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It was previously thought that the highest temperature in Australia was 53.1 °C (127.6 °F) in Cloncurry, Queensland, on 16 January 1889. This record has been removed by the Bureau of Meteorology though as it was measured using a non-standard temperature screen. It is believed that the temperature that day was most likely about 47 °C (117 °F).
October 2015 in Adelaide was the warmest on record for the city, continuing the trend of record breaking heat in the 2010s. [29] The temperature was approximately 5 °C (9.0 °F) degrees above the long term average. [30] Rainfall was also scarce for the month with only 9mm being recorded. [29]
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
The temperature of 53.1 °C (127.6 °F) at Cloncurry on 16 January 1889 is not considered official; the figure quoted from Birdsville is the next highest, so that record is considered as being official. The lowest minimum temperature is −10.6 °C (12.9 °F) at Stanthorpe on 23 June 1961 and at The Hermitage on 12 July 1965. [12]
Adelaide will get hotter and drier with rainfall predicted to decline 8% to 29% by 2090 and average temperature to increase between 4 and 0.9 degrees. [224] The number of days above 35 degrees will increase by 50% in 2090 and the number of days above 40 degrees will double. [ 225 ]
Adelaide is a windy city with significant wind chill in winter, which makes the temperature seem colder than it actually is. Snowfall in the metropolitan area is extremely rare, although light and sporadic falls in the nearby hills and at Mount Lofty occur during winter. Dewpoints in the summer typically range from 8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F).
A record-high minimum temperature was recorded at around midnight on 29 January, when the temperature dropped to only 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) at the Bureau of Meteorology weather station in Kent Town, near the Adelaide city centre. Temperatures recorded in other parts of the city and other towns throughout South Australia were even higher. [19]
Adelaide's record breaking temperatures during the heatwaves: Hottest February day – 44.7 °C (112.5 °F) on 2 February 2014. Roseworthy recorded 46 °C, the second year in which Roseworthy reached such a temperature. [4] [5] Record number of days exceeding 40 °C (104 °F) during the summer months (December, January and February) – 13.