Tuesday, 1 October 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for South Australia - Product code IDCKGC13R0

South Australia in September 2019: drier than average, warm days, cool nights

Rainfall in September was below average in many areas of South Australia, with only parts of the Eyre Peninsula, around Tarcoola and in the far northeast having a wetter than average month. Daytime temperatures were warmer than average across most of South Australia, but night-time temperatures were cooler than average in the east.

Drier than average

  • Rainfall in September was 51% below average for South Australia, continuing a run of ten consecutive months of below average rainfall for South Australia as a whole
  • Rainfall was above average over much of the Eyre Peninsula, around Tarcoola and in the far northeast, but was near average to below average elsewhere across the State
  • The highest monthly totals were in central and eastern Agricultural districts, particularly on the Eyre Peninsula, in the Adelaide Hills, and Lower South East district
  • A trough and cold front that crossed the State early on the 20th brought 10 to 30 mm of rain to the Eyre Peninsula and gave a few sites their highest September daily rainfall on record
  • It has been South Australia's driest first nine months of the year on record, with rainfall since the start of the year below average across almost all of South Australia and large areas very much drier than average

Warm days, with cool nights in the east

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Extremes in September 2019
Hottest day 38.1 °C at Nullarbor on the 14th
Warmest days on average 28.9 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest days on average 14.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 7.2 °C at Mount Lofty on the 6th
Coldest night -4.0 °C at Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) on the 18th
Coolest nights on average 3.7 °C at Keith (Munkora)
Warmest nights on average 11.4 °C at Neptune Island
Warmest night 21.8 °C at Arkaroola on the 20th
Warmest on average overall 19.9 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest on average overall 10.2 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 81.8 mm at Lock
Driest overall 0 mm at Moomba Airport and Oodnadatta Airport
Wettest day 36.0 mm at Yeelanna on the 20th
Strongest wind gust 104 km/h at Cape Willoughby on the 19th

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Maps
ObservedAnomalyDecile rank
Total
rainfall		 Map of Rainfall totals Map of Percentage of normal rainfall Map of Rainfall deciles
Mean
daily
maximum
temperatures		 Map of Mean maximum temperature Map of Anomaly in mean maximum temperature Map of Decile rank of mean maximum temperature
Mean
daily
minimum
temperatures		 Map of Mean minimum temperature Map of Anomaly in mean minimum temperature Map of Decile rank of mean minimum temperature

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Record highest September daily rainfall
New record
(mm)		 Old
record		 Years of
record
Yeelanna 36.0 on the 20th 31.8 on the 6th in 1912 105
Minnipa Pirsa 29.4 on the 20th 23.2 on the 3rd in 2010 24
Wudinna Aero 31.8 on the 20th 24.4 on the 3rd in 2010 21


Record lowest September daily maximum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
September
Tarcoola Aero 13.0 on the 20th 14.6 on the 29th in 2003 22 25.4


Record highest September daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
September
Renmark Aero 19.6 on the 20th 19.0 on the 30th in 2001 25 6.6


Record lowest September temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
September
Ceduna AMO -1.8 on the 8th -1.2 on the 1st in 2007 79 7.8
Parafield Airport -0.2 on the 17th 0.0 on the 1st in 1987 63 8.2
Kingscote Aero -2.2 on the 18th -2.0 on the 5th in 2007 26 6.4
Strathalbyn Racecourse -0.2 on the 18th 0.2 on the 25th in 2018 24 7.6
Tarcoola Aero -0.1 on the 7th 0.3 on the 16th in 2018 22 8.9
Yunta Airstrip -3.2 on the 18th -2.5 on the 5th in 2007 22 6.5
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) -4.0 on the 18th -3.2 on the 4th in 2018 21 6.6
Noarlunga 3.5 on the 17th 4.0 on the 29th in 2003 20 10.3
Padthaway South -1.7 on the 17th -1.0 on the 29th in 2018 20 7.1


Record lowest September mean daily minimum temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
September
Stenhouse Bay 9.5 = 9.5 in 2018 23 10.4
Naracoorte Aerodrome 4.7 = 4.7 in 2015 21 6.5

Lowest September mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)		 Most recent
lower		 Average for
September
Mount Gambier Aero 5.4 5.2 in 1992 6.3
Coonawarra 4.7 4.4 in 1994 6.5
Streaky Bay 8.9 8.8 in 1994* 9.9

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



Record lowest September mean temperature
New record
(°C)		 Old
record		 Years of
record		 Average for
September
Naracoorte Aerodrome 10.7 = 10.7 in 2018 21 12.0

Lowest September mean temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)		 Most recent
lower		 Average for
September
Mount Gambier Aero 10.3 9.5 in 1992 11.1


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Summary statistics for September 2019
Maximum temperatures
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
(°C)		 Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
September
2019		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
September
2019		 Mean for
September
2019		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
September
2019		 Total for
September
2019		 Average
for
September		 Rank of
September
2019		 Fraction of
September
average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka 26.7 +2.0 34.2 4th 10.4 0.0 5.5 1st 2.4 11.8 low 20%
Coober Pedy Airport 27.4 +1.8 35.5 4th 11.3 +0.2 4.4 7th 1.0 8.9 average 11%
Ernabella (Pukatja) 27.3 +1.1 34.4 19th 11.0 +0.3 2.1 10th 3.2 12.4 average 26%
Mount Ive 24.4   32.5 19th 8.2   1.0 8th 12.8 22.3 average 57%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) 26.6 +1.4 34.6 4th 8.8 -0.3 2.0 10th 1.8 8.6 average 21%
Tarcoola Aero 27.1 +1.7 37.9 19th 9.2 +0.3 -0.1 7th 12.4 9.1 high 136%
Woomera Aerodrome 25.5 +2.8 33.8 4th 10.0 +0.6 4.7 7th 4.2 14.1 average 30%
Far North (district 17)
Leigh Creek Airport 26.1 +2.7 33.1 4th 9.2 -0.1 3.7 8th 6.0 17.7 average 34%
Marree Aero 28.1 +1.6 33.8 4th 9.1 -1.5 3.9 12th 2.4 8.5 average 28%
Moomba Airport 27.5 +0.3 35.7 5th 10.5 -1.6 4.4 8th 0 14.4 lowest 0%
Oodnadatta Airport 28.9 +2.2 37.9 19th 10.9 -0.6 4.9 7th 0 10.2 lowest 0%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO 24.1 +2.6 37.3 15th 7.9 +0.1 -1.8 8th 12.8 26.5 average 48%
Cleve 20.6 +1.1 32.2 15th 9.1 +0.5 4.4 24th 37.6 42.1 average 89%
Cleve Aerodrome 20.6 +0.4 32.5 15th 8.3 -0.2 2.9 17th 36.6 35.6 average 103%
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid) 18.8   28.2 14th 9.7   4.9 10th 16.8
Cultana (Defence) 23.6   33.0 15th 9.4   4.9 22nd 18.6
Cummins Aero 19.7 +0.2 30.7 19th 5.3 -0.8 -0.6 17th 41.4 39.0 average 106%
Elliston 21.2 +1.9 31.0 19th 9.5 0.0 1.6 17th 19.2 39.4 low 49%
Kimba 22.3 +2.0 31.8 15th 7.6 +0.6 2.5 17th 29.8 36.6 average 81%
Kyancutta 23.9 +2.0 35.5 15th 6.9 +0.6 -0.2 9th 64.6 31.3 high 206%
Minnipa Pirsa 22.8 +1.1 34.4 19th 8.6 +0.4 1.7 17th 53.6 27.5 high 195%
Neptune Island     16.7 12th 11.4 -0.2 9.5 17th 10.2 45.0 v low 23%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) 18.9 +0.3 32.4 19th 7.5 -0.4 1.9 10th 31.0 38.9 average 80%
Nullarbor 24.5 +2.0 38.1 14th 7.7 -0.2 0.0 7th 5.2 17.6 low 30%
Port Augusta Aero 24.7 +0.8 34.1 15th 9.1 +0.8 3.6 2nd 12.6 17.3 average 73%
Streaky Bay 22.3 +2.1 32.5 19th 8.9 -1.0 2.4 17th 29.9 35.1 average 85%
Whyalla Aero 22.0 +0.3 33.4 15th 8.7 +0.6 2.0 18th 25.0 25.6 average 98%
Wudinna Aero 23.5 +1.1 35.6 15th 7.0 -0.1 -0.8 9th 59.4 25.5 v high 233%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker 24.1 +2.3 31.2 19th 7.9 +1.3 1.9 8th 8.8 27.3 low 32%
Yongala 20.3 +2.3 28.0 15th 4.4 +0.4 -1.0 18th 15.8 37.7 low 42%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) 22.7 +0.1 32.5 15th 5.8 -0.8 -4.0 18th 13.6 23.1 average 59%
Yunta Airstrip 23.0 +1.1 30.9 15th 5.9 -0.6 -3.2 18th 0.6 14.8 v low 4%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School 18.6 +1.3 27.0 19th 5.4 -0.6 0.3 10th 17.2 58.6 v low 29%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS 22.7   32.0 15th 7.4   0.4 9th 18.6
Snowtown (Rayville Park) 21.9 +1.5 31.9 19th 4.3 -1.0 -2.3 18th
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh 17.7 -0.1 28.8 19th 7.0 -1.6 2.0 11th 41.0 43.8 average 94%
Kadina AWS 20.3 0.0 29.6 15th 6.1 +0.1 -2.6 17th 42.8 33.3 average 129%
Minlaton Aero 19.3 +0.2 28.4 19th 6.5 -1.4 0.5 17th 34.6 35.3 average 98%
Stenhouse Bay 18.2 +0.2 26.7 19th 9.5 -0.9 4.5 10th 52.2 44.6 average 117%
Warooka 18.3 +0.5 25.6 15th 8.0 -0.7 5.0 17th
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda 15.8 -0.2 20.6 19th 8.4 -1.0 2.6 17th 10.0 43.4 v low 23%
Cape Willoughby 15.9 0.0 24.5 19th 10.4 0.0 5.8 22nd 35.4 56.2 low 63%
Kingscote Aero 17.4 -0.4 23.2 13th 4.6 -1.8 -2.2 18th 36.0 45.7 average 79%
Parndana Cfs AWS 16.0   22.5 14th 6.0   0.8 17th 56.8
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (Kent Town) 19.6 +0.5 29.4 19th 8.7 -1.0 4.0 10th 48.2 58.5 average 82%
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 19.1 +0.7 28.9 19th 9.0 -0.2 3.4 10th 44.4 50.8 average 87%
Adelaide Airport 18.8 +0.6 29.7 19th 8.4 -0.6 2.9 17th 35.2 45.0 average 78%
Edinburgh RAAF 19.6 +0.6 29.7 15th 7.7 -0.4 2.0 18th 32.8 47.4 average 69%
Parafield Airport 20.0 +1.0 30.3 19th 6.6 -1.6 -0.2 17th 37.8 44.1 average 86%
Roseworthy AWS 20.3 +0.5 30.9 15th 5.1 -1.3 -2.1 17th 29.0 46.1 low 63%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa Pirsa 18.0 +0.2 27.6 15th 5.7 -0.9 0.5 10th 41.4 59.6 average 69%
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) 19.2 +0.8 29.0 15th 6.3 -0.3 -0.6 17th 39.2 53.1 average 74%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS 18.5 -0.2 29.3 19th 8.9 -0.5 2.7 18th 29.6 40.4 average 73%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 16.2 +0.1 26.5 19th 7.7 -0.3 3.0 17th 67.6 75.1 average 90%
Mount Barker 17.5 +1.0 25.3 19th 5.8 -0.1 0.2 17th 53.0 85.3 low 62%
Mount Crawford AWS 15.5 +0.4 24.6 15th 7.1 -0.2 0.8 17th 59.0 72.2 average 82%
Mount Lofty 14.2 +2.0 23.4 19th 6.2 +0.1 0.3 17th 64.8 111.1 low 58%
Noarlunga 18.6 +0.1 29.9 19th 9.1 -1.2 3.5 17th 30.0 43.3 average 69%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) 14.7 +0.2 23.1 19th 7.4 -0.6 3.5 18th 62.2 82.7 average 75%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) 18.3 -0.1 30.3 19th 6.9 -0.6 -1.6 18th 7.0 58.0 v low 12%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre 21.7 +0.8 31.8 15th 6.2 -0.2 -0.9 2nd 16.6 27.0 average 61%
Renmark Aero 22.5 +0.4 33.1 15th 6.5 -0.1 -1.6 18th 14.2 23.9 average 59%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda 18.4 +1.2 27.8 15th 6.0 -0.4 0.7 17th 25.8 48.5 low 53%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) 19.7 -0.6 29.4 19th 4.8 -0.4 -3.1 18th 31.0 32.9 average 94%
Strathalbyn Racecourse 18.5 -0.2 28.4 19th 6.3 -1.3 -0.2 18th 30.0 47.0 low 64%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith 18.0 -0.6 27.3 19th 5.4 -1.6 -1.5 17th 56.4 50.0 average 113%
Keith (Munkora) 17.8 -0.8 26.4 19th 3.7 -1.7 -3.5 17th 32.4 37.7 average 86%
Lameroo (Austin Plains) 18.7 -0.9 27.4 19th 4.5 -0.7 -1.3 2nd 26.6 30.5 average 87%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 15.6 -0.6 23.6 19th 7.6 -0.9 1.2 18th 51.6 47.9 average 108%
Coonawarra 16.4 -0.5 24.4 19th 4.7 -1.8 -0.9 17th 60.2 61.3 average 98%
Mount Gambier Aero 15.4 -0.5 20.4 26th 5.4 -0.9 -1.3 17th 52.8 72.2 low 73%
Naracoorte Aerodrome 16.8 -0.7 25.4 19th 4.7 -1.8 -2.5 17th 42.6 52.1 average 82%
Padthaway South 17.0 -0.8 26.1 19th 4.9 -2.2 -1.7 17th 45.4 43.7 average 104%
Robe Airfield 15.9 -0.9 24.9 19th 6.6 -1.4 0.8 17th 64.4 53.1 high 121%

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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 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 10 am on Tuesday 1 October 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.

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