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Darwin Forecast

Today 35°C
Tonight 25°C
mostly_sunny

Now

31.3°C steady
Updated at 12:10 CST

Darwin-Daly for Friday Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower, most likely during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm with gusty winds. Light winds becoming NW/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon. City Centre Partly cloudy.

Currently at Darwin Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 31.3°C steady
Dew Point 24.9°C rising
Feels Like 38.1°C
Relative Humidity 69%
Wind icon
NW 12km/h falling
Wind Gusts 19km/h
Pressure 1008.0hPa falling
Fire Danger 4.5
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Fri

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Sunrise sunrise
06:14 CST
Sunset sunset
19:04 CST

Nearby Now

Middle Point 35.0°C

Next 12 hours in Darwin

48-hour forecast

3pm

Mostly clear
35°C

6pm

Mostly cloudy
33°C

9pm

Mostly clear
30°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
28°C

Darwin-Daly Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Darwin 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Fri
Dec 9
Sat
Dec 10
Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12
Tue
Dec 13
Wed
Dec 14
Thu
Dec 15

Mostly sunny

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 35°C 35°C 34°C 33°C 33°C 33°C 33°C
Minimum 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 26°C
Chance of Rain 30% 50% 90% 90% 80% 80% 90%
Rain Amount < 1mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 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 11
km/h
14
km/h
6
km/h
15
km/h
8
km/h
15
km/h
10
km/h
13
km/h
8
km/h
13
km/h
10
km/h
16
km/h
11
km/h
15
km/h
Wind Direction N 11km/h
N
N 14km/h
N
NE 6km/h
NE
NNW 15km/h
NNW
N 8km/h
N
NW 15km/h
NW
NE 10km/h
NE
NNW 13km/h
NNW
NNE 8km/h
NNE
NNW 13km/h
NNW
NW 10km/h
NW
NW 16km/h
NW
SW 11km/h
SW
NW 15km/h
NW
Relative Humidity 69% 55% 68% 55% 67% 58% 75% 65% 75% 63% 73% 63% 73% 63%
Dew Point 25°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 24°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C

Darwin Sun & Moon Times

Friday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set Full moon Last quarter New moon First quarter
first light
05:51 CST
sunrise
06:14 CST
sunset
19:04 CST
last light
19:27 CST
moon
rise
Fri 14:20 CST
set
Sat 02:40 CST
moon
Wed
Dec 14
moon
Wed
Dec 21
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6

Darwin Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Fri
Dec 9
25.7°C - 0.4mm
Thu
Dec 8
25.9°C 34.2°C 3.6mm
Wed
Dec 7
- 33.6°C -
Tue
Dec 6
25.5°C - 1.2mm
Mon
Dec 5
25.9°C 33.6°C 0.0mm

Darwin Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1727.4mm
113.0 Day(s)
Total For 2016
968.2mm
105 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1263.2mm
85 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
25.3°C
2nd
Lowest On Record
19.8°C
4th 1974
Average This Month
25.7°C
+0.4°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
34.0°C
+1.4°C
Long-term Average
32.6°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
8.6mm
3rd
Total This Month
13.8mm
4 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

13:30 EDT

Today

22°C

Tonight

6°C

Sunny

sunny

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