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Northern Territory Weather

Current Warnings
 

Northern Territory Forecast

  • Tuesday Partly cloudy and hot to very hot. Thunderstorms in the north and south.

  • Wednesday Partly cloudy and hot to very hot. Thunderstorms in the north and south.

  • Thursday Partly cloudy and hot to very hot. Thunderstorms in the North and Centre.

  • Friday Partly cloudy and hot to very hot. Thunderstorms in the North and Centre.

NT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 03/12 Sun 04/12 Mon 05/12

34.4°C

Tennant Creek Ap
Hottest

42.2°C

Jervois

42.2°C

Brunette Downs

41.0°C

Jervois

43.7°C

Jervois

20.0°C

Curtin Springs
Coldest

20.6°C

Alice Springs Ap

18.0°C

Kulgera

11.0°C

Kulgera

11.0°C

Kulgera

ENE 25km/h

Cape Wessel
Windiest

72km/h

Lajamanu

66km/h

Uluru

68km/h

Uluru
-
no rain last hr Wettest

34.4mm

Upper Wickham River

53.0mm

Curtin Springs

35.0mm

Port Keats Ap

35.0mm

Port Keats Ap
Northern Territory's Records for December
Max Min Rain
Highest 47.5°C at
Alice Springs in 1891
Lowest 16.0°C at
Arltunga in 2009
Highest 33.9°C at
Alice Springs in 1878
Lowest 0.0°C at
Tindal in 1990
Highest 365.0mm at
Gunn Point Prison Farm in 1987

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 %
Possible thunderstorm
26 34 70% 1-5mm Nil E 6 70 N 12 59
Mostly sunny
26 39 30% < 1mm Nil N 13 58 ENE 13 29
Possible thunderstorm
25 34 40% < 1mm Nil E 17 64 ESE 23 61
Sunny
25 40 40% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Mostly sunny
27 40 5% < 1mm Nil N 19 26 NE 21 13
Thunderstorms
21 33 80% 1-5mm Nil SE 17 61 SE 13 37
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Weather News

One dead after Mt Warning campers struck by lightning, rescue operation underway

10:51 EDT

A man has died and a woman has been injured after being hit by lightning while camping at Mt Warning, on the NSW north coast, police say.

Farmer's photos of NSW flooding turned into fundraising calendar

10:43 EDT

A farmer who lost nearly all his crops to floods has documented his experience in photographs and these are now being used for a flood relief fundraising calendar.

Skiing on summer snow

10:10 EDT

December snow is attracting skiers and boarders to Australia's alpine peaks for the chance to enjoy a rare summer shred.