Mount Lofty Ranges · South Australia · AustraliaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Lofty

727 m

Elevation727 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation281 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul11°average high

34.97° S, 138.70° EElevation 727 mUTC+10:30 · Australian Central Daylight Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Lofty in brief

Mount Lofty rises to 727 m in the Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia.

At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 26°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town is Summertown, 3.0 km to the E at 532 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Lofty by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	25°	26°	23°	19°	15°	12°	11°	12°	14°	17°	21°	23°
Average low	14°	15°	13°	10°	8°	6°	5°	6°	7°	9°	11°	13°
Precipitation	24 mm	22 mm	33 mm	52 mm	90 mm	120 mm	118 mm	108 mm	86 mm	59 mm	39 mm	40 mm
Cloud cover	23%	22%	25%	29%	37%	36%	33%	32%	33%	31%	32%	30%
Daylight	14h 15	13h 22	12h 21	11h 14	10h 19	9h 49	10h 00	10h 47	11h 50	12h 55	13h 56	14h 29
Month score	92	92	91	86	56	32	29	37	56	79	88	89

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	3,800 m	3,800 m	3,450 m	2,950 m	2,500 m	2,100 m	1,950 m	2,050 m	2,350 m	2,700 m	3,150 m	3,450 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C