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Current Warnings
 

South Australia Forecast

  • Monday Showers in the east, dry in the west. Very hot in the northeast grading warm to coast.

  • Tuesday Hot in the north, grading mild in the south. Dry statewide.

  • Wednesday Coastal showers contracting to the SE. Dry and sunny elsewhere.

  • Thursday Showers in the southeast, mostly dry elsewhere. Warm in the north, cooler along the coast.

SA Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Fri 24/03 Sat 25/03 Sun 26/03

38.2°C

Moomba Ap
Hottest

41.4°C

Moomba Ap

42.1°C

Oodnadatta Ap

44.0°C

Tarcoola Ap

44.0°C

Tarcoola Ap

14.4°C

Mount Lofty
Coldest

9.5°C

Kimba

12.5°C

Kimba

10.0°C

Kimba

3.1°C

Keith

S 53km/h

Coober Pedy Ap
Windiest

48km/h

Nullarbor

55km/h

Port Augusta Ap

75km/h

Snowtown
-
no rain last hr Wettest

0.2mm

Parndana

0.5mm

Coffin Bay

0.2mm

Elliston

1.0mm

Coober Pedy Ap
South Australia's Records for March
Max Min Rain
Highest 46.5°C at
Cook in 1986
Lowest 8.1°C at
Mount Lofty in 1999
Highest 33.9°C at
Tarcoola in 1965
Lowest -2.2°C at
Williamstown in 1970
Highest 214.0mm at
Wilpena Pound in 1989

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 %
Clearing shower
20 24 60% < 1mm Nil W 27 65 W 33 43
Clearing shower
19 25 80% < 1mm Nil W 27 75 WSW 30 44
Clearing shower
17 24 80% 1-5mm Nil WNW 28 82 WNW 35 55
Sunny
24 29 60% < 1mm Nil W 24 52 SW 29 31
Clearing shower
18 23 20% < 1mm Nil WSW 13 74 SW 18 38
Mostly sunny
17 24 5% < 1mm Nil SW 26 69 SW 31 51
Increasing sunshine
21 25 30% < 1mm Nil SW 25 66 S 32 45
Mostly sunny
23 31 5% < 1mm Nil S 41 60 S 34 26
Sunny
26 32 5% < 1mm Nil WSW 15 41 SW 32 30
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Weather News

Tropical Cyclone Debbie: Queenslanders preparing for worst cyclone since Yasi

10:05 EDT

As Tropical Cyclone Debbie strengthens off the coast near Townsville in north Queensland, residents are being warned to prepare for the worst storm to hit the state since Cyclone Yasi in 2011.

BOM warning as Cyclone Debbie intensifies; Queensland emergency services prepare for worst

09:45 EDT

Thousands of north Queenslanders are being evacuated as Cyclone Debbie bears down on the coast, bringing winds of up to 300 kilometres per hour and possibly a four-metre storm surge.

Cyclone Debbie forces evacuations in north Queensland communities ahead of tidal surge

01:50 EDT

Evacuations have been ordered in coastal towns and communities in the Whitsundays and Burdekin regions in north Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Debbie bears down, with authorities warning of damaging tidal surges.