Climate and average weather in Paralowie

Paralowie gets about 438 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from around Apr 25 to Oct 7, peaking in August at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 23.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 58 mm over about 10 wet days; February is the driest, with 17 mm.

Over a full year, Paralowie collects about 438 mm of rain across 73 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 58 mm, while February is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 38% of the year’s total.

In Paralowie, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 16 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around March 20. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 74% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 21 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around July 2. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 47% of the time.

Paralowie averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around Nov 11 to Mar 25. The sunniest month is February, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is June, down near 9 sunny days — about 53% fewer than the February peak.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Paralowie, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 14% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Paralowie is steady company: average speeds sit near 16 km/h — light breeze — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.