Thursday, 5 January 2006

Alert

Northern Territory's Hottest Night

The meteorological observation station at Jervois, 250km northeast of Alice Springs, last night recorded the warmest night ever recorded in the Northern Territory. At 3am the temperature was 37.1^oC, and the minimum temperature bottomed out at 33.7^oC, at 4:07 am on 5 January. The previous confirmed warmest night in the Territory recorded a minimum of 33.6^oC, recorded at Finke on 29 January 1973.

Other centres also recorded a hot night. The minimum temperature at Alice Springs dropped to 31.3^oC. This was the warmest night since 16 November 1996 (also 31.3^oC), and the warmest January night since 14 January 1988 (31.7^oC).

A persistent inland trough has led to prolonged northerly flow into central Australia, resulting in a very warm air mass. Overnight cloud cover helped trap in the daytime heat.

Further climate data and information can be obtained from:
Climate and Consultative Services
Northern Territory Regional Office
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8920 3813
Email climate.nt@bom.gov.au

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