Greater Adelaide in summer 2025

Rainfall

  • Rainfall totals for summer were below average at all sites across Adelaide and the Hills.
  • Summer rainfall totals ranged from 21% of average at Mount Crawford to 47% of average at Kuitpo Forest Reserve.

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 1.5 °C above average at Adelaide Airport and Noarlunga to 3.9 °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 0.2 °C above average at Parafield Airport to 1.8 °C above average at Mount Barker.
  • Mount Barker and Mount Lofty had their highest summer mean maximum temperature on record.
  • Kuitpo Forest Reserve had its highest summer mean temperature on record.
  • Mount Barker had its highest summer mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)

  • Total rainfall for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 21.2 mm, which is 32% of the long-term average of 67.0 mm.
  • The mean daily maximum temperature for Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) was 30.4 °C, which is 2.4 °C above the long-term average of 28.0 °C.
  • The warmest day was 43.3 °C on 12 February 2025, and the coolest day was on 27 December 2024 when the temperature reached 21.8 °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 10.0 °C on 4 December 2024, and the warmest morning was on 16 December 2024 when the minimum temperature was 29.6 °C.

Extremes in summer 2025
Hottest day 44.5 °C at Parafield Airport on 12 February
Warmest days on average 31.7 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 25.8 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 16.2 °C at Mount Lofty on 27 December
Coldest night 6.6 °C at Mount Lofty on 16 February
Coolest nights on average 13.0 °C at Mount Lofty
Warmest nights on average 17.4 °C at Noarlunga
Warmest night 31.4 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 16 December
Warmest on average overall 23.9 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest on average overall 19.4 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 51.8 mm at Piccadilly (Mount Lofty Botanic Garden)
Wettest day 30.0 mm at Athelstone (Black Hill Alert) on 3 December
Strongest wind gust 78.0 km/h at Parafield Airport on 6 December
78.0 km/h at Adelaide Airport on 6 December
78.0 km/h at Mount Crawford AWS on 26 December

Record highest summer mean maximum temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
Summer
Mount Barker 29.8 29.6 in 2001 62 26.7
Mount Lofty 25.8 =25.8 in 2019 31 22.5



Record highest summer mean temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
Summer
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 20.9 =20.9 in 2019 25 19.4



Highest summer mean temperature for at least 20 years
Observed
(°C)
Most recent
higher
Average for
Summer
Mount Barker 21.5 21.7 in 2001 19.0

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





Summary statistics for summer 2025
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
Summer
2025
Diff
from
average
Highest for
Summer
2025
Mean for
Summer
2025
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
Summer
2025
Total for
Summer
2025
Average
for
Summer
Rank of
Summer
2025
Fraction of
Summer
average
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) 30.4 +2.4 43.3 12 Feb 2025 16.9 +0.7 10.0 04 Dec 2024 21.2 67.0 low 32%
Adelaide Airport 28.9 +1.5 41.5 12 Feb 2025 17.0 +1.3 10.0 04 Dec 2024 16.6 60.7 v low 27%
Edinburgh RAAF 31.2 +1.8 44.4 12 Feb 2025 16.4 +0.4 10.0 04 Dec 2024 18.2 63.0 low 29%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 27.1 +1.9 41.0 12 Feb 2025 14.6 +1.0 9.2 23 Dec 2024 41.6 88.8 v low 47%
Mount Barker 29.8 +3.3 40.8 12 Feb 2025 13.3 +1.8 7.8 17 Feb 2025 38.8 87.2 low 44%
Mount Crawford AWS 28.4 +1.9 39.3 02 Feb 2025 13.8 +0.4 7.7 07 Jan 2025 17.4 82.1 v low 21%
Mount Lofty 25.8 +3.9 38.5 12 Feb 2025 13.0 +1.0 6.6 16 Feb 2025 51.0 125.0 lowest 41%
Noarlunga 29.1 +1.5 42.0 12 Feb 2025 17.4 +1.0 11.8 11 Dec 2024 17.8 57.9 lowest 31%
Parafield Airport 31.7 +2.6 44.5 12 Feb 2025 16.1 +0.2 9.8 11 Dec 2024 19.2 64.5 v low 30%

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 Thursday 6 March 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 previous 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.

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