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South Australian Weather

Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Tuesday Areas of light rain over the Pastorals. Warm in the north, mild in the south.

  • Wednesday Afternoon storms peppering the far north. Becoming warm in the west. Coastal sebreezes.

  • Thursday Thundery outbreaks of rain in the north. Very hot in the northwest, grading cool southeast.

  • Friday Hot in the east, mild to warm in the west. Areas of rain over NE Pastoral.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 05/11 Sun 06/11 Mon 07/11

24.4°C

Moomba Ap
Hottest

35.5°C

Oodnadatta Ap

36.1°C

Nullarbor

44.0°C

Oodnadatta Ap

44.0°C

Oodnadatta Ap

6.3°C

Mount Lofty
Coldest

2.2°C

Kadina

6.4°C

Robe Ap
 

0.8°C

Yongala

S 42km/h

Marree Ap
Windiest

53km/h

Naracoorte Ap

90km/h

Moonta

85km/h

Marree Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

0.4mm

Frances

0.8mm

Nullarbor
 

6.8mm

Kingscote
South Australia's Records for November
Max Min Rain
Highest 47.9°C at
Tarcoola in 1993
Lowest 6.0°C at
Mount Lofty in 1994
Highest 32.8°C at
Moomba Ap in 2014
Lowest -2.4°C at
Keith in 2013
Highest 107.0mm at
Lenswood in 2005

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
9 20 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 16 53 SSW 22 45
Mostly sunny
5 19 10% < 1mm Slight SSW 10 68 SW 17 47
Possible shower
5 16 10% < 1mm Slight WSW 15 70 WSW 22 60
Sunny
7 24 5% < 1mm Nil S 23 50 SSW 21 22
Mostly sunny
6 19 5% < 1mm Nil S 10 69 SSW 14 39
Mostly sunny
10 20 20% < 1mm Nil S 19 65 S 26 49
Mostly sunny
10 20 5% < 1mm Nil S 25 63 S 32 45
Increasing sunshine
12 27 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 30 57 SSW 22 23
Mostly sunny
14 29 40% < 1mm Nil S 22 58 SSW 17 28
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Weather News

Psychology and cyclones: Why we don't prepare, and what we can learn from other cultures

17:41 EDT

After a weekend of wild weather and with the cyclone season upon us, it is a good time to ask �?? why do we fail to prepare for the worst? Psychologist and disaster researcher Douglas Paton came to the Top End chasing storms and the answer to that question.

NSW fire update

16:35 EDT

Almost 50 fires are bringing across New South Wales this afternoon according to the state's Rural Fire Service.

West Australian grain crop downgraded 18 per cent thanks to frost damage

13:18 EDT

Western Australia's total grain harvest has again been downgraded, with the Grains Industry Association of WA wiping 1.5 million tonnes from expected yields.