One of the following options should be applied to obtain or develop the climate data set when applying the Model for urban stormwater improvement conceptualisation (MUSIC):
Option 1 – Council prescribed climate data
Local Councils may have their own approved climate data set for use in MUSIC models within their area. Contact the relevant Council to determine if such a data template exists.
Known Council climate data sets include:
- City of Onkaparinga Noarlunga Centre station data. Available upon request from the City of Onkaparinga.
Option 2 – Water Sensitive SA climate data
A range of regions across South Australia have been identified with similar mean annual rainfall within each region, see Figure 1.
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Rainfall regions for the Adelaide metropolitan area |
Region | Rainfall band (mm) | Rainfall station | Period | Period mean annual rainfall (mm) | Mean annual PET (mm) |
| Adelaide Dry | 300-500 | 23013 Parafield Airport | 1979-1988 | 450 | 1159 | |
| Adelaide Wet & Foothills | 500-700 | 23090 Adelaide-Kent Town | 1983-1992 | 585 | 1143 | |
| Adelaide Hills | 700+ | 23875 Parawa (Second Valley AWS) | 2001-2010 | 866 | 1132 | |
| Northern Yorke | 300-500 | 23122 Roseworthy AWS | 2001-2010 | 404 | 1145 |
If your region is not provided for in these Climate templates:
Option 3 – Prepare your own climate template
Refer to Section 3 of the South Australian MUSIC Guidelines for information on how to prepare your own climate template
Option 4 – Local Government partnerships
Contact Water Sensitive SA to discuss opportunities to partner with us to produce representative, quality data sets for your area.