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Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Tuesday Humid. Hot inland. Warm near coasts. Showers and storms, mainly west and south.

  • Wednesday Humid. Hot in the north. Warm in the south. Showers and storms, heaviest in west and south.

  • Thursday Humid. Hot in the north. Warm in the south. Showers and storms, heaviest in west and south.

  • Friday Humid. Hot in the north. Warm in the south. Showers/storms in north, the odd storm in south.

  • Saturday Showers and chance storms in the north and west. Mostly sunny and dry in the south and east.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 05/03 Sun 06/03 Mon 07/03

38.9°C

Keith
Hottest

41.8°C

Port Augusta Ap

42.3°C

Gluepot

41.0°C

Oodnadatta Ap

43.9°C

Oodnadatta Ap

18.4°C

Parawa
Coldest

14.4°C

Mt Gambier

14.2°C

Keith

15.4°C

Mt Gambier

7.7°C

Coles Pt

SSW 37km/h

Cape Jaffa
Windiest

83km/h

Snowtown

74km/h

Elizabeth

79km/h

Oodnadatta Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

15.8mm

Wharminda

53.0mm

Mobella

20.0mm

Cowell

16.0mm

Ceduna
South Australia's Records for March
Max Min Rain
Highest 46.5°C at
Cook in 1986
Lowest 8.1°C at
Mount Lofty in 1999
Highest 33.9°C at
Tarcoola in 1965
Lowest -2.2°C at
Williamstown in 1970
Highest 214.0mm at
Wilpena Pound in 1989

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 %
Showers
21 29 80% 5-10mm Nil SSE 4 69 SW 15 61
Showers
19 29 90% 5-10mm Nil SSW 10 69 WSW 12 50
Showers
17 24 90% 5-10mm Nil S 13 87 S 22 68
Possible shower
22 35 90% 5-10mm Nil E 12 48 W 15 36
Showers
20 27 90% 5-10mm Nil E 3 72 WSW 8 56
Showers
18 23 60% 1-5mm Nil S 14 99 SSE 24 89
Possible thunderstorm
21 26 80% 5-10mm Nil SSW 16 86 S 17 75
Showers
24 32 80% 1-5mm Nil S 20 69 SE 15 47
Showers
26 32 60% 5-10mm Nil NE 10 50 NNW 12 38
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Business as usual for Hobart February rainfall total

13:04 EDT

With large parts of summer rainfall for Australia totaling well below those from last year due to the recent strong El Nino, it is interesting to note that Hobart has received a fairly standard amount in February 2016.