SA shivers through coldest November day in 30 years as wild weather knocks out power
Well shiver your timbers, it’s been SA’s coldest November day in decades as wild weather downs trees, knocks out power and makes people retrieve woollies from the cupboard.
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Parts of South Australia have shivered through their coldest November day in 30 years with the mercury barely creeping into the teens.
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed it was Adelaide’s coldest November day since November 1, 1994 when it only reached 13C.
Other areas to break decades-long temperature records included Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Woomera, Ceduna and Loxton.
🥶Coldest November day in 25-30 years today across numerous centres including Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Woomera, Ceduna and Loxton. #Adelaide only reached 14.1â°C, making it our coldest November day since 1st Nov 1994, when it only reached 13â°C. pic.twitter.com/sAO23caLtJ
— Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia (@BOM_SA) November 11, 2021
On Thursday, Adelaide reached a top of 14.1C as freezing rain and blustery winds battered the city and parts of the state.
The coldest temperature recorded in the state was in Keith which sank to 2C at 6am this morning.
Earlier in the day parts of the state had already seen significant falls, Ceduna recording 36.4mm and Coober Pedy 31.8mm.
Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Hannah Marsh said Adelaide’s northern agricultural district got most of the showers before they eased into the south by the afternoon.
Kadina had more than 26mm of rainfall since 9am this morning while closer to home Edinburgh had 9mm.
CFS crews have been busy attending sites across metropolitan areas including Colonel Light Gardens, Kensington Gardens and Beaumont after responding to reports of fallen trees.
More than 2000 properties were without power north of Adelaide following an outage in the Gawler River area.
Other sporadic outages affected parts of Gilles Plains, Northfield, Valley View and Walkley Heights.
The bureau’s Tom Boeck said South Australians are set for a cold weekend, with a top averaging 18C across different parts of Adelaide.
“We will see the current low pressure system moving into NSW by Friday morning while the state’s South-East will be completely bypassed, not receiving much more than 1mm,” he said.
Less than a month ago, Adelaide’s north fell victim to golf ball-sized hail as intense thunderstorms swept through, forcing schools to close.
“There will be isolated thunderstorms throughout the state but there are currently no signs of the catastrophic weather the state saw several weeks ago,” Mr Boeck said.
Despite the summer months quickly approaching, Mr Boeck said it wasn’t unusual for one last cold spell before we hit the beach.
“A cold spell like this in November can happen,” he said.
“It’s not completely uncommon as we may think but it will pass heading into next week,”
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