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MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY - NORTHERN TERRITORY
Temperatures over the Northern Territory were well below normal during June. The minimum temperature, averaged over the Territory, was 2.25°C below normal, the second lowest for June since high quality monthly records began in 1950. The mean temperature (average of maximum and minimum) for June was ranked 3rd coldest on record. On the 21st Arltunga reported -4.8ºC, the coldest night across the Territory. Lajamanu AWS in the Victoria River district, Yulara Aero AWS and Territory Grape Farm AWS in the Alice Springs district recorded their respective lowest on record monthly minimum temperatures for June. Ngukurr in the Barkly District recorded the lowest on record mean maximum temperature of 28.3ºC for the month. Maximum temperatures were below average at each recording site in the Territory. Virtually no rain was recorded over the Territory during June, except for some showers about the northeast coast of the Top End.
A table of Territory extremes,
some new records,
and summaries for sites across the Territory
appear below.
Weather extremes during June 2006 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Highest temperature Hottest day |
33.8°C |
Jabiru Airport AWS on the 16th | |
Highest mean daily maximum temperature Warmest days on average |
31.5°C |
Jabiru Airport AWS | |
Lowest mean daily maximum temperature Coolest days on average |
17.4°C |
Arltunga | |
Lowest daily maximum temperature Coldest day |
12.1°C |
Arltunga on the 12th | |
Lowest temperature Coldest night |
-4.8°C |
Arltunga on the 21st | |
Lowest mean daily minimum temperature Coldest nights on average |
0.8°C |
Alice Springs Airport | |
Highest mean daily minimum temperature Warmest nights on average |
22.5°C |
Cape Don AWS | |
Highest daily minimum Warmest night |
24.7°C |
Cape Don AWS on the 16th | |
Highest total rainfall Wettest overall |
7.4 mm |
Gove Airport | |
Highest daily rainfall Wettest day |
2.4 mm |
Gove Airport on 17th | |
Record Lowest Mean Maximum Temperature for June 2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
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Ngukurr |
28.3 |
28.6 |
in 1967 |
12 |
Record Lowest Mean Daily Minimum Temperature for June 2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
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Yulara Aero AWS |
2.7 |
2.8 |
in 2002 |
18 |
Lajamanu AWS |
7.5 |
8.2 |
in 2002 |
11 |
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
3.3 |
3.8 |
in 2002 |
10 |
Record Lowest Temperature for June 2006 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lowest temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
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Kulgera |
-4.5 |
on the 13th |
-4.0 |
on the 29th in 2002 |
25 |
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Summary statistics for June 2006 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (mm) |
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| Mean | Difference from normal | Highest | Mean | Difference from normal | Lowest | Total | Normal total | |
Ali Curung |
22.8 |
-1.8 |
27.6 |
5.7 |
-2.9 |
1.0 |
0 |
4 |
Alice Springs Airport |
18.1 |
-1.7 |
23.0 |
0.8 |
-4.4 |
-3.8 |
0 |
15 |
Alyangula Police |
27.8 |
-1.0 |
29.1 |
18.3 |
-0.5 |
14.5 |
0 |
10 |
Arltunga |
17.4 |
23.7 |
2.1 |
-4.8 |
0 |
17 |
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Batchelor Aero AWS |
30.3 |
32.7 |
16.1 |
9.4 |
0 |
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Black Point |
29.6 |
-0.3 |
31.7 |
21.1 |
-0.6 |
17.6 |
0 |
4 |
Borroloola AWS |
28.6 |
-1.9 |
31.0 |
11.4 |
-1.9 |
6.4 |
0 |
3 |
Brunette Downs |
25.0 |
-2.0 |
29.3 |
9.5 |
-2.2 |
3.0 |
0 |
7 |
Cape Don AWS |
28.0 |
29.6 |
22.5 |
20.1 |
0 |
3 |
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Centre Island AWS |
26.0 |
-0.8 |
27.5 |
18.9 |
-0.6 |
14.7 |
0 |
8 |
Curtin Springs |
19.0 |
-1.2 |
22.0 |
1.7 |
-3.4 |
-2.4 |
0 |
15 |
Daly Waters AWS |
30.8 |
7.7 |
0 |
2 |
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Darwin Airport |
29.9 |
-0.7 |
32.1 |
18.5 |
-1.4 |
14.1 |
0 |
2 |
Delamere Weapons Range AWS |
27.2 |
-2.2 |
31.0 |
14.5 |
-0.9 |
9.0 |
0 |
|
Douglas River |
29.9 |
-1.6 |
32.6 |
14.4 |
+0.9 |
9.0 |
0 |
3 |
Dum In Mirrie AWS |
29.8 |
32.2 |
17.6 |
13.1 |
0 |
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Elliott |
27.2 |
7.0 |
0 |
4 |
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Gove Airport |
27.1 |
-1.3 |
28.4 |
21.8 |
+0.5 |
19.1 |
7.4 |
32 |
Groote Eylandt Airport AWS |
28.2 |
30.6 |
16.3 |
10.3 |
1 |
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Jabiru Airport AWS |
31.5 |
-0.2 |
33.8 |
18.9 |
-0.2 |
14.5 |
0 |
1 |
Jervois |
20.3 |
-1.8 |
27.5 |
5.8 |
-0.7 |
1.3 |
0 |
11 |
Katherine Aviation Museum |
28.3 |
-2.1 |
30.7 |
12.2 |
-1.8 |
6.5 |
0 |
0 |
Kidman Springs |
27.8 |
-2.5 |
31.6 |
11.8 |
-1.6 |
7.2 |
0 |
2 |
Kulgera |
17.5 |
-1.6 |
22.1 |
2.4 |
-3.3 |
-4.5 |
0 |
19 |
Lajamanu AWS |
25.0 |
-2.0 |
29.0 |
7.5 |
-2.4 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
Larrimah |
27.6 |
-1.7 |
30.3 |
11.1 |
-2.1 |
7.0 |
0 |
4 |
Mango Farm |
29.0 |
-2.4 |
32.2 |
15.8 |
+0.1 |
10.2 |
0 |
0 |
Maningrida |
32.5 |
0.0 |
0 |
1 |
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McArthur River Mine |
29.0 |
-1.0 |
31.3 |
12.4 |
-0.2 |
7.2 |
0 |
2 |
McCluer Island AWS |
26.8 |
28.8 |
22.6 |
20.2 |
0 |
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Ngukurr |
28.3 |
-2.1 |
30.6 |
15.1 |
-1.3 |
11.1 |
0 |
6 |
Papunya |
20.2 |
23.5 |
4.1 |
-0.7 |
0 |
18 |
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Pirlangimpi AWS |
30.1 |
-1.1 |
32.2 |
18.6 |
-0.1 |
14.8 |
0 |
5 |
Point Fawcett AWS |
28.3 |
30.4 |
16.8 |
13.1 |
0 |
10 |
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Rabbit Flat |
23.8 |
-2.3 |
26.6 |
4.5 |
-3.6 |
-0.4 |
0 |
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Tennant Creek Airport |
23.0 |
-1.7 |
27.0 |
11.2 |
-1.8 |
6.1 |
0 |
5 |
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
20.3 |
-2.6 |
24.7 |
3.3 |
-3.4 |
-1.0 |
0 |
9 |
Timber Creek |
28.4 |
-2.2 |
31.8 |
14.6 |
-1.1 |
7.7 |
0 |
1 |
Tindal RAAF AWS |
28.7 |
-1.2 |
31.1 |
12.0 |
-2.4 |
7.5 |
0 |
1 |
Victoria River Downs |
26.8 |
-2.5 |
30.5 |
9.0 |
-3.2 |
3.0 |
0 |
2 |
Warruwi AWS |
29.0 |
-0.2 |
31.5 |
21.1 |
-0.8 |
18.7 |
0 |
3 |
Watarrka |
19.6 |
-2.1 |
23.5 |
4.9 |
-2.4 |
-2.0 |
0 |
23 |
Wave Hill |
26.0 |
-2.3 |
29.7 |
8.4 |
-3.2 |
3.7 |
0 |
3 |
Wollogorang |
27.5 |
-1.7 |
29.9 |
12.1 |
-0.2 |
7.3 |
0 |
4 |
Yuendumu |
20.7 |
-1.4 |
24.7 |
4.6 |
-3.1 |
-1.1 |
0 |
13 |
Yulara Aero AWS |
19.0 |
-1.4 |
21.9 |
2.7 |
-3.3 |
-1.2 |
0 |
26 |
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Monday 3 July. Although every effort has been made to verify the data, it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
* denotes that one or more observations missing, or that the data is unconfirmed
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