Parafield Gardens climate — normals and trends
Parafield Gardens (Australia) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 450 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (11.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Parafield Gardens averages 0 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Parafield Gardens has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 24 January 2019) and the coldest 3.3 °C (on 16 August 1944).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Parafield GardensSouth Australia
- coords
- -34.78°, 138.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.2°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
13.0°C
Annual rainfall
450mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
23.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.7 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.9 °C
24 January 2019
Coldest day
3.3 °C
16 August 1944
Wettest day
65 mm
5 February 1973
Windiest day
59.6 km/h
21 November 2018
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
1 March 1981
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
24 January 2019
Coldest feels-like
-1.5 °C
2 July 1968
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 December 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 3 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 26.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 26.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 22.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 10 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 19 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 14.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 63 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 13.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 94 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 14.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 65 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 16.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 32 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 48 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 19.2 °C | -2.0 °C | 57 mm | +31 mm |
| Dec | 23.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 4 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Parafield Gardens?
Parafield Gardens has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.2 °C and it receives 450 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Parafield Gardens?
The hottest day measured in Parafield Gardens between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2019, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Parafield Gardens?
The coldest day measured in Parafield Gardens between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1944, at 3.3 °C.
Does it snow in Parafield Gardens?
Almost never: Parafield Gardens sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Parafield Gardens warmed?
Yes: Parafield Gardens warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Parafield Gardens?
The wettest day measured in Parafield Gardens between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1973, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Parafield Gardens?
The windiest day measured in Parafield Gardens between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2018, with winds reaching 59.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Parafield Gardens?
The warmest month in Parafield Gardens is January (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (11.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Parafield Gardens?
Parafield Gardens receives on average 450 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Parafield Gardens?
Parafield Gardens gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Parafield Gardens?
Yes: Parafield Gardens has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Parafield Gardens?
In Parafield Gardens, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 24 January 2019, and the lowest was -1.5 °C on 2 July 1968.
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