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Fri 05:14 CDT
Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Friday Showers and storms across the interior. Cool southerly winds spreading east.

  • Saturday Cool in the south and central regions. Mild in the north. Mostly dry throughout.

  • Sunday Very hot in the north, mild around the coast. Showers in the west and southwest.

  • Monday Showers and storms spreading over the west. Becomig hot in the north. Warm in the south.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Tue 08/12 Wed 09/12 Thu 10/12

33.1°C

Moomba Ap
Hottest

39.8°C

Oodnadatta Ap

40.7°C

Moomba Ap

42.0°C

Moomba Ap

45.8°C

Port Augusta Ap

10.9°C

Mount Lofty
Coldest

10.9°C

Yongala

7.0°C

Cummins

7.0°C

Kingscote Ap

0.2°C

Coonawarra

SW 42km/h

Cape Jaffa
Windiest

72km/h

Cape Willoughby

51km/h

Ernabella

74km/h

Coober Pedy Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

3.4mm

Kuitpo

1.4mm

Sellicks Beach

3.0mm

Minnipa

3.2mm

Minnipa
South Australia's Records for December
Max Min Rain
Highest 49.1°C at
Moomba in 1972
Lowest 8.3°C at
Mount Lofty in 2002
Highest 34.5°C at
Coober Pedy in 1980
Lowest -0.6°C at
Penfield Weapons Research in 1958
Highest 125.0mm at
Port Pirie in 1979

South Australia Weather Forecasts

Station
(ungroup by district)
Forecast Min Max Chance of rain Rain amount Frost risk 9am 3pm
Wind RH Wind RH
°C °C km/h % km/h %
Mostly sunny
14 23 60% < 1mm Nil SW 26 51 SSW 32 36
Clearing shower
12 21 50% < 1mm Nil WSW 27 56 SW 33 31
Clearing shower
11 19 50% < 1mm Nil WSW 29 62 SW 38 36
Mostly sunny
13 26 10% < 1mm Nil SW 22 51 SW 31 25
Mostly sunny
11 21 10% < 1mm Nil SW 17 61 SSW 22 39
Possible thunderstorm
14 23 20% < 1mm Nil S 26 64 S 33 49
Thunderstorms clearing
15 23 20% < 1mm Nil SSW 22 64 S 34 49
Possible thunderstorm
23 31 40% < 1mm Nil SE 32 41 SSE 26 35
Possible thunderstorm
20 27 40% 1-5mm Nil S 16 40 SSW 20 43
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