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Darwin Forecast

This morning 24°C
Today 30°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

25.1°C steady
Updated at 06:30 CST

Darwin-Daly for Tuesday Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of rain. Rain heavy at times. The chance of a thunderstorm with gusty winds. Winds W 20 to 30 km/h turning NW during the morning and early afternoon. City Centre Heavy rain. Possible storm.

Currently at Darwin Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 25.1°C steady
Dew Point 24.5°C steady
Feels Like 25.7°C
Relative Humidity 96%
Wind icon
ENE 5km/h steady
Wind Gusts 6km/h
Pressure 1000.2hPa falling
Fire Danger 1.2
Rain since 9am/last hr 17.8mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:26 CST
Sunset sunset
19:16 CST

Nearby Now

Middle Point 24.8°C
Batchelor Ap 24.4°C

Next 12 hours in Blaydin Point

48-hour forecast

9am

Shower. Chance storm
27°C

12pm

Shower. Chance storm
27°C

3pm

Shower. Chance storm
28°C

6pm

Chance shower or storm
27°C

Darwin-Daly Weather Warnings

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NT - Tue 04:57 CST
Severe Weather Warning (Heavy Rainfall & Damaging Wind) for Daly and Gregory, cancelled for Carpentaria and Arnhem

NT - Tue 04:45 CST
Strong Wind Warning for the Beagle Bonaparte Coast, North Tiwi Coast, Van Diemen Gulf and Arafura Coast

National Forecast

Darwin 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Jan 3
Wed
Jan 4
Thu
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Fri
Jan 6
Sat
Jan 7
Sun
Jan 8
Mon
Jan 9

Possible thunderstorm

Thunder-
storms

Thunder-
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Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 30°C 30°C 31°C 32°C 33°C 32°C 32°C
Minimum 24°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C
Chance of Rain 90% 90% 90% 90% 70% 80% 90%
Rain Amount 20-40mm 20-40mm 10-20mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 1-5mm
UV Index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme
Frost Risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 24
km/h
33
km/h
27
km/h
33
km/h
24
km/h
28
km/h
21
km/h
25
km/h
15
km/h
22
km/h
12
km/h
19
km/h
10
km/h
16
km/h
Wind Direction WNW 24km/h
WNW
WNW 33km/h
WNW
NW 27km/h
NW
NW 33km/h
NW
NNW 24km/h
NNW
NW 28km/h
NW
NNW 21km/h
NNW
NNW 25km/h
NNW
NNW 15km/h
NNW
NW 22km/h
NW
NW 12km/h
NW
NW 19km/h
NW
NW 10km/h
NW
NW 16km/h
NW
Relative Humidity 92% 81% 90% 81% 86% 74% 86% 72% 83% 70% 81% 70% 81% 70%
Dew Point 26°C 27°C 25°C 27°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 27°C 26°C 27°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C

Darwin Sun & Moon Times

Tuesday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set First quarter Full moon Last quarter New moon
first light
06:02 CST
sunrise
06:26 CST
sunset
19:16 CST
last light
19:39 CST
moon
rise
Tue 10:28 CST
set
Tue 23:05 CST
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20
moon
Sat
Jan 28

Darwin Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Mon
Jan 2
23.5°C 30°C 108.4mm
Sun
Jan 1
23.2°C 31.7°C 16.8mm
Sat
Dec 31
23.7°C 32.3°C 10.2mm
Fri
Dec 30
26.3°C 30.9°C 5.6mm
Thu
Dec 29
25.2°C 31.7°C 24.8mm

Darwin Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Jan
426.3mm
21.3 Day(s)
Total For 2017
125.2mm
2 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2016
0.0mm
0 Day(s)
Wettest Day
108.4mm
Jan 2
Lowest Temperature
23.2°C
Jan 1
Highest Temperature
31.7°C
Jan 1

Darwin Ap Almanac

full climatology
January Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
23.2°C
1st
Lowest On Record
20.2°C
23rd 1985
Average This Month
23.4°C
-1.4°C
Long-term Average
24.8°C
January Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
31.7°C
1st
Highest On Record
36.1°C
7th 2014
Average This Month
30.8°C
-1.0°C
Long-term Average
31.8°C
January Rainfall
Wettest This Month
108.4mm
2nd
Total This Month
125.2mm
2 Day(s)
Long-term Average
426.3mm
21.3 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
940.4mm
1995
Driest On Record
136.1mm
1965
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