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Current Warnings
 

Northern Territory Forecast

  • Thursday Showers and storms across the north and west. Hot in the south. Torrential rain in the west.

  • Friday Showers and storms across the Top End. Hot in the south. Storms in the west.

  • Saturday Showers and storms throughout. Windy with heavy rain over southwest.

  • Sunday Areas of rain and storms, mainly southwest. Hot in the east. Windy in the south.

  • Monday Showers and storms in the east, less frequent west. Cool in the southeast, warm to the northwest.

NT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Mon 19/12 Tue 20/12 Wed 21/12

36.0°C

McArthur River
Hottest

40.4°C

Jervois

39.5°C

Jervois

38.2°C

Uluru

44.7°C

Rabbit Flat

23.2°C

Port Keats Ap
Coldest

21.4°C

Kintore

21.2°C

Territory Grape Farm

20.5°C

Kulgera

11.0°C

Kulgera

NE 33km/h

Kintore
Windiest

72km/h

Tennant Creek Ap

83km/h

Cape Fourcroy

64km/h

Lajamanu
-

1.6mm last hr

Cape Fourcroy
Wettest

62.6mm

Edith Falls Ridge

96.0mm

Elizabeth Valley

169.0mm

Labelle Downs

153.0mm

Channel Point
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
25 30 90% 20-40mm Nil N 16 86 N 18 77
Thunderstorms
24 32 90% 5-10mm Nil NNE 16 81 N 18 68
Possible thunderstorm
24 31 50% 1-5mm Nil ENE 15 71 NE 18 65
Possible thunderstorm
26 35 50% 1-5mm Nil - - - -
Possible thunderstorm
24 32 90% 10-20mm Nil ENE 17 79 ENE 16 59
Possible thunderstorm
22 30 80% 1-5mm Nil ENE 22 64 NE 23 56
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