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What is the prevailing wind in Adelaide?


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Answered 2010-03-27 10:27:40

The prevailing wind in the Southern Latitudes of Australia - below the 26th Parallel approximately - is Westerly to South-Westerly in Autumn (Fall) and Winter (approximately April to October), and Easterly in the Spring and Summer (approximately October to April). Adelaide has this prevailing wind pattern.

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