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Adelaide Rainfall Records

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Month Highest Daily Highest Monthly Lowest Monthly Highest Season Lowest Season
January 58.4 on 02/01/1889 84.0 in 1941 0.0 various Summer Summer
February 141.5 on 07/02/1925 154.7 in 1925 0.0 various 172.8 in 1924/25 4.0 in 1905/06
March 88.9 on 05/031878 116.6 in 1878 0.0 various

April 80.0 on 05/04/1860 154.7 in 1971 0.0 in 1945 Autumn Autumn
May 69.9 on 01/05/1853 196.9 in 1875 2.6 in 1934 291.4 in 1853 28.6 in 1990
June 53.6 on 01/06/1920 217.9 in 1916 6.0 in 1958

July 44.5 on 10/07/1865 159.8 in 1986 10.1 in 1899 Winter Winter
August 56.6 on 19/08/1851 157.7 in 1852 8.4 in 1944 403.7 in 1916 61.5 in 1914
September 40.4 on 20/09/1923 151.4 in 1992 7.0 in 1951

October 56.9 on 16/10/1908 133.2 in 1949 1.0 in 1969 Spring Spring
November 75.2 on 12/11/1960 113.2 in 1839 1.2 in 1996,1982 334.2 in 1992 33.9 in 1896
December 61.5 on 23/12/1913 101.1 in 1861 0.0 in 1904

Year 141.5 on 07/02/1945 883.2 in 1992 257.8 in 1967

Rainfall is in millimetres.

Quality controlled site data: 023000 Adelaide (August 1839 to December 1977) and 023090 Adelaide - West Terrace (January 1978 to June 1998)
Daily rainfall data obtained from Bureau of Meteorology. Statistics calculated by Michael Bath.


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Updated: 2nd November, 2002
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