Monday 1 December 2025 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC23L0
Greater Adelaide in spring 2025
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for spring were above average at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
- Spring rainfall totals ranged from around 100% to around 170% of average across Adelaide and the Hills.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for spring at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills were below average.
- Spring mean maximum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 1.3 °C below average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 0.1 °C above average at Mount Lofty.
- Mean minimum temperatures for spring were below to above average across Adelaide and the Hills.
- Spring mean minimum temperatures for Adelaide and the Hills ranged from 0.4 °C below average at Mount Crawford AWS to 1.3 °C above average at Mount Barker.
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
- Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 143.8 mm, which is 115% of the long-term average of 124.9 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 21.4 °C, which is 0.1 °C below the long-term average of 21.5 °C.
- The warmest day was 33.0 °C on 24 November 2025, and the coolest day was on 20 September 2025 when the temperature reached 15.3 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 11.7 °C, which is 0.5 °C above the long-term average of 11.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was 5.5 °C on 9 September 2025, and the warmest morning was on 5 October 2025 when the minimum temperature was 20.8 °C.
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in spring 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
35.0 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 24 November |
| Warmest days on average |
22.3 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average |
15.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day |
8.9 °C at Mount Lofty on 20 September |
| Coldest night |
2.0 °C at Mount Barker on 13 September 2.0 °C at Mount Barker on 12 November 2.0 °C at Mount Lofty on 5 September 2.0 °C at Mount Lofty on 28 October |
| Coolest nights on average |
7.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Warmest nights on average |
11.9 °C at Noarlunga |
| Warmest night |
21.6 °C at Noarlunga on 5 October |
| Warmest on average overall |
16.5 °C at Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) |
| Coolest on average overall |
11.6 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall |
326.2 mm at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest day |
45.0 mm at Williamstown on 22 October |
| Strongest wind gust |
94.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on 7 September |
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for spring 2025 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for Spring 2025 |
Diff from average |
Highest for Spring 2025 |
Mean for Spring 2025 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for Spring 2025 |
Total for Spring 2025 |
Average for Spring |
Rank of Spring 2025 |
Fraction of Spring average |
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| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 21.4 | -0.1 | 33.0 | 24 Nov 2025 | 11.7 | +0.5 | 5.5 | 9 Sep 2025 | 143.8 | 124.9 | average | 115% |
| Adelaide Airport M.O. | 20.8 | -0.4 | 31.5 | 24 Nov 2025 | 11.8 | +0.9 | 5.4 | 13 Sep 2025 | 127.8 | 104.5 | high | 122% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 22.1 | -0.4 | 35.0 | 24 Nov 2025 | 10.7 | +0.3 | 3.2 | 23 Sep 2025 | 136.6 | 109.2 | high | 125% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 17.7 | -1.3 | 30.1 | 24 Nov 2025 | 9.2 | -0.3 | 4.3 | 12 Nov 2025 | 265.6 | 165.0 | high | 161% |
| Mount Barker | 19.6 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 24 Nov 2025 | 8.7 | +1.3 | 2.0 | 12 Nov 2025 | 205.2 | 190.9 | average | 108% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 17.5 | -1.2 | 31.0 | 24 Nov 2025 | 8.4 | -0.4 | 3.0 | 28 Oct 2025 | 199.4 | 157.1 | high | 127% |
| Mount Lofty | 15.6 | +0.1 | 27.5 | 24 Nov 2025 | 7.6 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 28 Oct 2025 | 326.2 | 216.1 | high | 151% |
| Noarlunga | 20.5 | -1.1 | 31.4 | 24 Nov 2025 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 12 Sep 2025 | 163.8 | 97.5 | high | 168% |
| Parafield Airport | 22.3 | 0.0 | 34.4 | 24 Nov 2025 | 10.3 | -0.1 | 2.5 | 13 Sep 2025 | 158.2 | 110.5 | high | 143% |
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 1 December 2025. 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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