SA weather to fluctuate this week with nights below 10C and cloudy days

The hot spring weather is on hiatus as SA gets set for a week of cold days, and even colder nights.

Weather across the state is expected to cool down this week as South Australians brace themselves for nightly temperatures to drop below 10C.

October started with the CFS issuing fire bans and a thunderstorm providing a spectacular light show in the sky over the long weekend.

The storm coincided with high spring temperatures, but the heat could be on hold this week.

Bureau of Meteorology Senior Meteorologist Mark Anolak said clear skies overnight would bring temperatures below 10C on Monday, Thursday and Friday.

Early mornings could get frosty as some overnight temperatures are expected to drop to single digits. Picture: Keryn Stevens

“There is a potential for some isolated spots that might be susceptible to frost, through the mid-north and the Riverland. We might see temperatures drop to the low single figures.

“Later in the week, Thursday, Friday, we have another high pressure system come across and we start to clear the skies off and get those cool nights, but the days themselves are quite pleasant.”

But the chill won’t last.

By the end of the week, the state can expect northerly winds to start to blow through – warming temperatures back up to a forecasted 25C on Friday.

Last week the mid-north town of Burra was hit with a 2.6 magnitude earthquake felt up to 50km away – just before a week of downpours

But before the rain we had a week of hot, dry weather with temperatures soaring above 30C.