<P> Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), with cool to mild winters with moderate rainfall and warm to hot, generally dry summers . </P> <P> Adelaide is the driest of the Australian capital cities and the past two decades have been far warmer than usual, with the past 8 years seeing an excess of 40 + degrees every summer . </P> <P> A spike in heat waves, droughts and record - breaking high temperatures over the past decade has led to some concerns over the effects of global warming and Man - made climate change (AGW) on the city . Nine of the ten warmest years recorded in Adelaide have occurred since 2002, with 2013 being the hottest year and summer 2015--2016 being the fourth - hottest summer recorded . </P>

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