Monday, 3 April 2023 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0
South Australia in March 2023
Rainfall
- Rainfall in March was 63% below average (1961–1990) for South Australia as a whole, making it the state's driest March since 2019.
- Most areas of the Pastoral districts recorded less than 10 mm during the month and less than 50% of average.
Temperature
- The mean maximum temperature for South Australia as a whole was 1.81 °C warmer than average (1961–1990), the tenth-highest on record for March (since 1910) and highest since 2019.
- On the 18th, several sites had their highest March temperature on record.
- On the 26th, Hindmarsh Island had its coldest March day on record.
- Mount Gambier Aero had its lowest March mean daily maximum temperature since 1997.
- The mean minimum temperature for South Australia as a whole was 0.99 °C warmer than average (1961–1990).
- On the 18th, Ernabella (Pukatja) had its warmest March night on record.
- The overall mean temperature for South Australia as a whole was 1.40 °C warmer than average (1961–1990).
- Coober Pedy Airport had its highest March mean temperature on record and Oodnadatta Airport had its highest March mean temperature since 1968.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in March 2023 | |
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| Hottest day |
43.8 °C at Andamooka
and Marree Aero on the 18th |
| Warmest days on average |
36.6 °C at Oodnadatta Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
19.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
13.3 °C at Mount Lofty on the 7th |
| Coldest night |
4.0 °C at Keith (Munkora) on the 13th |
| Coolest nights on average |
9.9 °C at Keith (Munkora)
and Naracoorte Aerodrome |
| Warmest nights on average |
21.7 °C at Oodnadatta Airport |
| Warmest night |
29.5 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 19th |
| Warmest on average overall |
29.1 °C at Oodnadatta Airport |
| Coolest on average overall |
15.2 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
66.8 mm at Piccadilly (Woodhouse) |
| Wettest day |
28.6 mm at Uraidla (Sutton Creek) on the 8th |
| Strongest wind gust |
85 km/h at Sellicks Hill (Mount Terrible Radar) on the 20th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Mean daily maximum temperatures |
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| Mean daily minimum temperatures |
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| Record highest March temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Leigh Creek Airport | 42.3 | on the 18th | 42.0 | on the 2nd in 2016 | 40 | 31.4 |
| Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) | 43.4 | on the 18th | 43.2 | on the 2nd in 2009 | 26 | 32.2 |
| Yunta Airstrip | 41.7 | on the 18th | 40.8 | on the 2nd in 2016 | 25 | 28.9 |
| Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 42.5 | on the 18th | 42.3 | on the 6th in 2016 | 24 | 29.4 |
| Record lowest March daily maximum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Hindmarsh Island AWS | 16.4 | on the 26th | 16.7 | on the 21st in 2003 | 21 | 23.9 |
| Lowest March mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent lower |
Average for March |
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| Mount Gambier Aero | 21.3 | 21.0 | in 1997 | 23.2 | |
| Record highest March daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Ernabella (Pukatja) | 27.5 | on the 18th | 27.0 | on the 7th in 1999 | 26 | 17.7 |
| Record highest March mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for March |
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| Coober Pedy Airport | 27.4 | 27.3 | in 2019 | 28 | 25.3 |
| Highest March mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for March |
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| Oodnadatta Airport | 29.1 | 29.3 | in 1968* | 26.6 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for March 2023 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for March 2023 |
Diff from average |
Highest for March 2023 |
Mean for March 2023 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for March 2023 |
Total for March 2023 |
Average for March |
Rank of March 2023 |
Fraction of March average |
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| Northwest (district 16) | ||||||||||||
| Andamooka | 33.5 | +1.2 | 43.8 | 18th | 18.8 | +0.4 | 14.0 | 8th | 2.0 | 13.6 | average | 15% |
| Coober Pedy Airport | 34.4 | +2.4 | 42.1 | 17th | 19.7 | +1.2 | 13.4 | 30th | 14.0 | 10.8 | high | 130% |
| Ernabella (Pukatja) | 34.7 | +3.1 | 40.4 | 18th | 19.8 | +2.1 | 14.2 | 10th | 2.6 | 24.5 | average | 11% |
| Mount Ive | 38.5 | 15th | 14.1 | 11.0 | 30th | 23.1 | 13.5 | high | 171% | |||
| Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) | 33.3 | +1.1 | 43.4 | 18th | 17.3 | +0.1 | 12.4 | 10th | 1.2 | 7.4 | low | 16% |
| Tarcoola Aero | 32.8 | +1.0 | 42.0 | 17th | 16.1 | -0.1 | 8.6 | 30th | 2.0 | 16.0 | average | 13% |
| Woomera Aerodrome | 31.8 | +1.3 | 41.8 | 18th | 17.1 | +0.2 | 11.6 | 8th | 0 | 12.6 | lowest | 0% |
| Far North (district 17) | ||||||||||||
| Arkaroola | 31.6 | +1.5 | 40.7 | 18th | 16.6 | +0.7 | 11.5 | 11th | 2.8 | 28.8 | average | 10% |
| Leigh Creek Airport | 32.7 | +1.3 | 42.3 | 18th | 17.8 | +0.3 | 12.1 | 30th | 1.2 | 17.8 | average | 7% |
| Marree Aero | 35.3 | +1.5 | 43.8 | 18th | 18.7 | -0.1 | 13.2 | 10th | 12.8 | 11.4 | average | 112% |
| Moomba Airport | 36.3 | +2.3 | 43.1 | 18th | 21.2 | +0.7 | 16.5 | 30th | 0.2 | 24.4 | average | 1% |
| Oodnadatta Airport | 36.6 | +2.8 | 43.7 | 18th | 21.7 | +2.4 | 14.4 | 30th | 4.2 | 13.9 | average | 30% |
| Western Agricultural (district 18) | ||||||||||||
| Ceduna AMO | 26.1 | -0.6 | 42.1 | 17th | 13.9 | +0.6 | 7.3 | 10th | 19.2 | 15.8 | high | 122% |
| Cleve | 25.5 | -0.4 | 38.1 | 17th | 14.4 | -0.4 | 10.0 | 30th | 10.6 | 21.6 | average | 49% |
| Cleve Aerodrome | 25.7 | -0.3 | 38.7 | 17th | 14.0 | -0.6 | 10.1 | 30th | 6.6 | 21.1 | average | 31% |
| Coffin Bay (Point Avoid) | 23.0 | 36.7 | 17th | 15.1 | 11.6 | 10th | 14.6 | |||||
| Cultana (Defence) | 29.6 | 38.7 | 17th | 15.1 | 11.4 | 13th | 13.0 | |||||
| Cummins Aero | 26.3 | -0.9 | 39.3 | 17th | 11.7 | -1.7 | 6.5 | 2nd | 19.4 | 14.8 | average | 131% |
| Elliston | 25.0 | +0.7 | 38.6 | 17th | 14.3 | -0.1 | 9.4 | 2nd | 19.4 | 14.8 | high | 131% |
| Kimba | 27.7 | -0.3 | 38.0 | 17th | 13.2 | -0.8 | 9.0 | 30th | 15.7 | 16.8 | average | 93% |
| Kyancutta | 29.8 | -0.1 | 40.2 | 17th | 12.4 | 0.0 | 8.1 | 2nd | 15.6 | 13.9 | average | 112% |
| Neptune Island | 20.9 | -0.2 | 22.9 | 15th | 16.3 | +0.2 | 14.1 | 30th | 17.0 | 18.1 | average | 94% |
| North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) | 24.0 | -0.4 | 31.3 | 15th | 14.8 | +0.2 | 11.3 | 14th | 19.8 | 17.1 | average | 116% |
| Nullarbor | 26.3 | -0.4 | 42.9 | 17th | 15.0 | +0.7 | 9.7 | 30th | 12.0 | 20.8 | average | 58% |
| Port Augusta Aero | 30.0 | -0.5 | 40.1 | 17th | 16.6 | -0.1 | 11.7 | 30th | 4.4 | 12.3 | average | 36% |
| Streaky Bay | 26.3 | -0.9 | 39.8 | 17th | 14.5 | -0.3 | 10.9 | 2nd | 5.5 | 14.7 | average | 37% |
| Whyalla Aero | 26.6 | -0.7 | 39.2 | 15th | 15.6 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 13th | 8.8 | 17.4 | average | 51% |
| Wudinna Aero | 29.1 | -0.5 | 40.5 | 17th | 12.3 | -0.7 | 7.2 | 2nd | 12.2 | 15.7 | average | 78% |
| Upper North (district 19) | ||||||||||||
| Hawker | 30.3 | +0.2 | 39.6 | 18th | 13.8 | -1.2 | 9.2 | 8th | 1.4 | 16.1 | low | 9% |
| Yongala | 27.8 | +0.6 | 38.3 | 18th | 8.1 | 25th | 6.8 | 16.1 | average | 42% | ||
| Northeast (district 20) | ||||||||||||
| Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) | 29.3 | -0.1 | 42.5 | 18th | 12.2 | -0.2 | 7.5 | 13th | 11.4 | 12.3 | average | 93% |
| Yunta Airstrip | 30.0 | +1.1 | 41.7 | 18th | 12.3 | -0.7 | 7.0 | 30th | 1.6 | 12.4 | average | 13% |
| Lower North (district 21) | ||||||||||||
| Clare High School | 25.8 | -0.4 | 34.8 | 17th | 11.4 | -0.8 | 6.8 | 30th | 28.2 | 22.6 | high | 125% |
| Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS | 28.8 | 38.6 | 17th | 14.5 | 9.7 | 30th | 22.0 | |||||
| Snowtown (Rayville Park) | 28.2 | -0.6 | 37.5 | 17th | 11.4 | -0.7 | 6.3 | 30th | 14.6 | 16.5 | average | 88% |
| Yorke Peninsula (district 22A) | ||||||||||||
| Edithburgh | 22.7 | -0.9 | 28.5 | 16th | 15.6 | -0.2 | 11.4 | 6th | 22.6 | 16.6 | high | 136% |
| Kadina AWS | 26.7 | -1.5 | 36.0 | 17th | 12.8 | -0.8 | 7.7 | 13th | 28.0 | 26.3 | average | 106% |
| Minlaton Aero | 25.0 | -1.6 | 34.0 | 17th | 13.0 | -1.0 | 9.2 | 30th | 0 | 13.8 | lowest | 0% |
| Stenhouse Bay | 22.2 | -1.2 | 26.8 | 16th | 15.8 | -0.2 | 13.9 | 10th | 27.2 | 18.6 | high | 146% |
| Warooka | 24.0 | -1.1 | 32.3 | 17th | 14.5 | -0.2 | 11.0 | 9th | 34.7 | 16.3 | high | 213% |
| Kangaroo Island (district 22B) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Borda | 20.8 | -1.7 | 24.1 | 21st | 13.5 | -0.2 | 10.5 | 10th | 25.4 | 21.9 | average | 116% |
| Cape Willoughby | 20.4 | -0.4 | 27.7 | 17th | 15.4 | -0.2 | 12.8 | 7th | 29.0 | 21.0 | high | 138% |
| Kingscote Aero | 23.3 | -1.3 | 30.9 | 15th | 11.8 | +0.3 | 6.7 | 13th | 20.8 | 22.2 | high | 94% |
| Parndana CFS AWS | 22.2 | -1.8 | 31.0 | 17th | 12.0 | -0.4 | 9.4 | 10th | 30.8 | 17.7 | high | 174% |
| Adelaide Plains (district 23A) | ||||||||||||
| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 25.0 | -1.1 | 33.6 | 17th | 14.5 | -0.7 | 10.9 | 30th | 34.2 | 23.6 | high | 145% |
| Adelaide Airport | 24.1 | -1.4 | 33.1 | 17th | 15.1 | +0.5 | 11.5 | 13th | 33.0 | 21.1 | high | 156% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 25.7 | -1.3 | 34.2 | 17th | 13.7 | -0.9 | 9.4 | 13th | 17.6 | 23.4 | average | 75% |
| Parafield Airport | 26.1 | -0.9 | 34.1 | 17th | 13.9 | -0.7 | 9.8 | 30th | 23.8 | 21.7 | average | 110% |
| Roseworthy AWS | 26.7 | -1.6 | 35.5 | 17th | 11.7 | -1.2 | 6.0 | 13th | 0.8 | 16.1 | lowest | 5% |
| County Light (district 23B) | ||||||||||||
| Nuriootpa PIRSA | 25.0 | -1.0 | 33.6 | 17th | 11.5 | -0.5 | 5.6 | 12th | 23.4 | 24.8 | average | 94% |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C) | ||||||||||||
| Hindmarsh Island AWS | 22.3 | -1.6 | 30.0 | 17th | 14.7 | +0.2 | 10.8 | 13th | 32.8 | 14.9 | v high | 220% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 21.5 | -1.8 | 30.7 | 17th | 12.2 | -0.6 | 9.8 | 25th | 39.4 | 32.6 | high | 121% |
| Mount Barker | 23.8 | -0.9 | 32.0 | 17th | 11.7 | +1.2 | 8.1 | 14th | 34.8 | 30.9 | high | 113% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 22.3 | -1.2 | 31.1 | 17th | 11.5 | -0.7 | 8.7 | 25th | 33.4 | 26.7 | high | 125% |
| Mount Lofty | 19.6 | -0.2 | 27.9 | 17th | 10.8 | -0.4 | 7.9 | 25th | 64.0 | 39.9 | high | 160% |
| Noarlunga | 24.1 | -1.6 | 33.0 | 17th | 14.9 | -0.7 | 11.7 | 30th | 19.2 | 18.7 | average | 103% |
| Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) | 19.9 | -1.3 | 29.5 | 17th | 12.5 | -0.5 | 10.8 | 9th | 35.0 | 33.0 | average | 106% |
| Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) | 22.3 | -1.3 | 29.6 | 17th | 13.3 | +0.4 | 8.9 | 28th | 34.4 | 19.9 | v high | 173% |
| Upper Murray Valley (district 24A) | ||||||||||||
| Loxton Research Centre | 27.8 | -0.6 | 39.1 | 18th | 12.5 | +0.2 | 8.6 | 30th | 11.0 | 11.5 | average | 96% |
| Renmark Aero | 28.5 | -0.6 | 40.1 | 18th | 12.5 | -0.6 | 6.5 | 30th | 4.2 | 11.1 | average | 38% |
| Lower Murray Valley (district 24B) | ||||||||||||
| Eudunda | 24.4 | -1.4 | 33.5 | 15th | 12.3 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 30th | 16.4 | 20.8 | average | 79% |
| Murray Bridge | 25.7 | -1.2 | 35.0 | 15th | 13.5 | +0.5 | 10.2 | 13th | 11.6 | 20.0 | average | 58% |
| Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) | 25.7 | -1.8 | 35.0 | 15th | 12.6 | +0.2 | 9.0 | 7th | 7.2 | 17.0 | average | 42% |
| Strathalbyn Racecourse | 23.8 | -1.5 | 33.7 | 15th | 12.9 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 13th | 23.2 | 17.1 | high | 136% |
| Upper Southeast (district 25B) | ||||||||||||
| Keith | 25.6 | -1.3 | 31.6 | 15th | 11.0 | -0.5 | 6.5 | 13th | 27.2 | 21.1 | high | 129% |
| Keith (Munkora) | 25.6 | -1.9 | 32.3 | 4th | 9.9 | -0.4 | 4.0 | 13th | 24.6 | 17.8 | high | 138% |
| Lameroo (Austin Plains) | 26.7 | -1.3 | 34.3 | 15th | 11.0 | -1.0 | 7.3 | 13th | 14.0 | 17.2 | average | 81% |
| Lower Southeast (district 26) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) | 21.0 | -1.7 | 24.1 | 20th | 12.5 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 5th | 30.6 | 20.9 | high | 146% |
| Coonawarra | 22.6 | -2.4 | 29.7 | 23rd | 10.4 | +0.1 | 4.5 | 13th | 29.4 | 26.2 | average | 112% |
| Mount Gambier Aero | 21.3 | -1.9 | 27.0 | 23rd | 10.5 | -0.1 | 6.2 | 26th | 56.0 | 35.4 | high | 158% |
| Naracoorte Aerodrome | 24.3 | -1.9 | 31.2 | 23rd | 9.9 | -0.2 | 4.4 | 13th | 18.2 | 23.2 | average | 78% |
| Padthaway South | 24.1 | -1.9 | 30.2 | 4th | 10.0 | -0.5 | 4.4 | 25th | 27.8 | 23.3 | average | 119% |
| Robe | 20.2 | -0.9 | 23.5 | 17th | 13.1 | +0.3 | 9.0 | 13th | 28.5 | 26.5 | average | 108% |
| Robe Airfield | 21.0 | -2.1 | 25.4 | 17th | 11.5 | +0.1 | 6.3 | 22nd | 31.0 | 24.6 | high | 126% |
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.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 8 am on Monday 3 April 2023. 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
