Wednesday, 1 December 2010 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Adelaide Metro & Hills - Product code IDCKGC13R0

Adelaide Metro & Hills in spring 2010

Cool days with average rainfall

  • Maximum temperatures up to 1°C below average.
  • Above average rainfall in September resulted in near average amounts for spring.

The Bureau of Meteorology's annual climate summary for South Australia will be released and published on this web site on Wednesday 5 January, as will a comprehensive summary for all of Australia.

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Rainfall

Although rainfall values were average to slightly below average in October and November, above average rainfall in September resulted in average spring rainfall totals across the Adelaide region.

Adelaide (Kent Town), recorded 124.6mm for spring, which is 12.2 mm below the normal of 136.3 mm. Last year 122.2 mm was recorded for spring. The last time average or more spring rainfall was recorded in Adelaide was in 2005 with 227.2mm. The highest spring rainfall total recorded at Kent Town is 334.2mm in 1992.

Upper Hermitage recorded its wettest spring day on record on the 4th of September with 52.0 mm.

The wettest location in the Adelaide metropolitan and hills area was 246.4mm at Crafers (Mt Lofty).

Some sites had their highest spring daily rainfall on record.

Temperature

Throughout the metropolitan and hills area, spring 2010 average maximum temperatures were up to 1°C below the long-term normal. Average minimum temperatures were mixed, but generally within half a degree of normal.

The mean maximum temperature recorded at Adelaide (Kent Town) for spring 2010 was 20.9°C, which is 1.1°C below the average spring mean maximum temperature of 22.0°C. The mean maximum temperature for spring last year was 24.1°C. Spring 1992 had the lowest mean maximum temperature on record of 19.5 °C.

The hottest day during spring was at Parafield Airport with 37.6°C on the 23rd of November. Mount Lofty, in the Adelaide hills, recorded the coolest spring day with 7.1°C on the 15th October.

Parafield Airport recorded the warmest days on average with 21.8°C, while the coolest days on average were at Mount Lofty with 15.0°C.

The mean minimum temperature for spring 2010 was 11.7°C at Kent Town, which is equal to the long-term spring mean minimum temperature. Last spring the mean minimum temperature was 13.3°C.

The coldest night during spring was recorded at Mount Barker with 0.5°C on the 30th of September. The warmest night during spring was recorded at Adelaide (Kent Town) with 24.8°C on the 24th November.

The coolest nights on average were 7.4°C recorded at Mount Lofty, whilst the warmest nights on average were at Kent Town with 11.7°C.

Further information

South Australian Regional Office
South Australian Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8366 2600
Email climate.sa@bom.gov.au
Extremes in spring 2010
Hottest day 37.6 °C at Parafield Airport on 23 Nov
Warmest days on average 21.8 °C at Parafield Airport
Coolest days on average 15.0 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 7.1 °C at Mount Lofty on 15 Oct
Coldest night 0.5 °C at Mount Barker on 30 Sep
Coolest nights on average 7.4 °C at Mount Lofty
Warmest nights on average 11.7 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town)
Warmest night 24.8 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) on 24 Nov
Wettest overall 246.4 mm at Crafers (Mt Lofty)
Highest wind gust 96 km/h at Adelaide Airport on 4 Sep

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Record highest spring daily rainfall
Highest daily rainfall
in spring 2010 (mm) 		Previous highest
for spring		 Years of
record
Upper Hermitage 52.0 on 4 Sep 48.4 on 6 Oct 1980 41


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Summary statistics for spring 2010
Maximum temperatures
for spring
(°C)		 Minimum temperatures
for spring
(°C)		 Rainfall
for spring
(millimetres)
Mean for
spring
2010		 Diff
from
average		 Highest for
spring
2010		 Mean for
spring
2010		 Diff
from
average		 Lowest for
spring
2010		 Total for
spring
2010		 Average
for
spring		 Rank of
spring
2010		 Fraction of
spring
average
Adelaide (Kent Town) 20.9 -1.1 36.4 23 Nov 11.7 0.0 4.1 7 Sep 124.6 136.3 average 91%
Adelaide Airport 19.9 -1.1 34.9 22 Nov 11.0 +0.3 3.7 30 Sep 110.8 109.8 average 101%
Edinburgh RAAF 21.0 -1.2 36.7 23 Nov 10.2 -0.1 2.3 29 Sep 141.2 113.4 high 125%
Mount Barker 19.2 -0.3 33.2 22 Nov 7.6 +0.3 0.5 30 Sep 205.8 192.6 average 107%
Mount Lofty 15.0   30.7 23 Nov 7.4   2.3 7 Sep 222.2
Noarlunga 19.7   34.9 22 Nov 11.3   5.2 29 Sep 127.4
Parafield Airport 21.8 -0.1 37.6 23 Nov 9.9 -0.5 1.6 7 Oct 112.2 113.7 average 99%

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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 10 am on Wednesday 1 December 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

South Australian Regional Office
South Australian Climate Services Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8366 2600
Email climate.sa@bom.gov.au