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Northern Territory Weather

Current Warnings
 

Northern Territory Forecast

  • Wednesday Showers and a few thunderstorms in the northeast. Warm in the south, very hot elsewhere.

  • Thursday Mostly clear throughout. Hot in the north, warm in the south.

  • Friday Showers and storm across the north. Mainly sunny across central parts. Cloud in S.

  • Saturday Showers and thunderstorms. Hot and humid in the north.

NT Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sun 01/10 Mon 02/10 Tue 03/10

30.3°C

Oenpelli Airport
Hottest

39.8°C

Ngukurr

38.0°C

Oenpelli Airport

39.0°C

Middle Point

39.8°C

Ngukurr

17.6°C

Territory Grape Farm
Coldest

5.9°C

Alice Springs Ap

7.9°C

Arltunga
 

5.9°C

Alice Springs Ap

E 25km/h

Tennant Creek Ap
Windiest

53km/h

Tennant Creek Ap

48km/h

Batchelor Ap

46km/h

Tindal
-
no rain last hr Wettest

50.0mm

Shoal Bay

26.0mm

Noonamah
 

50.0mm

Shoal Bay
Northern Territory's Records for October
Max Min Rain
Highest 46.2°C at
Tindal in 1991
Lowest 11.1°C at
Alice Springs in 1910
Highest 31.6°C at
Black Point in 1990
Lowest 0.0°C at
Arltunga in 2002
Highest 119.8mm at
Wollogorang in 1996

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
25 35 50% < 1mm Nil ESE 8 71 NNE 20 52
Mostly sunny
23 40 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 11 53 SSE 16 15
Mostly sunny
23 33 20% < 1mm Nil ESE 18 62 ESE 20 58
Sunny
21 39 20% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Sunny
19 36 5% < 1mm Nil ESE 27 19 SE 22 11
Sunny
10 33 5% < 1mm Nil NE 15 18 SE 9 14
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06:16 EDT

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20:02 EDT

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