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Northern Territory Weather

Current Warnings
 

Northern Territory Forecast

  • Sunday Hot with showers/storms in north, mainly Top End. Dry and hot in the south.

  • Monday Hot with showers/storms in north and east. Dry in the south.

  • Tuesday Hot and stormy in the north and central parts. Drier in the far south.

  • Wednesday Hot and humid in the north, very hot south. Widspread thunderstorms.

  • Thursday Hot throughout. Showers and thunderstorms over most of territory.

NT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 08/12 Fri 09/12 Sat 10/12

38.2°C

Lajamanu
Hottest

43.5°C

Lajamanu

41.6°C

Victoria River Downs

41.1°C

Ngukurr

43.7°C

Jervois

24.1°C

Maningrida Ap
Coldest

16.6°C

Uluru

14.1°C

Alice Springs Ap

11.0°C

Kulgera

11.0°C

Kulgera

SSE 33km/h

Maningrida Ap
Windiest

72km/h

Darwin Ntc

66km/h

Darwin Ntc

61km/h

Port Keats Ap
-
no rain last hr Wettest

11.8mm

Stokes Hill

31.0mm

Rosewood

11.0mm

Port Keats Ap

68.4mm

Pirlangimpi
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 %
Thunderstorms
27 33 90% 10-20mm Nil NNE 6 71 NNW 12 62
Possible thunderstorm
25 36 60% 5-10mm Nil NNW 8 66 E 12 41
Possible thunderstorm
25 34 60% 1-5mm Nil ESE 14 60 E 19 58
Thunderstorms
26 36 60% 5-10mm Nil - - - -
Possible thunderstorm
23 37 20% < 1mm Nil E 15 36 E 10 20
Sunny
15 36 5% < 1mm Nil E 16 22 - -
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Weather News

Fire danger about to spike in SE Australia, drop in WA

16:21 EDT

Fire danger is about to spike in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales and about to drop in Western Australia as an area of hot, dry wind heads east.

Heavy rain and storms hit Queensland

13:09 EDT

Heavy storms are lashing central Queensland, whilst rain and strong winds affect the coast.

Scorching Night for Central NT

13:00 EDT

Parts of Central NT have had their hottest morning in 7 years.