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Darwin Forecast

Today 35°C
Tonight 25°C
possible_thunderstorm

Now

33.1°C rising
Updated at 13:20 CST

Darwin-Daly for Saturday Partly cloudy. Medium (40%) chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm with gusty winds. Light winds becoming N/NW 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. City Centre Possible shower or storm.

Currently at Darwin Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 33.1°C rising
Dew Point 23.6°C rising
Feels Like 38.7°C
Relative Humidity 57%
Wind icon
NW 16km/h steady
Wind Gusts 19km/h
Pressure 1008.1hPa falling
Fire Danger 7.9
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / -

Sun on Sat

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Sunrise sunrise
06:14 CST
Sunset sunset
19:05 CST

Nearby Now

Middle Point 36.4°C

Next 12 hours in Darwin

48-hour forecast

3pm

Slight chance storm
35°C

6pm

Mostly cloudy
33°C

9pm

Mostly cloudy
30°C

12am

Mostly cloudy
28°C

Darwin-Daly Weather Warnings

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National Forecast

Darwin 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sat
Dec 10
Sun
Dec 11
Mon
Dec 12
Tue
Dec 13
Wed
Dec 14
Thu
Dec 15
Fri
Dec 16

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Thunder-
storms

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

Thunder-
storms
Maximum 35°C 34°C 33°C 33°C 33°C 32°C 33°C
Minimum 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 26°C 26°C
Chance of Rain 70% 80% 90% 90% 80% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 1-5mm 5-10mm 20-40mm 10-20mm 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 7
km/h
16
km/h
8
km/h
14
km/h
9
km/h
12
km/h
8
km/h
15
km/h
10
km/h
14
km/h
10
km/h
18
km/h
11
km/h
17
km/h
Wind Direction E 7km/h
E
NNW 16km/h
NNW
WNW 8km/h
WNW
NW 14km/h
NW
NNE 9km/h
NNE
NW 12km/h
NW
NE 8km/h
NE
NNW 15km/h
NNW
NW 10km/h
NW
NW 14km/h
NW
W 10km/h
W
NW 18km/h
NW
WNW 11km/h
WNW
NW 17km/h
NW
Relative Humidity 69% 53% 68% 57% 73% 65% 76% 63% 72% 63% 73% 61% 78% 64%
Dew Point 24°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 25°C 26°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 26°C 26°C

Darwin Sun & Moon Times

Saturday 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
19:05 CST
last light
19:28 CST
moon
rise
Sat 15:17 CST
set
Sun 03:29 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
Sat
Dec 10
25.5°C - 0.0mm
Fri
Dec 9
25.7°C 34.5°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

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
1263.6mm
86 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

14:40 EDT

Today

25°C

Tonight

11°C

Mostly sunny

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