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Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Thursday Mostly dry and hot in the south. Very hot and stormy in the north.

  • Friday Storms in the west and north. Hot to very hot throughout.

  • Saturday Very hot throughout. Heavy rain in the northwest.

  • Sunday Cloudy. Areas of rain, mainly in the west. Hot with light winds in the east.

  • Monday Heavy rain about the NT border and along coast. Hot in the east, warm to mild in the west.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 19/12 Tue 20/12 Wed 21/12

38.1°C

Marree Ap
Hottest

40.0°C

Coober Pedy Ap

39.5°C

Marree Ap

38.6°C

Marree Ap

45.9°C

Oodnadatta Ap

19.1°C

Cape Willoughby
Coldest

7.6°C

Kingscote Ap

5.8°C

Nuriootpa

4.9°C

Naracoorte Ap

1.1°C

Keith

SSE 31km/h

Hindmarsh Is
Windiest

87km/h

Coober Pedy Ap

57km/h

Naracoorte Ap

55km/h

Whyalla Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

6.8mm

Ernabella

0.2mm

Woomera Ap

0.6mm

Oodnadatta Ap

0.6mm

Oodnadatta 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 %
Sunny
14 32 5% < 1mm Nil E 16 44 S 19 27
Sunny
10 32 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 14 50 SE 10 21
Increasing sunshine
8 26 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 14 76 SSE 21 53
Sunny
14 33 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 18 44 SE 12 18
Sunny
11 32 5% < 1mm Nil E 16 51 E 7 22
Sunny
12 32 10% < 1mm Nil E 17 55 S 20 35
Sunny
15 33 5% < 1mm Nil SE 14 55 SSE 19 32
Mostly sunny
22 38 30% < 1mm Nil ESE 22 31 ENE 17 18
Mostly sunny
20 37 40% < 1mm Nil ESE 27 23 NE 12 16
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Weather News

Melbourne Christmas to be a 'scorcher' as weather bureau warns of severe heatwave for Victoria

14:49 EDT

Victoria is set for a very hot Christmas, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of severe heatwave conditions for much of the state on Friday and across the weekend.

Snowstorm hits Sahara desert for first time in nearly 40 years

13:27 EDT

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Cyclone Yvette: Build-up in WA's north as system gathers strength

13:06 EDT

A huge storm front filled with red dust is looming over Western Australia's Pilbara, as a tropical cyclone hovering off the coast is expected to make landfall over the Christmas weekend.