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South Australian Weather

Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Friday Cool in south. Early coastal drizzle in south. Warm north. Becoming mostly sunny. Wind easing.

  • Saturday Cool in far south. Very warm far north. Fresh sea breezes . Mostly sunny.

  • Sunday Mostly sunny. Warm in the south. Mild far south. Hot in the far west and north.

  • Monday Hotter northerly winds developing very hot in west. Mostly sunny.

  • Tuesday Very hot throughout. Partly cloudy. Late cool SW change in the west.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Tue 06/12 Wed 07/12 Thu 08/12

25.6°C

Moomba Ap
Hottest

32.5°C

Tarcoola Ap

40.1°C

Nullarbor

35.0°C

Moomba Ap

45.9°C

Oodnadatta Ap

11.2°C

Mount Lofty
Coldest

1.6°C

Keith

8.6°C

Mount Lofty

1.0°C

Karoonda

1.0°C

Karoonda

SSE 33km/h

Port Augusta Ap
Windiest

46km/h

Nullarbor

140km/h

Moonta

81km/h

Lameroo
-
no rain last hr Wettest

11.4mm

Moomba Ap

28.6mm

Birdwood

3.0mm

Meningie

4.0mm

Mount Lofty
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
12 22 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 16 49 SW 27 43
Mostly sunny
9 21 20% < 1mm Nil SW 19 54 - -
Clearing shower
9 17 20% < 1mm Nil SW 24 67 SW 22 62
Increasing sunshine
10 24 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 20 50 SW 21 27
Increasing sunshine
8 20 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 9 65 SSW 12 39
Increasing sunshine
12 23 5% < 1mm Nil SE 18 60 S 26 49
Clearing shower
13 22 10% < 1mm Nil S 22 65 S 25 46
Sunny
13 29 5% < 1mm Nil SSE 24 47 SE 17 20
Sunny
11 28 5% < 1mm Nil S 24 46 SSE 17 21
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