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South Australia in April 2025

Rainfall

• Rainfall totals in April were below to very much below average for the state's south-east and central eastern regions.
• Rainfall totals were above average across most of the state's north and parts of the west to very much above average for a northern pocket in the Northern East Pastoral district.
• South Australia's area-averaged rainfall total in April was 8.6 mm, 47% below the 1961–1990 average.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures in April were above to very much above average for most of the south and central regions, and below average for a pocket in the state's north-east.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 28.3 °C, 1.71 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• South Australia had its highest mean maximum temperature for April since 2019.
• Mean minimum temperatures in April were above to very much above average for most of the state, and close to average in the state's north-west.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 14.2 °C, 1.56 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean temperature was 21.2 °C, 1.64 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• Kingscote Aero and Cape Borda had their hottest April day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• A few sites had their highest April mean maximum temperature on record.
• A few sites had their highest April mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Cape Willoughby and Renmark had their warmest April night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
• Several sites had their highest April mean minimum temperature on record.
• A few sites had their highest April mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Several sites had their highest April mean temperature on record.
• Streaky Bay and Kimba had their highest April mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Events

• For more details, visit the April national climate summary.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Extremes in April 2025
Hottest day	37.4 °C at Nullarbor on the 15th
Warmest days on average	30.0 °C at Marree Aero
Coolest days on average	19.6 °C at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)
Coldest day	11.1 °C at Mount Lofty on the 21st
Coldest night	1.0 °C at Padthaway South on the 30th
Coolest nights on average	9.0 °C at Padthaway South
Warmest nights on average	16.7 °C at Moomba Airport
Warmest night	23.7 °C at Cleve Aerodrome on the 13th
Warmest on average overall	23.0 °C at Moomba Airport
Coolest on average overall	16.0 °C at Mount Lofty
Wettest overall	48.2 mm at Flinders Chase (Rocky River)
Wettest day	23.0 mm at Mount Lofty on the 21st
Strongest wind gust	80.0 km/h at Cape Jaffa (The Limestone) on the 20th

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Record highest April temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for April
Kingscote Aero	34.6	on the 13th	34.4	on 09 Apr 2018	31	21.7
Cape Borda	30.3	on the 14th	=30.3	on 11 Apr 2007	23	19.7

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Record highest April mean maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for April
Mount Gambier Aero	23.0	22.7	in 2005	84	19.6
Neptune Island	21.3	21.1	in 2007	64	19.5
Cape Willoughby	21.3	=21.3	in 2018	58	19.2
Stenhouse Bay	23.5	=23.5	in 2018	30	21.1

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Highest April mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for April
Coonawarra	23.9	24.0	in 1993	21.0
Naracoorte Aerodrome	24.7	25.0	in 2005	22.0
Karoonda	26.3	26.6	in 2005	23.6
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay)	23.1	23.9	in 2005	21.5

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

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Record highest April daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for April
Cape Willoughby	22.3	on the 16th	21.7	on 09 Apr 1969	58	14.2
Renmark Aero	21.4	on the 19th	20.9	on 10 Apr 2005	30	9.2

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Record highest April mean minimum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for April
Streaky Bay	15.0	14.7	in 2010	99	12.8
Eudunda	12.7	12.0	in 2018	61	9.9
Cape Willoughby	15.9	15.8	in 2007	58	14.2
Kimba	13.2	=13.2	in 2021	57	11.3
Strathalbyn Racecourse	12.7	12.0	in 2018	29	10.6
Hindmarsh Island AWS	14.4	13.8	in 2018	23	12.4
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome)	11.4	11.2	in 2022	20	9.4

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Highest April mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for April
Elliston	14.0	14.8	in 1971	12.2
Murray Bridge	12.5	13.0	in 1974	10.4
Nullarbor	13.2	13.4	in 2005	11.7

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

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Record highest April mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for April
Mount Gambier Aero	16.9	16.3	in 1980	84	14.2
Elliston	19.6	19.5	in 2018	64	17.4
Cape Willoughby	18.6	18.5	in 2018	58	16.7
Coonawarra	16.7	16.5	in 2018	40	14.5
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	17.0	=17.0	in 2018	34	15.4
Stenhouse Bay	19.6	=19.6	in 2018	30	17.6
Naracoorte Aerodrome	17.4	17.2	in 2005	27	15.1
Karoonda	18.8	18.6	in 2018	23	16.6
Robe Airfield	16.5	16.3	in 2018	22	15.0

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Highest April mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for April
Streaky Bay	20.3	20.4	in 2005	18.3
Kimba	19.5	20.8	in 2005	17.6

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

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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Summary statistics for April 2025
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for April 2025	Diff from average	Highest for April 2025		Mean for April 2025	Diff from average	Lowest for April 2025		Total for April 2025	Average for April	Rank of April 2025	Fraction of April average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka	29.3	+1.9	34.0	13th	15.7	+1.6	10.4	21st	3.2	16.1	average	20%
Coober Pedy Airport	28.3	+1.1	33.9	12th	15.2	+0.8	9.8	21st	0.0	14.3	lowest	0%
Ernabella (Pukatja)	26.2	-1.0	31.3	10th	12.7	-0.6	6.5	24th	9.4	15.1	average	62%
Mount Ive	27.3	+1.6	34.0	13th	11.7		2.0	21st	3.6	16.7	low	22%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	28.9	+1.6	34.2	12th	14.1	+1.4	8.3	24th	2.2	16.5	average	13%
Tarcoola Aero	28.9	+1.7	35.5	12th	12.9	+0.8	5.5	21st	1.2	14.2	low	8%
Woomera Aerodrome	27.8	+2.2	33.7	12th	14.8	+1.6	9.6	21st	2.8	12.8	average	22%
Far North (district 17)
Arkaroola	25.6	+0.3	31.2	18th	13.0	+1.8	8.0	23rd	0.0	15.0	lowest	0%
Leigh Creek Airport	28.2	+1.8	33.2	12th	14.4	+1.4	8.9	22nd	3.8	14.2	average	27%
Marree Aero	30.0	+1.2	34.5	11th	15.5	+1.4	10.5	23rd	0.0	9.8	lowest	0%
Moomba Airport	29.3	+0.1	33.6	11th	16.7	+1.0	12.2	30th	6.2	8.6	average	72%
Oodnadatta Airport	29.6	+1.0	34.0	12th	16.0	+1.5	10.6	23rd	8.8	11.1	average	79%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO	25.4	+1.1	36.6	13th	12.0	+1.2	4.3	24th	7.0	20.1	low	35%
Cleve	25.6	+2.8	34.8	13th	12.8	+0.4	9.5	30th	10.2	28.6	low	36%
Cleve Aerodrome	25.3	+2.0	35.1	13th	14.0	+1.6	9.4	27th	7.6	24.9	low	30%
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid)	23.4		32.0	14th	14.4		10.9	30th	16.2
Cultana (Defence)	26.8		34.5	13th	14.0		9.3	23rd	7.0
Cummins Aero	25.7	+1.9	35.9	12th	11.2	+0.9	4.3	24th	12.6	25.3	low	50%
Elliston	25.2	+2.7	34.4	12th	14.0	+1.8	8.1	5th	3.4	27.1	v low	12%
Kimba	25.7	+1.7	33.4	13th	13.2	+1.9	8.4	21st	4.2	22.5	low	19%
Kyancutta	27.6	+2.1	35.7	13th	11.7	+2.2	4.7	24th	2.2	19.4	low	11%
Minnipa PIRSA	26.0	+1.1	34.3	13th	13.7	+1.6	8.5	23rd	1.8	15.6	low	12%
Neptune Island	21.3	+1.8	28.2	13th	16.5	+1.4	13.3	20th	25.2	29.5	average	85%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	24.5	+2.2	36.2	13th	13.6	+1.4	9.3	24th	5.8	21.1	low	28%
Nullarbor	25.8	+0.9	37.4	15th	13.2	+1.5	6.8	30th	17.4	22.4	average	78%
Port Augusta Aero	28.2	+1.6	35.8	12th	14.0	+1.1	8.6	23rd	1.8	19.9	low	9%
Streaky Bay	25.6	+1.8	35.1	12th	15.0	+2.2	9.0	5th	8.1	23.8	low	34%
Whyalla Aero	25.8	+1.8	34.6	12th	13.5	+1.6	8.7	23rd	4.2	21.0	low	20%
Wudinna Aero	27.0	+1.6	36.0	13th	12.3	+2.2	4.4	23rd	4.4	16.9	low	26%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker	25.9	+0.5	31.3	14th	12.6	+1.5	7.9	23rd	1.5	19.8	low	8%
Yongala	23.5	+1.5	31.2	13th	9.5	+2.2	4.0	5th	3.3	24.9	low	13%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	27.3	+2.4	34.5	17th	10.0	+1.4	4.3	8th	1.2	20.4	low	6%
Yunta Airstrip	26.2	+1.7	32.8	12th	10.3	+1.2	6.0	9th	1.0	11.8	low	8%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School	24.3	+2.5	32.7	13th	10.0	+1.0	5.6	5th	4.6	36.7	low	12%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS	27.2	+1.7	35.4	12th	12.6	+1.3	7.0	23rd	5.4	21.5	average	25%
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	26.6	+1.9	35.2	14th	10.7	+1.3	5.6	8th	3.0	23.8	low	13%
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh	23.3	+2.0	34.9	13th	14.8	+1.7	8.0	24th	24.6	25.3	average	97%
Kadina AWS	25.8	+1.8	33.8	13th	11.5	+1.1	6.4	23rd	8.2	24.4	low	34%
Maitland	26.0	+3.4	33.8	13th	14.8	+2.3	10.5	30th	23.2	42.3	average	55%
Minlaton Aero	25.0	+1.8	34.3	15th	13.0	+1.2	7.3	5th	15.6	25.2	average	62%
Price	24.4	+0.9	33.9	13th	13.9	+2.5	10.0	24th	0.6	25.3	lowest	2%
Stenhouse Bay	23.5	+2.4	34.5	15th	15.6	+1.5	12.1	24th	3.4	27.4	v low	12%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda	21.5	+1.8	30.3	14th	13.1	+0.5	9.6	8th	17.8	38.8	low	46%
Cape Willoughby	21.3	+2.1	32.3	15th	15.9	+1.7	12.9	20th	11.4	38.8	low	29%
Kingscote Aero	23.9	+2.2	34.6	13th	10.7	+1.8	5.8	24th	9.8	26.0	low	38%
Parndana CFS AWS	22.8	+1.9	33.6	13th	11.7	+1.1	7.7	24th	29.6	36.5	average	81%
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)	25.2	+3.0	34.5	13th	14.1	+1.3	9.7	29th	9.8	43.6	low	22%
Adelaide Airport	24.4	+2.1	33.2	13th	13.8	+1.9	9.4	29th	5.0	34.0	v low	15%
Edinburgh RAAF	25.7	+2.6	34.7	12th	13.2	+1.4	8.0	30th	2.6	30.1	v low	9%
Parafield Airport	26.0	+3.1	34.6	15th	12.4	+0.6	6.8	29th	5.2	37.6	low	14%
Roseworthy AWS	26.3	+2.2	35.7	12th	12.1	+1.7	5.0	23rd	13.4	28.7	average	47%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa PIRSA	24.5	+2.5	33.1	14th	9.3	+0.2	3.3	27th	7.0	33.0	low	21%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS	23.3	+1.6	34.4	13th	14.4	+2.0	9.6	24th	7.0	27.7	v low	25%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve	22.4	+2.7	32.7	12th	13.0	+1.7	9.2	30th	18.2	54.2	low	34%
Mount Barker	21.9	+1.3	29.6	10th	9.7	+1.3	6.6	8th	23.6	57.1	low	41%
Mount Crawford AWS	22.1	+2.7	30.9	12th	12.7	+2.2	7.2	30th	13.8	42.4	average	32%
Mount Lofty	20.2	+3.8	29.2	13th	11.8	+2.0	6.8	30th	28.4	58.1	low	49%
Noarlunga	24.2	+1.8	33.9	13th	15.1	+1.5	11.0	29th	6.4	32.5	low	20%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)	19.6	+1.3	30.6	14th	13.0	+1.7	10.5	21st	28.4	55.4	low	51%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay)	23.1	+1.6	34.4	13th	12.4	+1.8	7.9	24th	16.4	35.0	low	47%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre	26.7	+2.8	34.1	17th	10.6	+1.9	5.6	8th	6.2	18.3	average	34%
Renmark Aero	26.9	+2.4	35.0	12th	11.0	+1.8	6.0	8th	0.8	17.6	low	4%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda	23.8	+2.3	31.3	14th	12.7	+2.8	7.9	8th	7.4	32.8	low	23%
Meningie	24.3	+2.5	34.2	13th					9.6	37.0	low	26%
Murray Bridge	26.0	+2.4	36.1	14th	12.5	+2.1	8.4	24th	2.7	28.7	v low	9%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome)	25.5	+2.1	35.2	13th	11.4	+2.0	6.2	24th	2.2	24.2	low	9%
Strathalbyn Racecourse	24.2	+1.8	34.7	12th	12.7	+2.1	7.7	1st	6.2	27.0	low	23%
Murray Mallee (district 25A)
Karoonda	26.3	+2.7	35.4	13th	11.2	+1.6	7.4	8th	2.4	24.3	low	10%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith	26.7	+4.2	34.8	13th	10.5	+1.2	5.3	8th	3.0	32.3	v low	9%
Keith (Munkora)	25.4	+2.3	35.0	13th	9.3	+1.1	3.4	8th	7.6	23.9	low	32%
Lameroo (Austin Plains)	26.0	+2.7	34.0	14th	9.8	+0.7	4.2	4th	3.8	23.2	low	16%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	21.7	+1.8	30.3	15th	12.3	+1.5	8.0	2nd	19.8	31.8	low	62%
Coonawarra	23.9	+2.9	33.7	13th	9.5	+1.6	2.7	5th	19.8	34.9	low	57%
Mount Gambier Aero	23.0	+3.4	34.1	13th	10.8	+2.0	4.6	9th	33.4	54.1	low	62%
Naracoorte Aerodrome	24.7	+2.7	34.7	13th	10.1	+1.9	2.1	30th	6.2	27.3	v low	23%
Padthaway South	24.3	+2.4	34.7	13th	9.0	+0.8	1.0	30th	9.0	28.3	lowest	32%
Robe	21.3	+2.4	29.0	14th	12.9	+1.3	8.7	2nd	16.8	45.9	low	37%
Robe Airfield	22.2	+1.8	31.3	15th	10.7	+1.1	4.6	9th	16.2	40.3	v low	40%

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