0.2 | -2.7 | 6th | 8.8 | 17.9 | low | 49% |
| Lower Murray Valley (district 24B) | ||||||||||||
| Eudunda | 11.9 | -1.3 | 18.2 | 24th | 5.1 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 10th | 14.8 | 50.8 | v low | 29% |
| Meningie | 14.9 | -0.1 | 19.4 | 23rd | 1.2 | 10th | 36.8 | 61.8 | low | 60% | ||
| Murray Bridge | 15.7 | -0.6 | 21.5 | 23rd | 5.5 | +0.1 | -1.0 | 6th | 17.3 | 35.8 | low | 48% |
| Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) | 15.0 | -0.7 | 19.9 | 23rd | 4.5 | -0.2 | -3.0 | 6th | 15.4 | 34.0 | v low | 45% |
| Strathalbyn Racecourse | 14.3 | -0.8 | 18.4 | 23rd | 6.3 | -0.3 | 1.4 | 6th | 27.0 | 54.8 | v low | 49% |
| Upper Southeast (district 25B) | ||||||||||||
| Keith | 14.7 | -0.3 | 20.4 | 24th | 4.0 | -1.6 | -1.6 | 10th | 40.9 | 55.7 | average | 73% |
| Keith (Munkora) | 14.3 | -0.6 | 19.6 | 24th | 4.0 | -1.1 | -1.8 | 6th | 36.6 | 55.5 | low | 66% |
| Lameroo (Austin Plains) | 14.0 | -0.7 | 18.9 | 24th | 3.9 | -0.5 | -1.0 | 10th | 26.0 | 31.8 | average | 82% |
| Lower Southeast (district 26) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 13.8 | -0.2 | 18.0 | 24th | 6.8 | -0.8 | 2.3 | 19th | 34.6 | 81.4 | v low | 43% |
| Coonawarra | 13.6 | -0.3 | 16.7 | 24th | 3.8 | -1.4 | -2.5 | 20th | 14.0 | 78.7 | lowest | 18% |
| Mount Gambier Aero | 13.5 | +0.3 | 18.3 | 24th | 4.8 | -0.4 | -2.1 | 20th | 65.0 | 100.5 | low | 65% |
| Naracoorte Aerodrome | 13.7 | -0.4 | 17.8 | 24th | 3.9 | -1.4 | -1.7 | 29th | 28.8 | 61.3 | low | 47% |
| Padthaway South | 14.0 | -0.3 | 18.5 | 24th | 3.9 | -1.7 | -1.8 | 10th | 32.6 | 64.8 | v low | 50% |
| Robe | 13.5 | -0.1 | 15.5 | 24th | 7.7 | -0.4 | 3.0 | 29th | 50.2 | 104.3 | v low | 48% |
| Robe Airfield | 14.0 | -0.5 | 18.1 | 24th | 5.8 | -0.9 | -0.1 | 29th | 53.4 | 97.2 | low | 55% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following 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 6 pm on Tuesday 2 August 2022. 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.
Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.
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