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Darwin Forecast

Today 34°C
Tonight 26°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

31.8°C rising
Updated at 09:30 CST

Darwin-Daly for Tuesday Partly cloudy. Slight (30%) chance of a shower. The chance of a thunderstorm with gusty winds. Light winds becoming N 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then tending NW in the early afternoon. City Centre Possible shower or storm. Max 34 Possible rainfall: 0 to 0.

Currently at Darwin Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 31.8°C rising
Dew Point 24.1°C rising
Feels Like 37.5°C
Relative Humidity 63%
Wind icon
ENE 5km/h steady
Wind Gusts 13km/h
Pressure 1010.7hPa steady
Fire Danger 4.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 1.2mm / -

Sun on Tue

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Sunrise sunrise
06:13 CST
Sunset sunset
19:03 CST

Nearby Now

Middle Point 31.0°C

Next 12 hours in Darwin

48-hour forecast

12pm

Mostly clear
33°C

3pm

Slight chance storm
34°C

6pm

Mostly clear
32°C

9pm

Mostly clear
30°C

Darwin-Daly Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Darwin 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Tue
Dec 6
Wed
Dec 7
Thu
Dec 8
Fri
Dec 9
Sat
Dec 10
Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 34°C 34°C 35°C 35°C 35°C 34°C 34°C
Minimum 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C
Chance of Rain 70% 30% 40% 50% 70% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm
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 6
km/h
12
km/h
7
km/h
14
km/h
9
km/h
15
km/h
10
km/h
14
km/h
7
km/h
14
km/h
8
km/h
14
km/h
8
km/h
13
km/h
Wind Direction E 6km/h
E
N 12km/h
N
NE 7km/h
NE
NNW 14km/h
NNW
NNW 9km/h
NNW
NNW 15km/h
NNW
N 10km/h
N
NNW 14km/h
NNW
NNW 7km/h
NNW
NNE 14km/h
NNE
NW 8km/h
NW
WNW 14km/h
WNW
NW 8km/h
NW
NW 13km/h
NW
Relative Humidity 70% 59% 69% 60% 70% 59% 71% 58% 69% 57% 71% 63% 76% 64%
Dew Point 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 24°C 25°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
05:50 CST
sunrise
06:13 CST
sunset
19:03 CST
last light
19:26 CST
moon
rise
Tue 11:39 CST
set
Wed 00:21 CST
moon
Wed
Dec 7
moon
Wed
Dec 14
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29

Darwin Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Tue
Dec 6
25°C - 1mm
Mon
Dec 5
25.9°C 34°C 0.0mm
Sun
Dec 4
25.8°C 35.2°C 0.0mm
Sat
Dec 3
25.9°C 33.5°C 8.6mm
Fri
Dec 2
25.3°C 34.1°C 0.0mm

Darwin Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1727.4mm
113.0 Day(s)
Total For 2016
964.0mm
103 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1237.4mm
84 Day(s)
Wettest Day
82.0mm
Nov 23
Lowest Temperature
13.3°C
Aug 5
Highest Temperature
37.5°C
Oct 8

Darwin Ap Almanac

full climatology
December Minimum Temperature
Lowest This Month
25.0°C
6th
Lowest On Record
19.8°C
4th 1974
Average This Month
25.6°C
+0.3°C
Long-term Average
25.3°C
December Maximum Temperature
Highest This Month
35.2°C
4th
Highest On Record
37.0°C
18th 1976
Average This Month
34.1°C
+1.5°C
Long-term Average
32.6°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
8.6mm
3rd
Total This Month
9.6mm
2 Day(s)
Long-term Average
248.9mm
16.9 Day(s)
Wettest On Record
664.5mm
1974
Driest On Record
18.8mm
1991

Now Temperature

At Canberra Ap

11:10 EDT

Today

25°C

Tonight

11°C

Rain

rain

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