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South Australia in January 2026

Rainfall

• Rainfall totals in January were below to very much below average for much of the state's north, east and south, and above to very much above average for the south-west.
• South Australia's area-averaged rainfall total in January was 3.7 mm, 83% below the 1961–1990 average.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures in January were above to very much above average for much of the state.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 38.9 °C, 4.21 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the third-warmest on record for all Januarys since 1910.
• South Australia had its highest mean maximum temperature for January since 2019.
• Mean minimum temperatures in January were above to very much above average across the state.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 21.4 °C, 2.49 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the eighth-warmest on record for all Januarys since 1910.
• South Australia had its highest mean minimum temperature for January since 2019.
• South Australia's area-averaged mean temperature was 30.2 °C, 3.35 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the fourth-warmest on record for all Januarys since 1910.
• Many sites had their hottest January day (highest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• Several sites had their highest January mean maximum temperature on record.
• Several sites had their highest January mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
• A few sites had their warmest January night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
• Nuriootpa PIRSA and Clare High School had their highest January mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Streaky Bay had its lowest January mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• A few sites had their highest January mean temperature on record.
• Several sites had their highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Events

• Much of Australia experienced widespread low to extreme heatwave conditions throughout January, with much of South Australia also affected and recording temperatures between 45 °C and 50 °C.
• For more details, visit the January national climate summary.

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Extremes in January 2026
Hottest day	50.0 °C at Andamooka on the 29th 50.0 °C at Port Augusta Aero on the 30th
Warmest days on average	42.4 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest days on average	22.9 °C at Cape Willoughby
Coldest day	16.3 °C at Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS) on the 15th
Coldest night	4.4 °C at Coonawarra on the 23rd
Coolest nights on average	12.7 °C at Padthaway South
Warmest nights on average	26.1 °C at Moomba Airport
Warmest night	34.2 °C at Marree Aero on the 28th 34.2 °C at Marree Aero on the 29th
Warmest on average overall	34.2 °C at Moomba Airport 34.2 °C at Oodnadatta Airport
Coolest on average overall	18.8 °C at Robe
Wettest overall	9.0 mm at Coonawarra
Wettest day	8.4 mm at Coonawarra on the 20th
Strongest wind gust	102.0 km/h at Moomba Airport on the 27th

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

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Record highest January temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Ceduna AMO	49.5	on the 26th	48.6	on 24 Jan 2019	84	28.7
Woomera Aerodrome	49.6	on the 30th	48.1	on 25 Jan 2011	77	34.7
Cleve	46.2	on the 26th	46.0	on 24 Jan 2019	70	28.3
Streaky Bay	47.5	on the 26th	47.2	on 23 Jan 1982	70	29.3
Yongala	45.0	on the 30th	43.5	on 24 Jan 2019	69	31.0
Elliston	45.9	on the 26th	44.3	on 23 Jan 2019	65	26.0
Andamooka	50.0	on the 29th	48.1	on 24 Jan 2019	56	36.6
Hawker	46.8	on the 30th	46.0	on 24 Jan 2019	54	34.3
Arkaroola	45.9	on the 30th	45.3	on 03 Jan 1990	49	34.5
Leigh Creek Airport	48.2	on the 29th	46.9	on 24 Jan 2019	44	35.9
Loxton Research Centre	48.2	on the 27th	45.7	on 14 Jan 2001	42	32.3
Coonawarra	45.2	on the 27th	44.5	on 28 Jan 2009	41	27.7
Coober Pedy Airport	48.3	on the 30th	47.8	on 16 Jan 2019	32	36.8
Renmark Aero	49.6	on the 27th	47.1	on 14 Jan 2001	31	33.8
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	49.6	on the 29th	48.5	on 25 Jan 2011	29	37.0
Tarcoola Aero	49.7	on the 30th	49.1	on 24 Jan 2019	28	36.6
Marree Aero	49.8	on the 29th	48.5	on 25 Jan 2024	28	38.9
Yunta Airstrip	47.1	on the 27th	46.0	on 15 Jan 2019	28	33.9
Naracoorte Aerodrome	46.0	on the 27th	45.8	on 14 Jan 2014	28	29.9
Wudinna Aero	48.6	on the 26th	48.2	on 04 Jan 2013	27	33.4
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	48.4	on the 27th	46.9	on 23 Jan 2001	27	34.0
Port Augusta Aero	50.0	on the 30th	49.5	on 24 Jan 2019	25	34.1
Keith (Munkora)	47.3	on the 27th	47.2	on 14 Jan 2014	25	31.1
Karoonda	47.0	on the 27th	46.3	on 24 Jan 2019	24	31.7
Lameroo (Austin Plains)	48.3	on the 27th	46.2	on 14 Jan 2014	22	32.4

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Record highest January mean maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Andamooka	40.9	=40.9	in 2001	56	36.6
Loxton Research Centre	36.7	36.5	in 2019	42	32.3
Coober Pedy Airport	40.6	40.2	in 2001	32	36.8
Marree Aero	42.2	=42.2	in 2019	28	38.9
Ernabella (Pukatja)	39.3	39.2	in 2019	26	35.5
Padthaway South	32.1	32.0	in 2001	26	29.5
Keith (Munkora)	34.3	33.7	in 2014	25	31.1
Karoonda	35.0	34.9	in 2019	24	31.7

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Highest January mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for January
Nuriootpa PIRSA	33.6	33.9	in 2001	30.2
Adelaide Airport M.O.	31.6	32.5	in 2001	28.2
Yongala	35.5	36.0	in 2001	31.0
Whyalla Aero	32.6	35.0	in 2001	30.2
Tarcoola Aero	39.5	40.8	in 2001	36.6
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	40.4	40.7	in 2001	37.0
Woomera Aerodrome	39.3	39.4	in 2001	34.7

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 January daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Arkaroola	35.9	on the 31st	35.5	on 24 Jan 1982	49	20.3
Roseworthy AWS	31.7	on the 27th	31.3	on 29 Jan 2009	29	14.9
Marree Aero	34.2	on the 28th	=34.2	on 29 Jan 2018	28	23.1
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	32.6	on the 9th	31.0	on 31 Jan 2020	27	16.0
Ernabella (Pukatja)	30.4	on the 27th	30.3	on 15 Jan 2022	26	21.4

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Highest January mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for January
Nuriootpa PIRSA	16.6	17.3	in 2006	14.6
Clare High School	17.2	17.9	in 2006	14.9

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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Lowest January mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for January
Streaky Bay	14.3	13.9	in 1992	16.1

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

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Record highest January mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for January
Ernabella (Pukatja)	31.6	31.4	in 2019	26	28.5
Keith (Munkora)	24.2	24.0	in 2022	25	21.8
Karoonda	25.5	=25.5	in 2019	24	23.1

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Highest January mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for January
Keith	24.4	24.8	in 2001	21.8
Loxton Research Centre	26.8	26.9	in 2001	23.6
Nuriootpa PIRSA	25.1	25.7	in 2001	22.4
Yongala	26.9	27.0	in 2001	22.3
Roseworthy AWS	25.2	25.7	in 2006	23.4
Adelaide Airport M.O.	24.9	25.1	in 2006	22.2
Kimba	25.4	26.4	in 2006	23.7

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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Summary statistics for January 2026
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for January 2026	Diff from average	Highest for January 2026		Mean for January 2026	Diff from average	Lowest for January 2026		Total for January 2026	Average for January	Rank of January 2026	Fraction of January average
Northwest (district 16)
Andamooka	40.9	+4.3	50.0	29th	23.7	+2.2	17.3	11th	0.0	20.0	lowest	0%
Coober Pedy Airport	40.6	+3.8	48.3	30th	23.5	+1.3	16.7	4th	0.0	14.3	lowest	0%
Ernabella (Pukatja)	39.3	+3.8	43.3	9th	23.8	+2.4	18.8	21st	2.6	30.9	low	8%
Mount Ive	37.2	+2.6	46.0	24th	18.1		11.5	1st	0.0	17.7	lowest	0%
Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam Aerodrome)	40.4	+3.4	49.6	29th	22.7	+1.4	16.7	11th	0.0	16.5	lowest	0%
Tarcoola Aero	39.5	+2.9	49.7	30th	19.6	-0.1	13.1	4th	0.4	15.3	low	3%
Woomera Aerodrome	39.3	+4.6	49.6	30th	21.7	+2.0	14.9	22nd	0.0	17.8	lowest	0%
Far North (district 17)
Arkaroola	38.4	+3.9	45.9	30th	22.7	+2.4	12.7	2nd	0.6	34.6	low	2%
Leigh Creek Airport	40.0	+4.1	48.2	29th	23.5	+2.4	15.6	16th	1.0	24.5	low	4%
Marree Aero	42.2	+3.3	49.8	29th	24.4	+1.3	18.3	16th	0.0	18.4	lowest	0%
Moomba Airport	42.2	+3.2	48.7	30th	26.1	+1.2	21.6	5th	0.0	19.2	lowest	0%
Oodnadatta Airport	42.4	+4.4	48.5	25th	26.0	+2.8	20.5	12th	0.0	23.8	lowest	0%
Western Agricultural (district 18)
Ceduna AMO	29.6	+0.9	49.5	26th	15.7	+0.4	8.2	2nd	0.0	13.1	lowest	0%
Cleve	29.6	+1.3	46.2	26th	17.3	+1.5	12.9	1st	1.0	16.8	low	6%
Cleve Aerodrome	29.8	+0.8	46.8	26th	16.5	+0.4	11.8	12th	0.8	16.9	v low	5%
Coffin Bay (Point Avoid)	25.3		40.7	26th	15.9		12.2	12th	0.2
Cultana (Defence)	36.7		47.8	30th	19.6		12.8	1st	0.0
Cummins Aero	31.3	+1.2	47.9	26th	15.3	+0.2	7.5	5th	0.0	20.1	lowest	0%
Elliston	28.5	+2.5	45.9	26th	16.7	+0.9	11.8	5th	0.8	11.3	low	7%
Kimba	35.0	+3.4	46.2	26th	15.6	-0.2	10.2	16th	0.0	19.1	lowest	0%
Kyancutta	36.0	+2.9	48.3	26th	16.2	+1.7	9.7	12th	0.0	14.8	lowest	0%
Minnipa PIRSA	34.9	+2.0	47.5	26th	16.2	+0.2	10.1	1st	0.0	13.1	lowest	0%
North Shields (Port Lincoln AWS)	27.0	+0.8	44.5	7th	16.2	+0.4	11.9	6th	0.0	19.3	lowest	0%
Nullarbor	27.9	-0.1	44.9	23rd	16.8	+0.8	9.9	3rd	0.0	12.8	lowest	0%
Port Augusta Aero	36.4	+2.3	50.0	30th	20.6	+1.0	14.9	22nd	0.0	14.7	lowest	0%
Streaky Bay	31.3	+2.0	47.5	26th	14.3	-1.8	8.8	2nd	0.0	12.2	lowest	0%
Whyalla Aero	32.6	+2.4	47.8	8th	19.0	+1.1	12.3	23rd	0.0	20.2	lowest	0%
Wudinna Aero	35.7	+2.3	48.6	26th	16.1	+0.5	8.7	2nd	0.0	14.6	lowest	0%
Upper North (district 19)
Hawker	37.1	+2.8	46.8	30th	20.2	+2.0	13.5	22nd	0.4	20.2	low	2%
Yongala	35.5	+4.5	45.0	30th	17.3	+3.6	8.9	22nd	0.0	22.9	lowest	0%
Northeast (district 20)
Gluepot Reserve (Gluepot)	37.1	+3.1	48.4	27th	17.3	+1.3	8.7	23rd	0.0	17.4	lowest	0%
Yunta Airstrip	37.2	+3.3	47.1	27th	17.9	+1.2	10.3	23rd	0.6	22.4	low	3%
Lower North (district 21)
Clare High School	33.6	+3.2	44.5	26th	17.2	+2.3	9.0	13th	0.0	21.3	lowest	0%
Port Pirie Aerodrome AWS	35.9	+2.9	48.1	26th	18.0	+1.0	10.3	22nd	0.0	15.7	lowest	0%
Snowtown (Rayville Park)	34.9	+2.1	46.8	8th	15.5	+0.9	7.7	1st	0.0	17.4	lowest	0%
Yorke Peninsula (district 22A)
Edithburgh	26.5	+1.0	45.0	24th	17.3	+0.5	14.5	1st	0.0	15.1	lowest	0%
Kadina AWS	33.7	+1.9	45.9	26th	16.3	+0.6	9.8	23rd	0.0	18.7	lowest	0%
Maitland	32.2	+2.5	45.2	26th	16.3	+0.5	11.0	12th	0.0	17.9	lowest	0%
Minlaton Aero	31.2	+1.6	44.7	26th	16.3	+0.9	10.3	11th	0.0	15.1	lowest	0%
Price	28.3	-0.5	43.4	27th	17.1	+1.1	12.8	23rd	0.0	15.3	lowest	0%
Stenhouse Bay	26.2	+1.1	41.1	7th	17.0	+0.2	14.1	1st	0.0	16.2	lowest	0%
Warooka	31.3	+4.0	43.5	26th	17.7	+2.1	14.0	25th	0.0	14.6	lowest	0%
Kangaroo Island (district 22B)
Cape Borda	25.8	+1.2	38.0	7th	14.4	-0.1	9.0	22nd	0.0	17.8	lowest	0%
Cape Willoughby	22.9	+1.1	36.6	24th	16.3	+0.3	13.7	1st	0.2	18.7	v low	1%
Kingscote Aero	27.3	+0.5	41.5	7th	14.4	+1.0	7.3	23rd	0.0	15.3	lowest	0%
Parndana CFS AWS	26.2	-0.4	42.7	26th	13.9	+0.4	9.3	12th	1.4	18.0	v low	8%
Adelaide Plains (district 23A)
Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira)	32.8	+4.1	44.7	26th	18.3	+1.7	10.5	1st	0.0	20.3	lowest	0%
Adelaide Airport	32.3		43.7	7th	17.2		11.3	12th	0.0
Adelaide Airport M.O.	31.6	+3.4	42.0	27th	18.2	+2.0	11.8	1st	0.0	18.5	lowest	0%
Edinburgh RAAF	33.6	+3.4	45.6	26th	17.8	+1.2	10.9	13th	0.0	21.0	lowest	0%
Parafield Airport	34.0	+4.1	45.5	26th	17.8	+1.4	10.5	11th	0.0	21.2	lowest	0%
Roseworthy AWS	34.4	+2.5	47.1	8th	16.0	+1.1	6.6	1st	0.0	17.8	lowest	0%
County Light (district 23B)
Nuriootpa PIRSA	33.6	+3.4	45.5	26th	16.6	+2.0	9.1	1st	0.0	16.0	lowest	0%
Mount Lofty Ranges (district 23C)
Hindmarsh Island AWS	26.1	+0.6	43.5	27th	16.2	0.0	10.4	12th	0.0	17.7	lowest	0%
Kuitpo Forest Reserve	27.9	+1.7	42.0	26th	15.2	+0.9	8.1	1st	1.2	28.6	v low	4%
Mount Barker	30.5	+3.1	43.4	26th	14.5	+2.5	7.6	1st	1.0	26.3	v low	4%
Mount Crawford AWS	30.2	+2.5	42.5	26th	15.3	+1.3	6.4	1st	0.4	24.5	low	2%
Mount Lofty	27.6	+4.6	39.8	26th	14.1	+1.6	5.6	1st	1.8	39.0	v low	5%
Noarlunga	31.1	+2.3	43.8	26th	18.1	+0.9	11.2	1st	0.0	17.2	lowest	0%
Parawa (Second Valley Forest AWS)	25.4	+1.6	41.2	26th	14.2	+0.3	10.2	1st	0.0	29.0	lowest	0%
Victor Harbor (Encounter Bay)	26.5	+1.3	43.2	24th	15.3	+0.5	8.5	23rd	0.4	22.5	lowest	2%
Upper Murray Valley (district 24A)
Loxton Research Centre	36.7	+4.4	48.2	27th	17.0	+2.0	10.7	22nd	0.2	18.0	lowest	1%
Renmark Aero	37.4	+3.6	49.6	27th	18.4	+1.9	12.0	1st	0.2	18.5	v low	1%
Lower Murray Valley (district 24B)
Eudunda	33.2	+3.7	44.5	8th	16.6	+2.5	8.8	1st	0.0	21.8	lowest	0%
Meningie	26.7	+0.4	36.5	18th					0.0	18.4	lowest	0%
Murray Bridge	32.3	+2.8	46.5	26th	15.7	+0.9	9.6	1st	0.0	16.5	lowest	0%
Murray Bridge (Pallamana Aerodrome)	32.4	+1.9	46.2	26th	15.1	+0.6	8.5	1st	0.0	15.2	lowest	0%
Strathalbyn Racecourse	29.4	+1.4	43.9	27th	15.2	+0.4	7.0	1st	0.2	18.8	lowest	1%
Murray Mallee (district 25A)
Karoonda	35.0	+3.3	47.0	27th	15.9	+1.3	8.2	1st	1.2	17.7	v low	7%
Upper Southeast (district 25B)
Keith	34.1	+3.9	45.0	27th	14.6	+1.3	6.9	2nd	0.0	19.3	lowest	0%
Keith (Munkora)	34.3	+3.2	47.3	27th	14.0	+1.6	4.7	1st	0.0	19.5	lowest	0%
Lameroo (Austin Plains)	35.3	+2.9	48.3	27th	14.7	+0.4	6.6	1st	0.0	23.4	lowest	0%
Lower Southeast (district 26)
Cape Jaffa (The Limestone)	26.1	+1.3	36.9	24th	14.0	+0.2	9.1	1st	0.4	17.6	lowest	2%
Coonawarra	30.3	+2.6	45.2	27th	13.0	+1.2	4.4	23rd	9.0	25.8	low	35%
Mount Gambier Aero	27.9	+2.4	43.7	27th	13.1	+1.7	6.9	1st	3.6	26.8	v low	13%
Naracoorte Aerodrome	31.7	+1.8	46.0	27th	12.7	+0.9	4.5	1st	0.0	21.7	lowest	0%
Padthaway South	32.1	+2.6	44.8	27th	12.7	+0.1	4.6	22nd	0.4	22.9	v low	2%
Robe	23.3	+0.8	32.0	27th	14.3	+0.6	9.1	1st	0.0	20.2	lowest	0%
Robe Airfield	25.7	+1.0	37.8	24th	13.8	+0.8	7.3	22nd	0.4	19.2	lowest	2%

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