Weather in Port Elliot

Climate of Port Elliot: 1991–2020 normals

In Port Elliot, January is typically the warmest month (up to 25.5 °C on average), while July is the coldest at 8.6 °C. July sees the most rain, with around 45 mm.

By season (average highs, 1991–2020 normals): winter 14.7 °C and 130 mm of rain, spring 19.9 °C and 108 mm, summer 24.8 °C and 66 mm, autumn 20.4 °C and 83 mm. The wettest season is winter (34 % of the annual total), the driest summer (17 %).

Compared with Adelaide, the main town 67 km to the north, highs in the warmest month are 1.0 °C lower here, and the year brings 103 mm less precipitation. In no month does the average low fall below 0 °C; in 6 months the average high exceeds 20 °C (January, February, March, April, November and December).

Nearby places with normals of their own (from another station or reanalysis grid cell) compare as follows: Victor Harbor (6 km to the south-west): summers 0.2 °C warmer and 68 mm wetter a year; Mount Compass (21 km to the north): summers 0.8 °C cooler and 199 mm wetter a year; Normanville (34 km to the west): summers 0.4 °C cooler and 98 mm wetter a year. Among the 112 places we cover in South Australia whose normals come from the ERA5 reanalysis, Port Elliot ranks 97th for summer warmth and 66th for annual precipitation. The warmest summers are in Coober Pedy and the coolest in Robe; the wettest year is in Millicent and the driest in Coober Pedy.