Monday, 15 January 2024 - Annual Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC52R0

Northern Territory in 2023

Rainfall

• The Northern Territory area-average rainfall for 2023 was 80.66 mm, 14.8% above the long-term (1961–1990) average and the wettest since 2017.
• Rainfall was above to very much above average across the central NT and below average across areas of the Daly district.
• Unseasonably high rainfall, particularly during July and a wetter than average start to 2023 for much of the Territory contributed to above average rainfall totals for 2023.
• Alexandria had its highest daily rainfall on record, recording 262.9mm on 3 March.
• Warramunga had its highest total rainfall on record.
• Lajamanu Airport had its highest total rainfall for at least 20 years.

Temperature

• For the Northern Territory overall, the annual mean temperature was 0.36 °C above the long-term (1961–1990) average, the coolest since 2012.
• The mean maximum temperature was 0.58 °C above average and the mean minimum temperature 0.13 °C above average.
• Mean maximum and minimum temperatures were above average across the north and south of the Northern Territory but below average for central parts of the Northern Territory.
• A cooler than average January, February and May for much of the Territory contrasted with the warmer than average end of 2023.
• A couple of sites had highest temperature on record.
• A few sites had their coldest day (lowest maximum temperature) on record on the 1 and 2 July.

Darwin Airport

• Total rainfall for Darwin Airport was 1360.2 mm, which is 79% of the long-term average of 1722.4 mm.
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Darwin Airport was 32.9 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average of 32.1 °C.
• The warmest day was 38.0 °C on 15 October, and the coolest day was on 25 July when the temperature reached 26.0 °C.
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Darwin Airport was 23.7 °C, which is 0.5 °C above the long-term average of 23.2 °C.
• The coldest morning was 13.4 °C on 25 July, and the warmest morning was on 20 December when the minimum temperature was 29.8 °C.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Monthly maps
	Rainfall rank	Maximum temperature rank	Minimum temperature rank
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top