Friday, 1 December 2023 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Greater Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC23L0
Greater Adelaide in spring 2023
Rainfall
- Rainfall totals for spring were generally close to or below average at sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
- Rainfall totals ranged from 58% of average at Edinburgh RAAF to 115% of average at Noarlunga.
- September and October were drier than average months across Greater Adelaide, but November rainfall totals were above average.
- On 28 November, several sites had their highest spring daily rainfall on record.
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures for spring were above average at most sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
- September was much warmer than average for Greater Adelaide, while October and November included numerous cooler than average days and nights.
- The mean maximum temperatures for spring ranged from equalling the average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve to 2.4 °C warmer than average at Mount Lofty.
- The hottest day during spring was on 10 November, when Edinburgh RAAF recorded 41.6 °C.
- Mean minimum temperatures for spring were within 1 °C of average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills, ranging from 0.5 °C below average at Parafield Airport to 0.7 °C above average at Mount Barker.
- The coldest temperature recorded during spring was 1.3 °C at Mount Barker on 9 September under clear skies after the passage of a low pressure system.
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)
- Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 97.0 mm, which is 77% of the long-term average of 125.8 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 22.7 °C, which is 1.3 °C above the long-term average of 21.4 °C.
- The warmest day was 40.3 °C on 10 November, and the coolest day was on 8 September when the temperature reached 13.4 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 10.9 °C, which is 0.3 °C below the long-term average of 11.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was 3.7 °C on 9 September, and the warmest morning was on 20 October when the minimum temperature was 19.8 °C.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in spring 2023 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 41.6 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 10 Nov |
| Warmest days on average | 24.0 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 17.7 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day | 7.7 °C at Mount Lofty on 7 Sep |
| Coldest night | 1.3 °C at Mount Barker on 9 Sep |
| Coolest nights on average | 7.9 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Warmest nights on average | 11.5 °C at Noarlunga |
| Warmest night | 20.7 °C at Parafield Airport on 20 Oct |
| Warmest on average overall | 16.9 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest on average overall | 12.8 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall | 191.0 mm at Ashton |
| Wettest day | 74.8 mm at Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) on 28 Nov |
| Strongest wind gust | 106 km/h at Noarlunga on 2 Oct |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Record highest spring daily rainfall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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| Sellicks Beach | 44.6 | on 28 Nov | 42.6 | on 13 Nov 2022 | 32 | |
| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | 49.6 | on 28 Nov | 43.2 | on 29 Sep 2016 | 31 | |
| Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) | 74.8 | on 28 Nov | 38.8 | on 2 Sep 2001 | 26 | |
| Noarlunga | 46.2 | on 28 Nov | 37.0 | on 2 Sep 2001 | 24 | |
| Belair (St Johns) | 52.8 | on 28 Nov | 50.6 | on 8 Nov 2005 | 21 | |
| Adelaide Airport Alert | 39.6 | on 28 Nov | 30.6 | on 29 Sep 2016 | 20 | |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for spring 2023 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for spring 2023 |
Diff from average |
Highest for spring 2023 |
Mean for spring 2023 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for spring 2023 |
Total for spring 2023 |
Average for spring |
Rank of spring 2023 |
Fraction of spring average |
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| Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) | 22.7 | +1.3 | 40.3 | 10 Nov | 10.9 | -0.3 | 3.7 | 9 Sep | 97.0 | 125.8 | low | 77% |
| Adelaide Airport | 21.8 | +0.7 | 40.0 | 10 Nov | 10.9 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 9 Sep | 94.8 | 105.9 | average | 90% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 23.4 | +1.0 | 41.6 | 10 Nov | 10.1 | -0.3 | 3.0 | 9 Sep | 64.2 | 110.3 | low | 58% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 18.9 | 0.0 | 38.1 | 10 Nov | 9.2 | -0.3 | 3.3 | 8 Sep | 129.0 | 167.2 | low | 77% |
| Mount Barker | 21.2 | +1.6 | 37.9 | 10 Nov | 8.1 | +0.7 | 1.3 | 9 Sep | 125.4 | 191.3 | low | 66% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 19.8 | +1.3 | 37.8 | 10 Nov | 8.5 | -0.3 | 2.8 | 26 Oct | 119.4 | 157.8 | average | 76% |
| Mount Lofty | 17.7 | +2.4 | 34.5 | 10 Nov | 7.9 | +0.3 | 1.6 | 8 Sep | 179.8 | 219.9 | average | 82% |
| Noarlunga | 21.9 | +0.4 | 40.0 | 10 Nov | 11.5 | -0.4 | 4.9 | 9 Sep | 115.0 | 100.4 | average | 115% |
| Parafield Airport | 24.0 | +1.8 | 41.4 | 10 Nov | 9.9 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 9 Sep | 77.4 | 110.7 | low | 70% |
Extremes Maps 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 at 10 am on Friday 1 December 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
