Rosedale, South Australia
Town in South Australia
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Rosedale is a small town in the south western Barossa Valley in South Australia. Prior to renaming placenames of enemy origin in 1918, Rosedale was named Rosenthal.
Rosedale
Rosenthal | |||||||||||||
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 Holland House | |||||||||||||
  Rosedale | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34.55°S 138.85°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Location | |||||||||||||
| Established | 1849 | ||||||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 190 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 5350 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 22.6 °C (72.7 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 10.0 °C (50.0 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 466.9 mm (18.38 in) | ||||||||||||
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The locality of Rosedale spans the North Para River which is the boundary between two local government areas. North of the river is in the Light Regional Council. South of it is in the Barossa Council.[2] The Turretfield Research Centre is on the north bank of the river just outside the township.
Climate
Climate data for Rosedale, elevation 116 m (381 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–2019)
| Climate data for Rosedale | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 47.2 (117.0) |
46.3 (115.3) |
43.4 (110.1) |
38.1 (100.6) |
31.0 (87.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
38.6 (101.5) |
44.1 (111.4) |
47.0 (116.6) |
47.2 (117.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.5 (0.85) |
19.9 (0.78) |
22.6 (0.89) |
32.2 (1.27) |
45.5 (1.79) |
62.4 (2.46) |
60.8 (2.39) |
55.7 (2.19) |
57.4 (2.26) |
37.1 (1.46) |
32.5 (1.28) |
29.9 (1.18) |
476.2 (18.75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 12.0 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 6.4 | 116.2 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 36 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 60 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 64 | 54 | 42 | 40 | 52 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (humidity 1991–2010)[4] | |||||||||||||
