Random thoughts and observations
I have just completed my first full year of living in Adelaide, summer was milder than I expected and the weather data backs that up.
I thought the year was wetter than normal, but total rainfall was slightly below average after a couple of dry months to finish the year.
Highest maximum: 42.9 on January 31
Lowest maximum: 11.4 or July 12
Adelaide has been wet this month, with 110mm of rain so far. Apparently it’s the wettest August in 18 years and the coldest winter for 13 years. Having spent nine years in the sub-alpine region of Victoria and two years in Mount Gambier, I can’t say I’ve noticed the cold, but the rainfall is hard [...]
Mount Gambier had a very wet August. Many long-term locals tell me it’s like the winters they used to have. Total rainfall for the month was 137mm on 26 days. That’s more than five inches on the old scale. The average August rainfall is 94mm and the wettest ever is 172mm. The days were quite [...]
I’ve been resigned to expecting and experiencing hot weather in Kalgoorlie during summer, which is basically the period from late October until early April. Quite amazingly therefore, we had a maximum temperature of just 18 degrees today on January 3. That’s if you don’t count the fact it was 25 degrees at midnight. Rain started [...]
I can belatedly report that I recorded 1111mm of rain in 2004 at our home in Porepunkah. This is slightly below the official long-term average for Bright of 1153mm. I wasn’t recording temperatures last summer, so can’t give accurate averages or highest maxima. I was recording in winter though, and can state the lowest maximum [...]
