Characteristics and causes of precipitation in Adelaide

Adelaide is located at about 35 degrees south latitude, on the west coast of the Australian mainland (Australia Bay is in the west). Controlled by the westerly belt and subtropical high belt alternately, it belongs to the Mediterranean climate, with warm and rainy winter and high temperature and dryness in summer.

Of all the state capitals in Australia, Adelaide has the least rainfall. Especially in summer, the rainfall is very unreliable, and sometimes it doesn't rain for months. Relatively speaking, winter is relatively stable. July is the month with the highest rainfall, with an average rainfall of 80mm. In Adelaide, the daytime temperature reaches or exceeds 40°c for at least three days in a year, and it is quite warm day and night in spring and autumn. The average maximum temperature in summer is about 28 degrees Celsius (but the temperature in inland areas can be as high as 40 degrees Celsius), and the temperature in winter drops to about 15 degrees Celsius. The climate in Adelaide is mild and pleasant, with 65438+February-February, hot and dry, 25-40 degrees, 20-25 degrees in March-May, cool in June-August, and rainy 10- 15 degrees in September.