Monday 2 March 2026 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC23L0
Greater Adelaide in summer 2026
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for summer were the lowest on record to below average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
- Summer rainfall totals ranged from 10% to 46% of average across Adelaide and the Hills.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for summer at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
- Summer mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.8 °C above average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 3.6 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
- Mean minimum temperatures for summer at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills were above average.
- Summer mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.1 °C above average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 1.2 °C above average at Mount Barker.
- Adelaide Airport M.O. had its highest summer mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
- Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 17.8 mm, which is 27% of the long-term average of 66.7 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 30.6 °C, which is 2.6 °C above the long-term average of 28.0 °C.
- The warmest day was 44.7 °C on 26 January 2026, and the coolest day was on 1 December 2025 when the temperature reached 19.0 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 16.9 °C, which is 0.7 °C above the long-term average of 16.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was 9.5 °C on 7 December 2025, and the warmest morning was on 8 January 2026 when the minimum temperature was 29.8 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in summer 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
45.6 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 26 Jan 2026 |
| Warmest days on average |
31.8 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
25.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
13.0 °C at Mount Lofty on 1 Dec 2025 |
| Coldest night |
5.2 °C at Mount Lofty on 26 Dec 2025 |
| Coolest nights on average |
12.7 °C at Mount Lofty 12.7 °C at Mount Barker |
| Warmest nights on average |
16.9 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) |
| Warmest night |
29.8 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) on 8 Jan 2026 |
| Warmest on average overall |
24.1 °C at Edinburgh RAAF |
| Coolest on average overall |
19.2 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
28.4 mm at Edinburgh RAAF |
| Wettest day |
20.2 mm at Halbury Road Salisbury (Halbury Road) on 28 Feb 2026 |
| Strongest wind gust |
80.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on 21 Dec 2025 |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Highest summer mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for Summer |
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| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 29.4 | 30.1 | in 2001 | 27.4 | |
note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for summer 2026 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for Summer 2026 |
Diff from average |
Highest for Summer 2026 |
Mean for Summer 2026 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for Summer 2026 |
Total for Summer 2026 |
Average for Summer |
Rank of Summer 2026 |
Fraction of Summer average |
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| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 30.6 | +2.6 | 44.7 | 26 Jan 2026 | 16.9 | +0.7 | 9.5 | 7 Dec 2025 | 17.8 | 66.7 | v low | 27% |
| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 29.4 | +2.0 | 42.0 | 27 Jan 2026 | 16.8 | +1.1 | 9.0 | 7 Dec 2025 | 9.2 | 60.0 | v low | 15% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 31.5 | +2.1 | 45.6 | 26 Jan 2026 | 16.7 | +0.7 | 9.3 | 7 Dec 2025 | 28.4 | 62.1 | low | 46% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 26.1 | +0.8 | 42.0 | 26 Jan 2026 | 13.8 | +0.1 | 6.5 | 7 Dec 2025 | 14.2 | 87.1 | lowest | 16% |
| Mount Barker | 28.6 | +2.1 | 43.4 | 26 Jan 2026 | 12.7 | +1.2 | 5.6 | 7 Dec 2025 | 15.0 | 86.8 | v low | 17% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 28.0 | +1.4 | 42.5 | 26 Jan 2026 | 13.7 | +0.3 | 5.9 | 26 Dec 2025 | 7.8 | 80.0 | lowest | 10% |
| Mount Lofty | 25.7 | +3.6 | 39.8 | 26 Jan 2026 | 12.7 | +0.6 | 5.2 | 26 Dec 2025 | 21.8 | 120.3 | lowest | 18% |
| Noarlunga | 29.0 | +1.3 | 43.8 | 26 Jan 2026 | 16.7 | +0.2 | 11.1 | 2 Dec 2025 | 11.2 | 56.3 | lowest | 20% |
| Parafield Airport | 31.9 | +2.8 | 45.5 | 26 Jan 2026 | 16.1 | +0.2 | 7.4 | 7 Dec 2025 | 24.4 | 63.9 | low | 38% |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Seasonal climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, lists the main features of the weather in Greater Adelaide using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.
This summary includes data from observing sites in or near the Greater Adelaide “Greater Capital City Statistical Area” (GCCSA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics designed the GCCSAs to represent a socio-economic definition of each capital city. This means the greater capital city boundary includes people who regularly socialise, shop or work within the capital city, but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the capital city. It does not define the built up edge of the capital city.
This statement has been prepared based on information available on Monday 2 March 2026. 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, excluding the current year. The length of record can
vary widely from site to site. Averages are not shown for sites with fewer 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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