Sunday 3 November 2024 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0

South Australia in October 2024

Rainfall

• Rainfall in October was above average (highest 30% of all years since 1900) in the South Australia's west and parts of the east.
• Rainfall in October was below average (lowest 30% of all years since 1900) in the state's north and many southern agricultural districts, including around Adelaide.
• South Australia's area-averaged rainfall total in October was 12.33 mm, 32% below the 1961–1990 average.
• A low pressure trough and cold front brought heavy rain and strong winds to many areas of the state around the 17th and 18th, and several sites had their highest October daily rainfall on record.
• The strongest wind gust recorded during October was 137.0 km/h at Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS on the 17th, the strongest on record at the site for any month.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures for October were very much above average (highest 10% of all years since 1910) across most of South Australia.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 31.32 °C, 3.61 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the fourth-highest on record for all Octobers since national observations began in 1910.
• On the 17th, Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) had its hottest October day on record.
• Mean minimum temperatures for October were very much above average (highest 10% of all years since 1910) across most of South Australia, including areas of highest on record in the state's far north and west and in the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 15.08 °C, 2.88 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the second-warmest on record for all Octobers since national observations began in 1910.
• On the 17th, Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) had its warmest October night on record.
• Several sites had their highest October mean minimum temperature on record or their highest October mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• The overall mean temperatures for October were very much above average (highest 10% of all years since 1910) across most of South Australia.
• Mean temperatures were above average (highest 30% of all years since 1910) in the South East.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean temperature was 23.20 °C, 3.25 °C above the 1961–1990 average, making it the warmest since 2015 and second-warmest on record for all Octobers since national observations began in 1910.

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Extremes in October 2024
Hottest day	43.7 °C at Coober Pedy Airport on the 17th
Warmest days on average	34.5 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest days on average	18.4 °C at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)
Coldest day	11.2 °C at Mount Lofty on the 5th
Coldest night	-1.5 °C at Keith (Munkora) on the 8th
Coolest nights on average	6.6 °C at Keith (Munkora)
Warmest nights on average	19.6 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Warmest night	28.7 °C at Oodnadatta Airport on the 17th
Warmest on average overall	26.9 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest on average overall	13.9 °C at Coonawarra, Mount Gambier Aero, and Mount Lofty
Wettest overall	68.1 mm at Burra Community School
Wettest day	48.0 mm at Burra Community School on the 18th
Strongest wind gust	137.0 km/h at Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS on the 17th

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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 October daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	44.2	on the 18th	29.0	on 19 Oct 2000	27	25.7
Bordertown (Industrial Estate)	28.0	on the 18th	=28.0	on 23 Oct 2013	23	35.0
Greenock Alert	30.8	on the 18th	27.2	on 09 Oct 2005	22	34.4
Nuriootpa	36.2	on the 18th	36.0	on 23 Oct 2022	21	30.2

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Record highest October temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	42.9	on the 17th	42.0	on 17 Oct 1998	27	28.5

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Record highest October daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	17.2	on the 17th	17.0	on 03 Oct 2020	34	9.2

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Record highest October mean minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for October
Oodnadatta Airport	19.6	19.5	in 2015	75	15.3
Cape Willoughby	13.2	=13.2	in 2015	58	11.5
Stenhouse Bay	13.4	13.1	in 2015	29	11.7

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Highest October mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for October
Robe	11.5	12.1	in 1999	10.3

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported

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Summary statistics for October 2024
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for October 2024	Diff from average	Highest for October 2024		Mean for October 2024	Diff from average	Lowest for October 2024		Total for October 2024	Average for October	Rank of October 2024	Fraction of October average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka	31.9	+3.6	42.8	17th	16.4	+2.7	12.0	1st	4.6	19.1	average	24%
Coober Pedy Airport	32.7	+3.8	43.7	17th	17.3	+3.1	11.2	1st	5.4	12.9	average	42%
Ernabella (Pukatja)	32.2	+3.0	37.9	16th	16.6	+2.4	11.5	2nd	4.6	21.2	average	22%
Mount Ive	29.1	+1.6	36.0	30th	12.0	+0.1	6.0	19th	8.8	22.4	average	39%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	31.7	+3.2	42.9	17th	15.2	+2.4	9.2	1st	9.4	15.7	average	60%
Tarcoola Aero	31.6	+3.1	41.6	17th	13.5	+1.4	8.0	1st	9.6	18.2	average	53%
Woomera Aerodrome	30.3	+3.8	41.8	17th	15.1	+2.6	10.9	19th	6.4	16.6	average	39%
Far North (district 17)
Arkaroola	29.5	+2.5	38.1	17th	12.4	+0.7	7.1	2nd	8.4	18.7	average	45%
Leigh Creek Airport	30.6	+3.4	39.4	17th	15.6	+2.9	9.2	1st	1.0	18.1	low	6%
Marree Aero	33.0	+2.9	41.0	17th	16.8	+2.8	11.4	5th	9.4	12.1	high	78%
Moomba Airport	33.7	+2.9	39.2	16th	17.4	+1.6	11.4	1st	10.0	9.9	average	101%
Oodnadatta Airport	34.5	+4.0	42.4	16th	19.6	+4.3	11.1	1st	0.6	13.2	low	4%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO	25.8	+1.8	40.2	21st	11.1	+1.1	4.2	1st	7.0	24.9	low	28%
Cleve	26.8	+4.4	34.5	22nd	11.6	+1.3	4.5	26th	21.5	35.9	low	60%
Cleve Aerodrome	24.8	+1.7	34.9	21st	10.6	+0.6	5.0	1st	17.6	28.6	average	62%
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid)	21.7		32.5	21st	12.3		7.8	1st	17.0
Cultana (Defence)	28.3		36.9	16th	13.0		8.8	24th	4.6
Cummins Aero	25.8	+2.6	36.4	21st	8.6	+0.6	0.4	25th	14.2	25.6	low	56%
Elliston	24.1	+2.3	36.6	21st	11.9	+0.7	6.0	25th	17.6	29.9	average	59%
Kimba	27.4	+3.3	34.2	16th	11.5	+2.3	6.4	1st	14.0	29.9	average	47%
Kyancutta	28.8	+3.4	37.0	21st	9.9	+1.5	3.5	25th	18.9	25.4	average	74%
Minnipa PIRSA	27.8	+2.5	36.4	21st	11.6	+1.3	6.1	19th	13.6	22.2	average	61%
Neptune Island	18.8	+1.3	22.9	21st	13.9	+1.5	11.5	8th	19.0	26.0	average	73%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	21.9	+1.0	29.9	26th	11.1	+1.5	4.7	25th	18.0	28.8	average	62%
Nullarbor	26.6	+1.9	39.7	21st	12.4	+2.0	5.9	25th	27.8	18.0	high	154%
Port Augusta Aero	29.4	+2.4	38.8	17th	14.2	+2.3	10.0	25th	7.6	18.4	average	41%
Streaky Bay	25.9	+2.8	37.5	21st	11.3	-0.1	5.2	1st	17.3	25.8	average	67%
Whyalla Aero	25.8	+1.7	37.3	16th	12.5	+1.7	5.0	9th	5.6	22.5	low	25%
Wudinna Aero	28.8	+2.8	36.9	21st	9.9	+1.1	3.1	25th	18.0	20.9	average	86%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker	26.9	+1.1	34.1	16th	12.7	+2.7	6.0	9th	33.1	24.8	high	134%
Yongala	25.4	+3.4	30.5	30th	9.2	+3.0	2.5	1st	30.8	32.8	average	94%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	27.8	+2.0	34.0	22nd	9.8	+1.0	0.5	9th	36.2	24.6	high	147%
Yunta Airstrip	27.6	+2.5	36.1	22nd	10.9	+1.5	3.0	9th	6.2	23.3	low	27%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School	23.8	+2.7	29.3	21st	9.6	+1.6	3.4	1st	19.0	45.4	low	42%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS	27.7		36.0	16th	11.9		5.8	11th	39.4
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	26.9	+2.4	33.9	14th	8.6	+1.4	1.8	9th	54.2	26.7	high	203%
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh	21.4	+1.0	30.2	26th	12.2	+1.4	4.9	25th	15.4	28.7	low	54%
Kadina AWS	25.6	+1.6	34.0	14th	9.4	+1.0	3.2	9th	15.0	22.2	average	68%
Maitland	25.5	+3.7	32.0	16th	10.9	+0.8	7.2	8th	13.6	40.9	low	33%
Minlaton Aero	24.5	+2.0	33.3	21st	10.6	+1.2	4.1	19th	10.2	25.3	low	40%
Price	24.9	+1.9	32.4	21st	11.9	+2.4	7.0	1st	16.0	28.6	average	56%
Stenhouse Bay	21.4	+1.4	33.1	21st	13.4	+1.7	9.2	25th	22.6	29.3	average	77%
Warooka	24.3	+3.5	30.5	21st	10.1	-0.1	6.8	1st	12.2	34.9	low	35%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda	19.1	+1.1	25.6	21st	11.0	+0.9	5.5	8th	37.8	29.4	average	129%
Cape Willoughby	19.2	+1.5	27.0	15th	13.2	+1.7	10.6	25th	21.4	40.8	low	52%
Kingscote Aero	22.1	+1.9	29.5	21st	7.2	-0.1	1.0	9th	33.4	30.7	average	109%
Parndana CFS AWS	19.6	+0.9	27.2	16th	8.6	+0.2	5.1	29th	28.8	33.8	average	85%
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)	24.6	+3.2	33.4	16th	12.4	+1.2	6.7	11th	15.6	43.9	low	36%
Adelaide Airport	23.3	+2.1	31.3	16th	12.0	+1.2	7.8	19th	9.8	35.2	low	28%
Edinburgh RAAF	25.2	+2.8	34.1	16th	11.6	+1.5	5.4	11th	17.0	36.6	low	46%
Parafield Airport	25.8	+3.7	34.5	21st	11.3	+1.1	3.6	11th	14.6	39.5	low	37%
Roseworthy AWS	25.8	+2.1	34.0	21st	8.8	+1.0	0.5	11th	15.8	33.3	average	47%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa PIRSA	23.4	+2.0	29.9	16th	9.6	+1.3	3.7	25th	17.8	37.0	low	48%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS	22.0	+1.0	32.3	21st	12.1	+1.2	6.9	9th	5.2	28.0	low	19%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve	20.7	+1.9	28.9	16th	10.3	+1.1	6.0	8th	29.6	51.5	low	58%
Mount Barker	22.8	+3.2	30.8	16th	9.7	+2.4	3.4	9th	22.4	65.3	low	34%
Mount Crawford AWS	20.2	+1.9	27.0	16th	9.5	+1.0	3.9	8th	53.8	48.0	average	112%
Mount Lofty	18.8	+3.5	26.2	16th	9.0	+1.5	3.4	8th	34.2	63.5	low	54%
Noarlunga	23.3	+1.9	31.6	21st	12.8	+1.2	7.1	11th	6.8	31.0	low	22%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)	18.4	+1.5	27.5	21st	10.2	+1.2	6.9	30th	19.8	59.4	low	33%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay)	21.4	+0.9	30.7	15th	9.8	+0.9	2.2	9th	17.0	38.5	low	44%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre	26.6	+2.2	32.0	30th	9.7	+1.1	3.7	9th	1.4	25.7	v low	5%
Renmark Aero	27.4	+2.0	34.4	22nd	10.4	+1.3	4.5	9th	28.2	28.0	average	101%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda	23.2	+2.3	29.3	30th	10.1	+2.0	4.6	8th	35.6	39.7	average	90%
Meningie	24.3	+3.5	29.9	17th					25.6	38.4	average	67%
Murray Bridge	25.3	+2.2	31.6	21st	10.5	+1.4	5.0	9th	29.8	33.2	average	90%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome)	24.7	+0.9	31.7	3rd	9.3	+1.7	1.0	9th	41.0	22.7	high	181%
Strathalbyn Racecourse	23.5	+2.0	32.2	16th	9.8	+0.9	3.7	9th	21.2	34.0	average	62%
Murray Mallee (district 25A)
Karoonda	25.0	+1.1	34.1	30th	8.8	+0.5	3.5	9th	34.8	31.8	average	109%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith	23.6	+1.8	32.0	16th	8.7	+0.5	1.5	8th	24.8	41.0	average	60%
Keith (Munkora)	23.8	+1.3	33.2	16th	6.6	+0.6	-1.5	8th	31.4	28.4	average	111%
Lameroo (Austin Plains)	25.2	+1.3	31.6	16th	7.8	+0.3	0.8	8th	32.6	23.6	high	138%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	19.4	+0.7	27.8	16th	10.2	+1.0	3.0	9th	30.6	32.3	average	95%
Coonawarra	20.4	+0.8	28.1	16th	7.4	+0.1	1.3	12th	16.8	45.0	low	37%
Mount Gambier Aero	19.5	+1.4	27.7	3rd	8.5	+1.3	2.2	9th	28.4	60.2	low	47%
Naracoorte Aerodrome	21.0	+0.4	29.7	16th	7.5	+0.5	-0.3	12th	15.2	39.3	low	39%
Padthaway South	21.4	+0.6	30.4	16th	7.4	-0.3	0.0	8th	8.6	38.7	low	22%
Robe	19.0	+1.3	26.0	16th	11.5	+1.2	5.6	9th	37.8	43.9	average	86%
Robe Airfield	19.5	+0.7	28.6	16th	9.6	+1.0	2.6	9th	31.2	34.9	average	89%

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