Tuesday, 1 June 2010 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Adelaide Metro & Hills - Product code IDCKGC13R0
Adelaide Metro & Hills in Autumn 2010
Warm with average rainfall
- Maximum temperatures warmer than the long-term average for autumn.
- Rainfall totals recorded in the Adelaide and hills region were close to average.
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Rainfall
The South Australian Regional Office, Adelaide (Kent Town), had average autumn rainfall this year, with a total of 125.4mm (long-term autumn average is 125.7mm). Last year 158.0mm was recorded. The lowest autumn rainfall total on record for the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) is 23.0 mm in 2005. The highest autumn rainfall total at Kent Town is 281.8 mm in 1983.
Elsewhere in the Adelaide and hills region, rainfall totals were close to average.
The wettest location in the Adelaide metropolitan and hills area was 259.6mm at Crafers (Mt Lofty).
Temperature
Throughout the metropolitan and hills area the autumn 2010 average maximum temperatures were between 1°C to 2°C above the long-term normal whilst the average minimum temperatures were generally close to 1°C above the normal.
The mean maximum temperature, recorded at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town), for autumn 2010 was 23.9°C, which is 1.3°C above the average autumn mean maximum temperature of 22.6°C. The highest mean maximum temperature for autumn at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) is 24.4°C in 2008. The mean maximum temperature for autumn last year was 22.4°C.
The hottest day during autumn was 36.0°C recorded at Adelaide (Kent Town), Edinburgh RAAF and Parafield Airport on 17 March 2010, and also on 18 March at Edinburgh RAAF. Mount Lofty, in the Adelaide hills, recorded the coolest day during autumn with 9.9°C on 12 May.
Parafield Airport recorded the warmest days on average with 24.5°C, with the coolest days on average of 18.2°C at Mount Lofty.
The mean minimum temperature for autumn 2010 was 13.6°C at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town), which is 1.0°C above the autumn mean minimum temperature of 12.6°C. Last autumn the mean minimum temperature was 12.9°C. The highest mean minimum temperature for autumn at the South Australian Regional Office (Kent Town) is 14.2°C in 2007.
The coldest night during autumn was recorded at Parafield Airport with 0.9°C on 15 May, whilst the warmest night was also recorded at Parafield Airport with 23.0°C on 14 March.
The coolest nights on average were 9.3°C at Mount Barker whilst the warmest nights on average were 14.0°C at Noarlunga.
The mean temperature (the average of the daily maximum and minimum temperatures) recorded at the South Australian Regional Office for autumn 2010 is 18.8°C. The highest autumn mean temperature was recorded in 2007 with 19.1°C.
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| Extremes in autumn 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day |
36.0 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) on 17 Mar 36.0 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 17 Mar 36.0 °C at Parafield Airport on 17 Mar 36.0 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on 18 Mar |
| Warmest days on average | 24.5 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 18.2 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day | 9.9 °C at Mount Lofty on 12 May |
| Coldest night | 0.9 °C at Parafield Airport on 15 May |
| Coolest nights on average | 9.3 °C at Mount Barker |
| Warmest nights on average | 14.0 °C at Noarlunga |
| Warmest night | 23.0 °C at Parafield Airport on 14 Mar |
| Wettest overall | 259.6 mm at Crafers (Mt Lofty) |
| Highest wind gust | 80 km/h at Noarlunga on 1 Mar |
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| Summary statistics for autumn 2010 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures for autumn (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for autumn (°C) |
Rainfall for autumn (millimetres) |
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| Mean for autumn 2010 |
Diff from average |
Highest for autumn 2010 |
Mean for autumn 2010 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for autumn 2010 |
Total for autumn 2010 |
Average for autumn |
Rank of autumn 2010 |
Fraction of autumn average |
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| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 23.9 | +1.3 | 36.0 | 17 Mar | 13.6 | +1.0 | 4.3 | 15 May | 125.4 | 125.7 | average | 100% |
| Adelaide Airport | 23.1 | +1.1 | 35.0 | 17 Mar | 13.0 | +1.1 | 3.7 | 15 May | 142.6 | 110.6 | high | 129% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 24.2 | +1.2 | 36.0 | 18 Mar | 12.9 | +1.2 | 3.9 | 15 May | 116.4 | 98.6 | average | 118% |
| Mount Barker | 22.8 | +2.3 | 34.3 | 17 Mar | 9.3 | +0.9 | 1.0 | 15 May | 155.4 | 177.5 | average | 88% |
| Mount Lofty | 18.2 | 30.1 | 17 Mar | 10.5 | 5.4 | 12 May | 249.8 | |||||
| Noarlunga | 22.7 | 34.7 | 17 Mar | 14.0 | 7.4 | 13 May | 113.0 | |||||
| Parafield Airport | 24.5 | +1.8 | 36.0 | 17 Mar | 12.3 | +0.4 | 0.9 | 15 May | 87.4 | 108.4 | average | 81% |
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Notes
A Seasonal Climate Summary is prepared to list the main features of the weather in Adelaide Metro & Hills using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 8 am on Tuesday 1 June 2010. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages 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 20 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.
Further information
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