Wednesday, 1 February 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Adelaide - Product code IDCKGC13L0
Adelaide in January 2017: Heavy rain and above average temperatures
It was a wet start to 2017 for Adelaide with most locations across the metropolitan and Hills regions recording above average rainfall for January. Both day and night temperatures were above average.
Heavy rainfall
- On the 19th and 20th a broad area of low pressure combined with tropical moisture brought very humid conditions to the Adelaide region with very heavy rainfall and thunderstorm activity
- The system saw both Edinburgh RAAF (44.8 mm) and Mount Crawford AWS (34 mm) report their wettest January day on record
- Most locations reported more than double the long-term average for January with several locations reporting their wettest January since at least 1996
A warmer than average start to the year
- Both maximum and minimum temperatures were above average for most locations, with particularly warm periods during the first and third weeks of the month
- For Adelaide (Kent Town), daytime maximum temperatures were 1.3 °C warmer than the long term average and overnight minimum temperatures were 1.0 °C warmer
- Adelaide (Kent Town) recorded 8 days with a maximum temperature greater than 35 °C this January, surpassing the average of 6 days
Damaging winds, high humidity and heavy rainfall
- On the 19th, a vigorous line of thunderstorms associated with a deep low pressure trough passed across the region bringing very high humidity, strong wind gusts and heavy showers
- Adelaide Airport recorded a wind gust of 111 km/h on the 19th, the highest wind speed to be recorded in January for this locations since observations began in 1955, with the previous highest being 104 km/h on 26 January 1995
Further information
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- media@bom.gov.au (03) 9669 4057
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Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Extremes in January 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 41.5 °C at Edinburgh RAAF on the 7th |
| Warmest days on average |
30.7 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) 30.7 °C at Parafield Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 25.1 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Coldest day | 18.0 °C at Mount Lofty on the 20th |
| Coldest night | 8.4 °C at Mount Lofty on the 25th |
| Coolest nights on average | 13.4 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Warmest nights on average | 18.2 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) |
| Warmest night | 31.6 °C at Parafield Airport on the 7th |
| Warmest on average overall | 24.4 °C at Adelaide (Kent Town) |
| Coolest on average overall | 19.2 °C at Mount Lofty |
| Wettest overall | 84.0 mm at Kangarilla (Saddlebags) |
| Wettest day | 44.8 mm at Edinburgh RAAF on the 20th |
| Strongest wind gust | 111 km/h at Adelaide Airport on the 19th |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Record highest January daily rainfall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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| Edinburgh RAAF | 44.8 | on the 20th | 37.0 | on the 17th in 1979 | 45 | |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 34.2 | on the 20th | 31.8 | on the 20th in 2007 | 23 | |
| Record highest January total rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for January |
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| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | 60.4 | 53.0 | in 2007 | 24 | 21.8 |
| Sellicks Beach | 56.4 | 52.2 | in 2007 | 24 | 21.3 |
| Highest January total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Observed (mm) |
Most recent higher |
Average for January |
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| Willunga | 73.8 | 74.2 | in 1946* | 21.1 | |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | 74.2 | 111.6 | in 1941* | 21.6 | |
| Mount Bold Reservoir | 68.6 | 68.9 | in 1963 | 24.6 | |
| Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Club) | 52.4 | 62.8 | in 1979* | 19.3 | |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 65.8 | 92.2 | in 1996 | 21.9 | |
| Happy Valley Reservoir | 61.0 | 66.2 | in 1996 | 22.2 | |
| North Adelaide | 45.6 | 49.8 | in 1996 | 21.6 | |
| Parafield Airport | 56.6 | 75.6 | in 1996 | 21.5 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for January 2017 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for January 2017 |
Diff from average |
Highest for January 2017 |
Mean for January 2017 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for January 2017 |
Total for January 2017 |
Average for January |
Rank of January 2017 |
Fraction of January average |
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| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 30.7 | +1.3 | 41.1 | 17th | 18.2 | +1.0 | 12.4 | 25th | 47.2 | 20.9 | v high | 226% |
| Adelaide Airport | 29.1 | +1.0 | 39.6 | 6th | 17.8 | +1.8 | 12.8 | 25th | 37.6 | 18.1 | high | 208% |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 30.1 | +0.1 | 41.5 | 7th | 17.2 | +0.7 | 11.2 | 26th | 65.8 | 21.9 | v high | 300% |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 26.1 | 0.0 | 37.2 | 7th | 14.7 | +0.5 | 10.7 | 3rd | 71.4 | 27.6 | v high | 259% |
| Mount Barker | 28.2 | +1.0 | 38.8 | 7th | 13.8 | +1.9 | 9.8 | 25th | 39.2 | 26.1 | high | 150% |
| Mount Crawford AWS | 27.6 | +0.1 | 37.9 | 7th | 14.3 | +0.3 | 8.7 | 3rd | 53.6 | 24.4 | high | 220% |
| Mount Lofty | 25.1 | +3.4 | 34.5 | 7th | 13.4 | +1.3 | 8.4 | 25th | 65.0 | |||
| Noarlunga | 28.5 | -0.2 | 39.6 | 6th | 17.6 | +0.5 | 13.5 | 21st | 34.2 | 18.1 | high | 189% |
| Parafield Airport | 30.7 | +1.0 | 40.7 | 17th | 17.4 | +1.0 | 12.5 | 21st | 56.6 | 21.5 | v high | 263% |
Extremes Records Summaries Daily observations Important notes the top
| Daily maximum temperatures for January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 23.7 | 24.6 | 27.8 | 33.3 | 35.8 | 39.5 | 40.7 | 28.0 | 30.4 | 29.3 | 28.0 | 37.2 | 23.4 | 23.3 | 26.1 | 36.1 | 41.1 | 27.2 | 38.2 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 34.2 | 33.0 | 25.2 | 27.4 | 28.0 | 32.2 | 32.3 | 39.0 | 28.7 | 26.0 |
| Adelaide Airport | 22.1 | 24.9 | 27.6 | 33.6 | 36.4 | 39.6 | 39.2 | 24.7 | 25.8 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 34.2 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 34.8 | 39.4 | 27.3 | 38.2 | 23.7 | 25.4 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 24.6 | 26.4 | 27.7 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 36.2 | 27.3 | 23.9 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 23.2 | 25.8 | 28.6 | 34.3 | 36.7 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 26.2 | 29.5 | 27.7 | 25.9 | 36.8 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 24.8 | 34.8 | 40.3 | 28.1 | 37.9 | 24.1 | 27.2 | 32.2 | 31.9 | 25.1 | 25.8 | 27.4 | 30.6 | 31.3 | 37.5 | 28.3 | 25.3 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 19.0 | 18.6 | 20.2 | 26.3 | 27.3 | 36.2 | 37.2 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 23.8 | 33.2 | 20.9 | 20.4 | 23.9 | 31.5 | 36.6 | 20.1 | 33.9 | 19.0 | 24.9 | 30.6 | 30.2 | 19.5 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 27.8 | 28.3 | 34.9 | 24.9 | 21.3 |
| Mount Barker | 22.3 | 21.5 | 22.7 | 28.2 | 30.0 | 37.0 | 38.8 | 27.7 | 29.9 | 26.8 | 34.0 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 34.2 | 38.4 | 22.1 | 34.7 | 21.8 | 26.0 | 32.4 | 31.8 | 22.5 | 23.9 | 23.0 | 31.5 | 32.2 | 23.1 | |||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 21.6 | 20.9 | 24.0 | 29.3 | 31.3 | 35.4 | 37.9 | 26.6 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 26.4 | 33.4 | 20.2 | 22.2 | 26.2 | 32.2 | 36.9 | 23.4 | 33.1 | 19.7 | 25.1 | 31.3 | 31.4 | 21.2 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 29.4 | 30.9 | 35.3 | 25.3 | 23.0 |
| Mount Lofty | 18.1 | 18.4 | 21.2 | 26.9 | 29.1 | 34.3 | 34.5 | 23.8 | 25.1 | 24.5 | 23.6 | 31.0 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 24.3 | 29.6 | 34.2 | 20.5 | 32.0 | 18.0 | 23.7 | 28.5 | 26.8 | 19.2 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 25.9 | 27.6 | 32.5 | 22.7 | 20.5 |
| Noarlunga | 22.8 | 23.1 | 24.4 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 39.6 | 39.4 | 24.8 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 35.3 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 26.4 | 33.8 | 38.9 | 24.3 | 37.6 | 23.1 | 24.0 | 31.4 | 27.9 | 23.3 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 29.1 | 28.9 | 36.5 | 26.9 | 25.1 |
| Parafield Airport | 23.5 | 25.7 | 28.6 | 34.2 | 36.4 | 40.1 | 40.4 | 27.1 | 29.9 | 28.8 | 26.5 | 36.8 | 23.7 | 23.9 | 26.0 | 35.6 | 40.7 | 28.8 | 38.7 | 24.9 | 27.2 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 25.9 | 26.6 | 28.3 | 31.8 | 32.1 | 38.0 | 29.0 | 26.1 |
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Values are the maximum temperature, usually in the 24 hours from 9 am on the day indicated, and typically occurred in the afternoon of that day. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temperatures coloured according to their difference from the long-term average for the period |
-10.0 | -9.0 | -8.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +4.0 | +5.0 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +8.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | °C | Grey outline marks highest and lowest for the period |
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| Daily minimum temperatures for January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | 16.3 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 18.5 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 31.4 | 20.9 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 17.0 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 18.2 | 13.2 | 17.3 | 24.5 | 16.2 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 24.6 | 17.1 |
| Adelaide Airport | 16.7 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 18.2 | 22.4 | 22.5 | 30.7 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 21.1 | 17.7 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 13.9 | 15.4 | 23.9 | 16.6 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 24.1 | 16.7 |
| Edinburgh RAAF | 15.7 | 15.7 | 13.4 | 16.6 | 21.3 | 22.2 | 30.1 | 20.7 | 20.1 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 20.9 | 17.3 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 21.4 | 17.4 | 12.3 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 23.1 | 17.3 |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 13.0 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 15.0 | 18.3 | 27.1 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 17.2 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 21.5 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 11.3 | 14.0 | 21.1 | 13.0 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 13.1 | 20.3 | 12.8 |
| Mount Barker | 13.2 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 15.7 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 17.7 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 15.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 18.7 | 12.9 | 9.8 | 12.6 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 13.1 | |||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 12.6 | 11.2 | 8.7 | 12.6 | 17.0 | 20.1 | 25.9 | 17.8 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 12.3 | 22.9 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 21.1 | 12.6 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 22.3 | 12.3 |
| Mount Lofty | 11.4 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 14.3 | 18.9 | 25.7 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 17.1 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 12.0 | 20.6 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 19.6 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 17.4 | 16.9 | 21.7 | 10.8 |
| Noarlunga | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 16.8 | 19.3 | 22.4 | 31.1 | 19.4 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 14.4 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 21.3 | 16.8 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 13.5 | 17.3 | 23.0 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 23.9 | 15.3 |
| Parafield Airport | 15.6 | 14.9 | 13.3 | 18.1 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 31.6 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 18.5 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 21.9 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 12.5 | 17.5 | 22.2 | 16.4 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 23.5 | 16.4 |
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Values are the minimum temperature, usually in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated, and typically occurred that morning. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temperatures coloured according to their difference from the long-term average for the period |
-10.0 | -9.0 | -8.0 | -7.0 | -6.0 | -5.0 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 | 0.0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +4.0 | +5.0 | +6.0 | +7.0 | +8.0 | +9.0 | +10.0 | °C | Grey outline marks highest and lowest for the period |
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| Daily rainfall for January 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
| Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | 13.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.8 | ||||||||
| Adelaide (Kent Town) | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | 7.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 21.0 | - | - | - | 6.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Keswick) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.2 | 7.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12.8 | - | - | - | 8.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Adelaide (Morphett Vale) | 1.6 | 16.0 | 9.6 | 21.0 | 26.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Club) | 9.4 | 38.4 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide (Seaton) | 13.6 | 10.8 | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.2 | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | - | - | - | 8.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ashton | 0.4 | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.8 | 14.4 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 31.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 8.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |
| Ashton Co-op | → | → | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Athelstone (Black Hill) | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.4 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 29.8 | - | - | - | 6.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Balhannah (Killara Park) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.4 | 5.2 | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 23.8 | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Beaumont | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.2 | 7.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 12.6 | - | - | - | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.2 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 18.4 | - | - | - | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Belair (St Johns) | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 11.6 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 18.8 | - | - | - | 13.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bellevue Heights | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.6 | 7.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 17.2 | - | - | - | 14.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Birdwood (McVittie's Hill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | - | - | 2.2 | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 25.6 | - | - | - | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Blackwood (Wittunga) | 12.2 | 9.0 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brownhill Creek (Scotch College) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.6 | 9.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 17.8 | 0.2 | - | - | 11.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Burnside | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.6 | 9.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 17.4 | - | - | - | 6.4 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Charleston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 5.0 | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 24.4 | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Crafers West | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.8 | 11.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.2 | 0.2 | - | - | 10.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Cudlee Creek (Millbrook Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.8 | 14.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | ||||||||
| Cudlee Creek (O'Deas Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 7.0 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 33.2 | - | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Eden Valley (Mt Adam) | - | - | - | - | 1.4 | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |||||||||||
| Edinburgh RAAF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 8.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 44.8 | - | - | - | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Felixstow (Payneham) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.8 | 8.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 19.4 | - | 0.2 | - | 5.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gawler | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | 5.6 | 8.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 23.4 | - | - | - | 6.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Greenacres | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 | 6.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 21.6 | - | - | - | 6.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Hahndorf | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.3 | 5.5 | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | 21.8 | - | - | - | 4.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |
| Happy Valley Reservoir | 0.2 | 5.0 | 17.8 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heathfield Works Depot | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | → | → | 10.4 | - | - | - | 26.6 | - | - | - | 12.0 | ||||||||
| Ironstone Road | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.6 | - | - | 3.2 | 9.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 39.2 | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kangarilla (Saddlebags) | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.6 | 9.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 39.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 19.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kersbrook | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | 4.6 | 7.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 38.2 | - | - | - | 3.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kilburn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 9.4 | 6.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 19.8 | 0.2 | - | - | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Kuitpo Forest Reserve | 0.2 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.4 | 8.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 28.4 | - | - | - | 19.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | |
| Leawood Gardens (Eagle on The Hill) | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | 10.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 18.4 | - | - | - | 9.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Lenswood Research Centre | → | → | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | → | → | 8.8 | - | 0.4 | - | 31.0 | - | - | - | 4.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |
| Lobethal | → | → | → | → | → | → | 0.4 | → | → | → | 7.6 | → | → | 4.4 | 30.2 | → | → | → | → | → | → | 1.9 | → | → | → | 0.2 | ||||||
| Lobethal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 7.6 | 5.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 27.2 | - | - | - | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Lobethal (Maidment Road) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | - | 6.4 | 6.6 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 32.0 | - | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Long Ridge (Greenhill) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | 9.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 14.4 | 0.2 | - | - | 8.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mallala | 13.0 | 27.4 | 10.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McLaren Vale (Pirramimma Winery) | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.0 | → | → | 8.8 | - | - | - | 16.4 | - | - | - | 20.8 | ||||||||
| Melrose Park | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.6 | 7.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 15.2 | - | - | - | 11.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mitchell Park (Marion) | - | - | - | 10.8 | 5.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 13.8 | - | - | - | 12.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Montacute | - | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.8 | 9.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 30.0 | - | - | - | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Morphettville | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.8 | 5.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 13.0 | - | - | - | 8.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Barker | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.6 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | 19.2 | - | - | - | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Mount Bold Reservoir | 0.4 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 16.6 | 28.8 | 17.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Crawford AWS | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0.8 | - | - | 2.6 | 8.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 34.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | 5.8 | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Mount Lofty | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16.0 | 12.4 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 24.0 | - | - | - | 10.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | |
| Mt Bold (Scott Creek) | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.0 | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 26.0 | 0.2 | - | - | 14.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mylor (Biggs Flat) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.0 | 5.6 | - | - | - | - | - | 20.4 | - | - | - | 5.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Nairne | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 3.6 | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0.8 | 20.0 | - | - | - | 2.0 | ||||||||
| Noarlunga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.0 | 0.2 | - | - | 21.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| North Adelaide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.4 | → | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | 20.0 | - | - | - | 5.2 | ||||||||
| Owen | 4.4 | 6.4 | → | → | 10.0 | 19.4 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parafield Airport | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 5.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 38.6 | 0.2 | - | - | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Piccadilly (Woodhouse) | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14.8 | 10.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 24.4 | - | - | - | 8.6 | ||||||||
| Regency Park | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.2 | 6.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 15.2 | - | - | - | 5.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sellicks Beach | 13.6 | 5.6 | 19.0 | 18.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla | 10.8 | 11.4 | 24.4 | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uraidla (Sutton Creek) | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.8 | 11.2 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 22.6 | 0.6 | - | - | 7.6 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Verdun | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 11.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - | 0.2 | - | 23.0 | 0.2 | - | - | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | |
| Williamstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | - | - | 4.6 | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | - | 41.2 | - | - | - | 7.2 | ||||||||
| Williamstown (South Para Reservoir) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | - | - | 0.8 | 13.2 | - | - | - | - | - | 38.2 | - | - | - | 7.8 | ||||||||
| Willunga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22.0 | → | → | 7.0 | - | - | - | 23.6 | - | - | - | 21.2 | ||||||||
| Woodside | 0.3 | → | → | 11.8 | 27.2 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Woodside (Wicks Estate) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.6 | 5.4 | - | - | - | - | - | 24.6 | - | - | - | 1.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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Most values are the precipitation in the 24 hours to 9 am on the day indicated.
Days marked with → are part of a longer accumulation, which is shown on the final day. Values over 100 mm have been rounded to the nearest whole millimetre. Days marked with - have a rainfall report of zero; days left blank have no rainfall report (which often indicates no rain fell). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rainfalls coloured according to the amount |
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Notes
The Monthly climate summary, generally published on the first working day of each month, lists the main features of the weather in Adelaide using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Wednesday 1 February 2017. 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.
Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.
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