About Aldgate
Adelaide, South Australia.
Aldgate is a small village located in the hills that surround Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is about 5 kilometres from the highest local peak, Mt Lofty (elevation 710 metres). Surrounding townships include Stirling, Bridgewater, Heathfield, Crafers, Crafers West, Mylor and Piccadilly.
Although Aldgate is only 20 kilometres from the CBD of Adelaide, the weather in the Adelaide Hills is often very different to what is experienced on the plains. The mean rainfall of Adelaide is around 560 mm, whereas many parts of the Hills regularly record in excess of 1000 mm annually. Low cloud often shrouds Hills towns in fog and snow has been known to fall on rare occasions.
Temperatures are generally lower in the Hills, with data from Aldgate suggesting that the daily maximum is usually 2-5°C lower than the maximum recorded in Adelaide. Unfortunately, minimum temperatures suffer the same fate so this can be a cold place as well (by South Australian standards at least!).