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Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Sunday Very hot in north & west with storms, some severe. Heating up in the south but generally dry.

  • Monday Hot ahead of cooler change. Showers and intense storms, clearing from west.

  • Tuesday Hot to very hot with thunderstorms in the north. Clear and windy about the coast.

  • Wednesday Thunderstorms easing in the north, dry elsewhere. Very hot in the northeast grading warm to coasts.

  • Thursday Thundery showers for the NE/NW Pastoral. Hot in the north, warm in the south.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 19/01 Fri 20/01 Sat 21/01

36.8°C

Moomba Ap
Hottest

44.1°C

Moomba Ap

38.9°C

Moomba Ap

37.0°C

Moomba Ap

46.3°C

Moomba Ap

18.7°C

Nullarbor
Coldest

12.4°C

Mount Lofty

6.4°C

Keith

10.7°C

Coonawarra

4.5°C

Karoonda

NNE 29km/h

Coober Pedy Ap
Windiest

111km/h

Adelaide Ap

62km/h

Sellicks Hill

50km/h

Neptune Island
-
no rain last hr Wettest

106.2mm

Wilpena Pound

55.0mm

Todmorden

2.0mm

Ernabella

19.0mm

Nullarbor
South Australia's Records for January
Max Min Rain
Highest 50.7°C at
Oodnadatta Ap in 1960
Lowest 9.7°C at
Mount Lofty in 1994
Highest 35.5°C at
Arkaroola in 1982
Lowest 0.0°C at
Streaky Bay in 2014
Highest 182.4mm at
Arkaroola in 1984

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 %
Late shower
17 34 50% 1-5mm Nil ENE 13 39 NNW 16 24
Mostly sunny
13 34 70% < 1mm Nil ENE 16 49 NNE 13 17
Mostly sunny
11 30 70% < 1mm Nil NE 14 78 NNW 12 44
Mostly sunny
14 35 10% < 1mm Nil E 13 42 NE 10 16
Mostly sunny
15 32 50% < 1mm Nil ENE 8 46 N 4 23
Possible thunderstorm
19 33 80% 5-10mm Nil ENE 12 67 NNE 15 59
Mostly sunny
18 33 50% 1-5mm Nil NE 11 56 NNE 14 36
Possible thunderstorm
24 40 40% 1-5mm Nil ENE 18 56 NNE 14 35
Mostly sunny
22 37 40% < 1mm Nil E 18 35 NNW 7 27
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Weather News

Heating up across the southeastern capitals

11:19 EDT

A couple of scorchers are on the way for Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney over the next few days.

Darwin not quite that wet (yet)

11:13 EDT

Following a good start to January 2017 rainfall, when 125mm fell during the first 48 hours of the year, conditions have been relatively dry for the Northern Territory capital.

Steamy night in Brisbane

14:29 EDT

In the early hours of the morning, Brisbane had its warmest minimum temperature since at least 1999, when the mercury halted its descent at 28 degrees just after 3am.