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Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Tuesday Hot. Cooler, gusty and mainly dry change in south. Developing storms in the west later.

  • Wednesday Showers and storms developing inland, mainly north. Hot in north. Cool in south. Gusty southerly winds.

  • Thursday Rain/storms in north, some heavy. Dry in far west & far south. Gusty southerly winds.

  • Friday Light rain and thunder in east clearing. Dry elsewhere. Gusty southerly winds.

  • Saturday Hot and dry over the interior. Windy with isolated showers in southeast.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 10/12 Sun 11/12 Mon 12/12

40.6°C

Oodnadatta Ap
Hottest

34.0°C

Kimba

37.5°C

Wudinna Ap

43.6°C

Ceduna

45.9°C

Oodnadatta Ap

16.8°C

Cape Borda
Coldest

2.8°C

Mt Gambier

5.6°C

Kingscote Ap

12.1°C

Kingscote Ap

1.2°C

Karoonda

SSW 46km/h

Port Augusta Ap
Windiest

50km/h

Sellicks Hill

51km/h

Wudinna Ap

64km/h

Nullarbor
-
no rain last hr Wettest

0.0mm

Woomera Ap

0.0mm

Woomera Ap

0.0mm

Woomera Ap

0.6mm

Renmark Ap
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 %
Possible shower
15 23 30% < 1mm Nil SSE 20 60 SSE 30 46
Mostly sunny
12 24 5% < 1mm Nil SSW 20 62 SSW 19 28
Mostly sunny
12 18 5% < 1mm Nil SW 24 67 SSW 26 54
Possible shower
17 25 60% 1-5mm Nil SSW 21 64 SSW 19 36
Possible thunderstorm
14 22 70% 1-5mm Nil SSE 9 75 SSE 13 51
Possible thunderstorm
14 24 70% 5-10mm Nil SSE 31 75 S 38 67
Possible thunderstorm
18 23 90% 5-10mm Nil S 29 80 S 32 67
Possible shower
26 36 80% 1-5mm Nil S 29 30 SSW 25 27
Heavy showers
25 34 40% 10-20mm Nil ESE 18 39 ESE 25 32
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Weather News

Weather: High temperatures, fire warnings signal concerning season ahead, BOM says

16:48 EDT

Fire danger warnings are in place across a large part of Australia, with hot temperatures and windy weather expected, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says.

Is Sydney having a 'heatwave' in December?

12:15 EDT

Apparently, the heat is on and we should all brace ourselves for temperature Armageddon.

Storms soak southern WA

11:23 EDT

Thunderstorms broke records over Western Australia's Goldfields last night after bringing welcome rain to the state's parched South West Land Division on Monday.