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Northern Territory Weather

Current Warnings
 

Northern Territory Forecast

  • Monday Very warm in north. Warm in south. The odd shower in far north. Dry elsewhere.

  • Tuesday Very warm in north. Milder in south. The odd shower in coastal Top End. Dry elsewhere.

  • Wednesday Scattered showers over the Top End. Very hot in the west, hot elsewhere.

  • Thursday Isolated showers over the Top End. Very hot in the west, hot elsewhere.

  • Friday Very warm throughout. Mostly sunny. Chance overnight coastal showers.

NT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Fri 15/09 Sat 16/09 Sun 17/09

28.8°C

Jabiru Ap
Hottest

38.0°C

Middle Point

38.3°C

Middle Point

38.0°C

Middle Point

39.0°C

McArthur River

16.9°C

Daly Waters
Coldest

1.6°C

Arltunga

0.9°C

Arltunga

2.6°C

Arltunga

0.0°C

Arltunga

SE 27km/h

Cape Wessel
Windiest

53km/h

McCluer Is

51km/h

Tindal

48km/h

Centre Island
-
no rain last hr Wettest

0.2mm

Charles Point

0.0mm

Channel Island

0.2mm

Centre Island

0.2mm

Centre Island
Northern Territory's Records for September
Max Min Rain
Highest 42.0°C at
Elliott in 1988
Lowest 8.3°C at
Curtin Springs in 1971
Highest 29.0°C at
Darwin in 1931
Lowest -2.8°C at
Watarrka in 2001
Highest 122.8mm at
Bulman in 2016

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 %
Mostly sunny
21 34 30% < 1mm Nil ESE 3 65 NNE 15 37
Mostly sunny
15 37 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 9 35 SE 19 14
Possible shower
21 31 70% 1-5mm Nil SE 25 67 SE 25 65
Fog then sunny
16 36 70% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
16 34 5% < 1mm Nil SE 25 10 SE 20 6
Sunny
10 28 5% < 1mm Nil SE 23 41 ESE 18 19
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Weather News

Hurricane Maria following similar path to Irma

16:32 EST

The second hurricane in a fortnight to affect the Caribbean will cause destructive winds and flooding rain in the coming days.

Turbulent Monday for Victoria and Tasmania

16:24 EST

It was a blustery start to the week in the nation's southeast as a cold front and trailing low pressure system prompted severe weather warnings in multiple states.

Meet the forecasters behind the weather at the BOM in Hobart

12:42 EST

How about that weather, eh? It's the topic for many a socially awkward barbecue or work function, it affects us all in some way every day, but what does it take to forecast the future? Tristan Oakley loved thunderstorms as a kid, and after dabbling in geology at university he realised the skies were more his thing.