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Current Warnings
 

Northern Territory Forecast

  • Friday Warm-hot in the northwest. Breezy in the south. Chance coastal shower or two.

  • Saturday A few showers and brisk winds over the south. Isolated showers and very warm across north.

  • Sunday Areas of rain in the south. Warm-hot in the north, mild in the south.

  • Monday Warm with intermittent cloud in the north. Generally dry and warm-to-hot throughout.

NT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Tue 09/08 Wed 10/08 Thu 11/08

25.9°C

Croker Island Ap
Hottest

35.3°C

Middle Point

35.6°C

Rabbit Flat

36.0°C

Middle Point

36.0°C

Middle Point

4.6°C

Alice Springs Ap
Coldest

8.0°C

Uluru

4.8°C

Curtin Springs
 

-3.0°C

Arltunga

31km/h

Cape Wessel
Windiest

46km/h

Nhulunbuy Ap

50km/h

Tennant Creek Ap

50km/h

Nhulunbuy Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

0.4mm

Centre Island

0.2mm

Centre Island
 

0.4mm

Centre Island
Northern Territory's Records for August
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.2°C at
Cape Don in 2014
Lowest 7.0°C at
Alice Springs Ap in 1966
Highest 28.7°C at
Milikapiti in 1973
Lowest -5.4°C at
Tempe Downs in 1976
Highest 80.0mm at
Darwin Ap in 1947

Northern Territory Weather Forecasts

Station
(ungroup by district)
Forecast Min Max Chance of rain Rain amount Frost risk 9am 3pm
Wind RH Wind RH
°C °C km/h % km/h %
Sunny
20 34 5% < 1mm Nil SE 15 59 ENE 23 31
Mostly sunny
18 34 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 11 51 ESE 21 23
Sunny
21 29 10% < 1mm Nil SE 19 66 SE 22 59
Sunny
15 34 10% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
15 30 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 25 42 E 12 23
Sunny
5 28 5% < 1mm Slight ENE 8 26 NNW 7 16
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