South Australia in June 2015: Below average rainfall near the coasts, wet in northeast Pastorals

In South Australia, most coastal areas and the southeast districts saw below average rainfall for June. Rainfall was also below average in the far northwest, but central and eastern parts of the State saw falls tend average to above average for the month. Statewide temperatures tended warmer than average as a whole, though some central and eastern districts experienced cooler days and nights.

  • Dry across the coasts and southeast
  • Above average rainfall across central and eastern parts
  • Cooler through central districts
  • Warm in the far west and the north

June rainfall was average to above average for central and eastern districts of South Australia, owing mainly to a broad trough of low pressure that slowly moved across the State between the 14th and 18th. The trough and an associated cold, unstable airmass produced the highest June daily rainfall on record at Tumby Bay on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula. The west coast of the Eyre Peninsula, the lower Murray Valley and Southeast districts missed out on any significant falls for the month, highlighting a lack of rain bearing cold fronts. Some areas received less than 40% of the June total, and some sites had their lowest total June rainfall on record or their lowest total June rainfall for at least 20 years.

The statewide mean maximum temperature was warmer than normal, despite central and eastern districts experiencing cooler than average days. The far west and northern parts of South Australia observed maximum temperatures in excess of 1 °C above the long-term average. The warmest temperatures for the month were recorded on the 6th and again on the 13th as a northerly airstream was directed across the State and resulted in widespread areas recording temperatures at least 5 °C above average. Minimum temperatures were about 2 to 3 °C warmer than average across the north of the State, while some central and eastern parts observed minimum temperatures tending below average.

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Extremes in June 2015
Hottest day 26.6 °C at Moomba Airport on the 12th
Warmest days on average 20.0 °C at Moomba Airport
20.0 °C at Nullarbor
Coolest days on average 10.5 °C at Mount Lofty
Coldest day 7.2 °C at Mount Lofty on the 10th
Coldest night -4.5 °C at Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) on the 2nd
Coolest nights on average 3.2 °C at Yongala
Warmest nights on average 12.6 °C at Neptune Island
Warmest night 15.6 °C at Neptune Island on the 7th
Warmest on average overall 14.2 °C at Moomba Airport
14.2 °C at Neptune Island
Coolest on average overall 7.9 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall 116.0 mm at Tumby Bay
Wettest day 62.6 mm at Tumby Bay on the 18th
Strongest wind gust 96 km/h at Cape Willoughby on the 22nd

Maps
ObservedAnomalyDecile rank
Total
rainfall
Map of Rainfall totals Map of Percentage of normal rainfall Map of Rainfall deciles
Mean
daily
maximum
temperatures
Map of Mean maximum temperature Map of Anomaly in mean maximum temperature Map of Decile rank of mean maximum temperature
Mean
daily
minimum
temperatures
Map of Mean minimum temperature Map of Anomaly in mean minimum temperature Map of Decile rank of mean minimum temperature

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Record highest June daily rainfall
New record
(mm)
Old
record
Years of
record
Tumby Bay 62.6 on the 18th 44.2 on the 16th in 1955 109



Highest June total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)
Most recent
higher
Years since
higher
Average for
June
Tumby Bay 116.0 117.0 in 1956 59 44.6



Record lowest June total rainfall
New record
(mm)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
June
Bridgewater 8.8 16.2 in 1967 138 150.5
Mount Schank (Jethia) 22.6 34.4 in 2006 46 96.9
Mintaro (Martindale) 11.6 19.4 in 1997 33 69.9
Goolwa Barrage 24.6 25.6 in 1997 27 64.9
Sellicks Beach 23.0 31.8 in 2006 22 73.4
Edithburgh 22.0 24.6 in 2006 21 58.4

Lowest June total rainfall for at least 20 years
Observed
(mm)
Most recent
lower
Years since
lower
Average for
June
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper) 12.8 7.4 in 1958 57 60.0
Elliston 16.0 15.3 in 1959 56 72.7
Mount Hope (Fairview) 22.6 12.7 in 1959* 54 68.9
Parawa (Sharon) 61.4 29.3 in 1967 48 137.0
Port Elliot Caravan Park 14.0 10.4 in 1967 48 65.6
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grange) 36.6 26.0 in 1967 48 96.5
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Council) 11.8 9.4 in 1967* 47 92.3
Willunga 25.6 17.8 in 1967* 47 92.0
Yankalilla 25.8 16.4 in 1967* 47 87.4
Ashton Co-op 41.8 32.3 in 1967* 46 134.3
Parrakie 11.4 9.5 in 1969 46 40.5
Corny Point 20.0 13.8 in 1967* 45 66.2
Geranium 10.4 8.9 in 1969* 45 43.0
Kingston SE 25.2 19.8 in 1969* 44 86.3
Cooke Plains 9.1 8.9 in 1972 43 45.3
Peake 12.7 10.8 in 1972 43 42.1
Port Vincent 12.2 11.6 in 1974 41 49.3
Goolwa Council Depot 26.6 22.2 in 1974* 39 61.5
Karoonda 7.8 6.0 in 1975* 39 35.1
Milang 16.2 15.8 in 1975* 39 50.3
Mount Bryan 8.2 3.0 in 1975* 38 51.5
Birdwood 22.6 17.0 in 1979 36 99.6
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) 35.4 22.8 in 1979 36 111.5
Lyndoch 20.0 7.6 in 1979 36 74.4
Mallala 12.4 7.4 in 1979 36 48.6
Purnong (Claypans) 6.2 5.8 in 1979 36 29.7
Strathalbyn 21.6 12.8 in 1979 36 59.7
Callington 17.2 8.6 in 1979* 35 44.0
Owen 11.6 9.2 in 1979* 35 46.6
Policeman Point 19.6 12.8 in 1979* 35 65.8
Price 9.4 3.8 in 1979* 35 38.3
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) 16.8 11.2 in 1979* 35 56.6
Bute 12.5 5.0 in 1979* 34 52.6
Hamley Bridge 17.0 6.6 in 1979* 34 50.9
Brinkworth 15.4 4.4 in 1979* 33 51.8
Nildottie 6.6 3.2 in 1983 32 26.1
Port Parham 12.6 7.4 in 1979* 32 42.3
Port Wakefield 15.4 15.0 in 1983 32 38.9
Tanunda 19.6 19.2 in 1983 32 70.9
Gumeracha 28.6 15.4 in 1979* 31 112.7
Nairne 26.4 25.6 in 1984 31 88.5
Lameroo (Desford) 8.4 4.6 in 1975* 30 35.9
Balaklava 14.4 9.8 in 1983* 29 45.4
Inman Valley 47.0 37.3 in 1984* 29 102.7
Mount Compass 47.4 43.6 in 1986 29 115.6
Stansbury 23.6 15.4 in 1986 29 55.6
Warooka 24.0 16.4 in 1986 29 65.1
Adelaide (Morphett Vale) 29.0 11.5 in 1967* 28 78.7
Curramulka 30.6 18.4 in 1986* 28 58.9
Lobethal 37.0 25.8 in 1986* 28 126.7
Petersville 25.2 17.0 in 1986* 28 56.0
Ardrossan 14.0 10.2 in 1986* 27 43.9
Minlaton (Eversley) 30.2 17.8 in 1986* 27 59.9
Nundroo 13.8 7.8 in 1988* 26 43.3
Coffin Bay 34.4 29.7 in 1984* 25 79.6
Maitland 19.0 13.6 in 1967* 25 69.3
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 21.4 21.0 in 1994 21 67.1

* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported.




Record lowest June temperature
New record
(°C)
Old
record
Years of
record
Average for
June
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) 2.0 on the 21st 2.6 on the 23rd in 2007 22 7.8



Summary statistics for June 2015
Maximum temperatures
(°C)
Minimum temperatures
(°C)
Rainfall
(millimetres)
Mean for
June
2015
Diff
from
average
Highest for
June
2015
Mean for
June
2015
Diff
from
average
Lowest for
June
2015
Total for
June
2015
Average
for
June
Rank of
June
2015
Fraction of
June
average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka 18.1 -0.5 23.1 4th 7.9 +1.0 2.8 27th 13.4 15.6 average 86%
Coober Pedy Airport 18.1 -0.2 22.2 13th 7.9 +1.0 4.1 26th 4.6 11.9 average 39%
Ernabella (Pukatja) 18.9 +1.3 24.2 3rd 6.7 +2.1 1.1 26th 9.0 15.5 average 58%
Marla Police Station 19.7 +0.1 25.8 22nd 6.8 +1.3 -0.7 27th 1.0 13.1 low 8%
Mount Ive 17.2   23.5 4th 5.7   -1.6 12th 30.9 29.1 average 106%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome) 18.1 -0.4 23.1 4th 6.3 +1.2 -0.7 27th 9.6 16.2 average 59%
Tarcoola Aero 18.6 -0.2 24.4 4th 6.3 +1.0 0.4 30th 12.8 13.0 average 98%
Woomera Aerodrome 17.2 -0.2 23.2 4th 7.2 +0.5 3.0 27th 8.2 15.7 average 52%
Far North (district 17)
Arkaroola 15.8 -1.0 21.5 8th 5.3 +0.8 -1.1 21st 13.2 14.8 average 89%
Leigh Creek Airport 16.9 -0.1 22.9 12th 7.0 +1.5 1.4 21st 19.2 16.7 average 115%
Marree Aero 18.6 -0.7 22.3 12th 7.4 +1.7 2.1 27th 16.0 12.6 average 127%
Moomba Airport 20.0 +0.1 26.6 12th 8.3 +1.0 3.8 21st 11.2 10.4 high 108%
Oodnadatta Airport 19.9 0.0 24.5 4th 7.8 +1.3 2.5 27th 8.8 11.5 average 77%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO 18.6 +0.4 24.4 7th 5.6 -0.9 -2.1 29th 25.0 35.6 average 70%
Cleve 16.0 0.0 22.4 6th 7.9 -0.1 2.5 30th 44.6 47.3 average 94%
Cleve Aerodrome 15.5 -0.6 22.4 6th 7.5 -0.8 1.0 30th 42.2 43.8 average 96%
Coulta (Coles Point) 16.3 -0.1 20.2 6th 7.0 -1.1 1.8 30th 17.0 53.4 low 32%
Cummins Aero 16.3   21.4 6th 5.6   -0.8 30th 42.0
Elliston 17.2 +0.1 21.2 7th 8.4 -0.1 0.7 20th 16.0 72.7 v low 22%
Kimba 15.8 -0.2 22.0 6th 6.2 +0.3 2.2 12th 28.6 40.3 average 71%
Kyancutta 17.9 +0.1 24.0 6th 4.8 -0.6 -2.6 30th 30.8 38.7 average 80%
Minnipa Pirsa 16.8 +0.1 22.7 6th 7.1 -0.3 2.0 11th 47.2 37.0 average 128%
Neptune Island 15.8 -0.2 19.1 6th 12.6 +0.3 10.8 19th 40.6 67.9 low 60%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS) 16.7 -0.1 22.7 6th 7.8 -0.9 2.6 2nd 53.4 62.9 average 85%
Nullarbor 20.0 +1.3 26.5 21st 6.7 +0.4 0.0 30th 15.4 30.0 low 51%
Port Augusta Aero 17.3 -0.7 23.1 4th 6.3 +0.1 0.4 27th 41.6 24.7 high 168%
Streaky Bay 17.8 +0.6 21.0 7th 8.2 -0.9 1.0 30th 19.8 62.1 low 32%
Whyalla Aero 16.3 -0.9 23.0 8th 6.5 +0.4 0.3 29th 39.2 27.8 high 141%
Wudinna Aero 17.2 -0.2 24.1 6th 5.6 -1.2 -1.7 12th 51.8 35.5 average 146%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker 16.2 -0.2 21.2 12th 4.6 +0.1 0.0 30th 50.4 38.2 high 132%
Yongala 13.3 -0.3 18.5 12th 3.2 +0.3 -3.2 30th 23.8 39.4 low 60%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot) 16.6 -0.6 22.9 13th 3.7 -0.6 -4.5 2nd 33.5 24.8 high 135%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School 13.6 +0.2 19.2 6th 4.5 -0.5 -2.4 30th 34.0 68.0 low 50%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS 16.9   20.8 6th 6.7   0.9 11th 39.2
Snowtown (Rayville Park) 16.2 +0.1 21.5 13th 4.9 -0.9 -2.2 30th 28.6 51.1 low 56%
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh 15.6 -0.3 18.9 14th 9.1 +0.1 4.0 27th 22.0 58.4 lowest 38%
Kadina AWS 16.3   20.2 6th 5.5   -1.3 30th 23.2 40.9 average 57%
Maitland 15.3 -0.1 20.2 6th 7.7 -0.2 4.2 30th 19.0 69.3 v low 27%
Minlaton Aero 15.6 -0.7 19.8 6th 6.9 -1.1 1.9 30th 19.0 55.0 v low 35%
Stenhouse Bay 16.0 -0.3 19.1 8th 10.1 -0.1 5.7 3rd 28.8 71.1 v low 41%
Warooka 15.8 -0.1 19.6 5th 8.4 -0.2 4.4 21st 24.0 65.1 low 37%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda 14.6 -0.5 17.7 7th 9.7 -0.3 5.1 20th 76.8 87.9 average 87%
Cape Willoughby 14.6 -0.3 17.5 8th 11.4 +0.6 8.9 21st 37.2 74.9 low 50%
Kingscote Aero 15.9 -0.2 19.8 5th 7.6 +0.8 -0.4 3rd 55.6 66.7 average 83%
Parndana Cfs AWS 14.6   18.5 5th 7.7   1.8 2nd 74.0
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (Kent Town) 16.2 +0.1 20.9 6th 8.2 0.0 2.9 2nd 15.4 78.3 v low 20%
Adelaide Airport 16.0 +0.1 20.1 13th 8.0 +0.3 2.5 11th 19.6 56.2 low 35%
Edinburgh RAAF 16.0 +0.1 21.0 6th 6.6 -0.2 0.3 29th 19.2 54.2 v low 35%
Parafield Airport 16.2 +0.4 20.7 6th 6.5 -0.6 -0.3 11th 16.4 54.0 v low 30%
Roseworthy AWS 16.3 +0.2 22.1 6th 6.6 0.0 0.2 11th 22.4 47.0 low 48%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa Viticultural 13.9 -0.1 19.5 6th 5.1 -0.1 -1.7 27th 16.0 54.8 v low 29%
Rosedale (Turretfield Research Centre) 15.6 0.0 21.5 6th 5.9 -0.3 -1.2 29th 16.8 56.6 low 30%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS 15.8 0.0 20.2 13th 8.4 -0.2 1.4 21st 24.4 61.3 v low 40%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve 13.1 +0.1 18.7 13th 7.2 -0.2 1.7 21st 50.8 107.6 v low 47%
Mount Barker 14.1 +0.4 19.6 13th 5.7 +0.5 0.1 3rd 33.2 100.1 v low 33%
Mount Crawford (Mt Crawford AWS) 11.7 +0.1 17.0 13th 6.4 -0.1 2.4 21st 24.4 84.8 low 29%
Mount Lofty 10.5 +1.4 15.1 13th 5.4 -0.2 1.8 21st 66.4
Noarlunga 15.6 +0.1 20.3 13th 8.8 -0.6 4.4 11th 12.8 61.1 v low 21%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) 12.3 -0.1 16.6 13th 7.9 +0.1 2.0 21st 66.2 124.0 low 53%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay) 15.9 -0.2 19.7 6th 7.6 +0.1 -0.5 3rd 24.2 82.8 v low 29%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre 16.1 -0.2 21.9 8th 5.1 +0.4 -2.4 21st 7.8 25.3 v low 31%
Renmark Aero 16.2 -0.6 21.9 8th 4.4 -0.2 -3.0 21st 9.4 20.7 low 45%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda 13.7 0.0 20.0 6th 5.7 0.0 0.0 21st 28.8 52.2 low 55%
Meningie 15.6 0.0 18.8 14th 7.6 +0.6 1.5 4th 20.4 62.2 v low 33%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome) 15.8   21.1 6th 5.6   -4.0 21st 11.4 33.7 v low 34%
Strathalbyn Racecourse 15.3 -0.5 20.7 13th 7.3 -0.2 0.2 21st 15.0 52.9 v low 28%
Murray Mallee (district 25A)
Karoonda 16.2 +0.2 21.3 13th 6.3 +0.9 0.2 3rd 7.8 35.1 v low 22%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith 15.7 +0.2 20.5 13th 6.2 +0.3 -1.0 21st 19.2 52.7 low 36%
Keith (Munkora) 15.4 -0.3 20.8 13th 5.9 +0.7 -1.4 2nd 28.6 51.8 low 55%
Lameroo (Austin Plains) 15.3 -0.1 20.1 13th 5.2 +0.2 -0.5 21st 8.6 27.2 low 32%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) 14.4 -0.3 16.7 7th 8.4 +0.4 1.7 21st 21.4 67.1 v low 32%
Coonawarra 14.3 -0.2 18.2 7th 6.3 +0.8 -0.9 2nd 37.4 75.4 low 50%
Mount Gambier Aero 13.9 0.0 18.1 7th 7.0 +1.2 0.7 2nd 41.8 83.8 low 50%
Naracoorte Aerodrome 14.3 -0.7 18.3 13th 6.0 +0.4 -1.8 2nd 33.2 57.3 low 58%
Padthaway South 14.6 -0.4 18.4 12th 6.0 +0.3 -1.8 2nd 22.6 58.5 low 39%
Robe Airfield 14.8 -0.5 17.0 8th 7.4 +0.6 0.8 21st 39.8 83.7 low 48%

Notes

The Monthly climate summary lists the main features of the weather in South Australia 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.

A climate summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.

This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Wednesday 1 July 2015. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.

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.

The ACORN-SAT dataset is used for temperature area averages.

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