Climate Summary Available on the first working day of the following month. The climate of South Australia varies from hot and dry in the interior to the milder, wetter climes of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges and the southeast of South Australia. Most of the northern half of the state encompasses the arid 'interior' with mean annual rainfall below 250 millimetres. Temperatures in the low 40's are not uncommon in the north of the State during the height of summer, dropping to below 2 o C overnight in winter. In the southern half of the state temperature ranges are less extreme, moderating along the coast to the mid to high 20's in summer with occasional frosty inland nights during winter.
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