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Darwin Forecast

Today 30°C
Tonight 25°C
thunderstorms

Now

23.8°C steady
Updated at 13:30 CST

Darwin-Daly for Thursday Cloudy. Very high (90%) chance of showers. A thunderstorm likely. Winds NW 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening. City Centre Showers. Storm likely.

Currently at Darwin Ap

24-hour graph
Temperature 23.8°C steady
Dew Point 23.2°C steady
Feels Like 23.8°C
Relative Humidity 96%
Wind icon
SE 5km/h falling
Wind Gusts 6km/h
Pressure 1007.6hPa falling
Fire Danger 1.2
Rain since 9am/last hr 32.0mm / -

Sun on Thu

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Sunrise sunrise
06:19 CST
Sunset sunset
19:11 CST

Nearby Now

Middle Point 24.4°C

Next 12 hours in Darwin

48-hour forecast

3pm

Chance shower or storm
30°C

6pm

Shower. Chance storm
28°C

9pm

Chance shower or storm
27°C

12am

Chance shower or storm
26°C

Darwin-Daly Weather Warnings

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NT - Thu 12:59 CST
Flood Watch for Central and Western Inland Rivers

NT - Thu 12:05 CST
Flood Watch for the Bonaparte and North West Coastal Rivers

National Forecast

Darwin 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Thu
Dec 22
Fri
Dec 23
Sat
Dec 24
Sun
Dec 25
Mon
Dec 26
Tue
Dec 27
Wed
Dec 28

Thunder-
storms

Late thunder

Possible thunderstorm

Possible thunderstorm

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Possible thunderstorm
Maximum 26°C 31°C 32°C 33°C 32°C 32°C 31°C
Minimum 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C 25°C
Chance of Rain 90% 90% 90% 70% 80% 90% 90%
Rain Amount 20-40mm 10-20mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 5-10mm 10-20mm
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 16
km/h
18
km/h
13
km/h
17
km/h
14
km/h
21
km/h
14
km/h
22
km/h
12
km/h
19
km/h
15
km/h
26
km/h
16
km/h
27
km/h
Wind Direction N 16km/h
N
N 18km/h
N
NE 13km/h
NE
N 17km/h
N
ENE 14km/h
ENE
NNE 21km/h
NNE
NE 14km/h
NE
NNE 22km/h
NNE
NNE 12km/h
NNE
NNW 19km/h
NNW
NNW 15km/h
NNW
WNW 26km/h
WNW
WNW 16km/h
WNW
WNW 27km/h
WNW
Relative Humidity 86% 77% 83% 70% 81% 71% 80% 66% 79% 68% 81% 74% 86% 76%
Dew Point 25°C 26°C 25°C 25°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 26°C 25°C 26°C 26°C 27°C 26°C 26°C

Darwin Sun & Moon Times

Thursday Next occurrence
First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon phase moon rise moon set New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter
first light
05:56 CST
sunrise
06:19 CST
sunset
19:11 CST
last light
19:34 CST
moon
rise
Fri 01:52 CST
set
Fri 14:22 CST
moon
Thu
Dec 29
moon
Fri
Jan 6
moon
Thu
Jan 12
moon
Fri
Jan 20

Darwin Ap Past 5 Days

this month
  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Thu
Dec 22
23.8°C - 25.2mm
Wed
Dec 21
23.8°C 31.1°C 78.8mm
Tue
Dec 20
25.0°C 28.9°C 10.0mm
Mon
Dec 19
24.9°C 30.5°C 29.2mm
Sun
Dec 18
25.4°C 31.6°C 0.2mm

Darwin Ap Year To Date

Average Rainfall To Dec
1727.4mm
113.0 Day(s)
Total For 2016
1179.0mm
115 Day(s)
Total To This Day 2015
1437.0mm
96 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
23.2°C
17th
Lowest On Record
19.8°C
4th 1974
Average This Month
25.3°C
+0.0°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
33.1°C
+0.5°C
Long-term Average
32.6°C
December Rainfall
Wettest This Month
78.8mm
21st
Total This Month
224.6mm
14 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

15:00 EDT

Today

26°C

Tonight

13°C

Mostly sunny

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