Thursday, 1 March 2007 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0
Hot and dry in the south of the Territory while Kakadu cops a drenching - Northern Territory in February 2007
Very hot conditions prevailed in the southern parts of the Northern Territory during February 2007. The above average temperatures also extended across much of western and southern Australia. The Northern Territory experienced dry conditions during the month, with the exception of the Top End.Jump to: Extremes Records Summaries Notes the top
Rainfall
Most of the Northern Territory recorded very much below average to lowest on record rainfall for the month of February 2007. An exception to this was the Top End, which recorded average to well above rainfall.
A persistent high pressure cell over central Australia and a ridge over the southeast coast of Australia directed dry east to southeast flow over most of the region. Several stations reported lowest on record rainfall in the southern parts of the NT. Alice Springs recorded its first rain-free February since 1965.
The active monsoon trough off north coast of Australia caused good falls over the Top End, particularly in the Kakadu National Park region where a few locations recorded their highest ever monthly rainfall totals.
Some sites had their highest total February rainfall on record.
Some sites had their lowest total February rainfall on record.
Maximum temperature
Mean monthly maximum temperatures over southern parts of the Territory were well above average during February 2007. Some areas in the far southwest recorded 5 to 6°C above average. The daily maximum temperature at Alice Springs reached at least the long-term average value of 35.1°C on every day of the month, a feat not before achieved at Alice Springs in February.
Some sites had their highest February temperature on record.
Some sites had their coldest February day (lowest maximum temperature) on record.
Some sites had their highest February mean daily maximum temperature on record.
Minimum temperature
Mean monthly minimum temperatures over far southwestern parts of the Territory were also well above average during February 2007 with values reaching between 5 to 6°C above average in some areas. However, minimums were 1 to 2°C below average in some areas of the central Northern Territory and about average in the remainder.
Some sites had their lowest February temperature on record.
Some sites had their warmest February night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
Some sites had their highest February mean daily minimum temperature on record.
Further information
NT Climate Services CentreBureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8920 3819
Email climate.NT@bom.gov.au
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Extremes
| Hottest day Highest temperature |
45.5°C at Wulungurru AWS on the 9th |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
42.2°C at Wulungurru AWS |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature |
30.4°C at McCluer Island AWS |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature |
25.9°C at Oenpelli on the 28th |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature | 14.9°C at Arltunga on the 12th |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature | 20.2°C at Yuendumu |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature | 28.8°C at Wulungurru AWS |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature |
32.0°C at Yulara Aero AWS on the 18th |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall |
800.6 mm at Jabiru Airport AWS |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall |
144.8 mm at Jabiru Airport AWS on the 28th |
| Highest wind gust |
93 km/h at McCluer Island AWS on the 2nd |
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Records
| Record highest total rainfall for February 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total rainfall (mm) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
||
Oenpelli |
677.1 |
658.0 |
in 2002 |
93 |
Jabiru Airport AWS |
800.6 |
767.9 |
in 1980 |
18 |
| Record lowest total rainfall for February 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total rainfall (mm) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
||
Kidman Springs |
35.6 |
38.6 |
in 1996 |
34 |
Wave Hill |
4.6 |
12.6 |
in 2006 |
32 |
Timber Creek |
44.2 |
58.6 |
in 1986 |
25 |
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
0.0 |
1.2 |
in 1988 |
14 |
| Record highest mean daily maximum temperature for February 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
||
Curtin Springs |
40.7 |
39.5 |
in 1991 |
42 |
Timber Creek |
38.3 |
37.3 |
in 1989 |
26 |
Kulgera |
39.4 |
38.3 |
in 1991 |
24 |
Mango Farm |
34.9 |
34.8 |
in 1988 |
24 |
Yulara Aero AWS |
40.8 |
39.5 |
in 1986 |
19 |
Watarrka |
40.2 |
39.3 |
in 1991 |
16 |
Channel Point |
32.7 |
32.5 |
in 2005 |
12 |
Kidman Springs |
38.9 |
37.5 |
in 1998 |
10 |
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
37.7 |
37.6 |
in 2006 |
10 |
| Record highest daily maximum temperature for February 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest temperature (°C) |
Previous highest |
Years of record |
|||
Douglas River |
37.4 |
on the 1st |
37.2 |
on the 14th in 2005 |
15 |
| Record lowest daily maximum temperature for February 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
|||
Warruwi AWS |
26.4 |
on the 28th |
26.7 |
on the 21st in 1968 |
30 |
| Record highest mean daily minimum temperature for February 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily minimum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
||
Curtin Springs |
24.2 |
23.9 |
in 1997 |
41 |
Yulara Aero AWS |
24.9 |
24.3 |
in 1997 |
19 |
Watarrka |
24.8 |
24.7 |
in 2003 |
16 |
| Record highest daily minimum temperature for February 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest daily minimum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
|||
Yulara Aero AWS |
32.0 |
on the 18th |
31.7 |
on the 18th in 1992 |
19 |
Batchelor Aero AWS |
26.6 |
on the 1st |
26.5 |
on the 6th in 2002 |
11 |
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Summaries
| Summary statistics for February 2007 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
||||||||||
| Mean | Diff from normal |
Highest | Mean | Diff from normal |
Lowest | Total | Normal | Rank | Fraction of normal |
|||
| Darwin-Daly (district 14GA) | ||||||||||||
Batchelor Aero AWS |
33.5 |
+1.2 |
35.7 |
1st |
23.7 |
−0.1 |
22.1 |
21st |
287.6 |
339.2 |
normal |
85% |
Black Point |
31.2 |
+0.2 |
33.6 |
21st |
25.9 |
+0.3 |
22.6 |
8th |
299.2 |
288.3 |
normal |
104% |
Bradshaw |
37.4 |
40.8 |
1st |
25.3 |
20.1 |
10th |
131.6 |
|||||
Cape Don AWS |
30.8 |
32.2 |
21st |
25.2 |
22.4 |
27th |
344.2 |
204.5 |
very high |
168% |
||
Central Arnhem Plateau AWS |
32.1 |
34.9 |
16th |
22.9 |
19.4 |
10th |
343.2 |
|||||
Channel Point |
32.7 |
+1.2 |
33.5 |
19th |
25.2 |
+0.3 |
22.8 |
24th |
198.0 |
427.9 |
very low |
46% |
Darwin Airport |
32.1 |
+0.7 |
33.9 |
21st |
24.4 |
−0.3 |
22.6 |
24th |
423.8 |
357.2 |
high |
119% |
Delamere Weapons Range AWS |
38.0 |
+3.8 |
41.0 |
8th |
24.6 |
+0.8 |
21.0 |
14th |
21.0 |
|||
Douglas River |
35.0 |
+2.0 |
37.4 |
1st |
23.8 |
+0.1 |
22.3 |
24th |
109.4 |
291.0 |
very low |
38% |
Dum In Mirrie AWS |
32.0 |
33.5 |
24th |
25.2 |
22.9 |
2nd |
411.6 |
399.0 |
normal |
103% |
||
Jabiru Airport AWS |
33.6 |
+0.5 |
35.8 |
14th |
24.1 |
−0.3 |
21.5 |
10th |
800.6 |
347.0 |
highest |
231% |
Katherine Aviation Museum |
35.4 |
+1.2 |
37.8 |
1st |
24.0 |
0 |
21.0 |
10th |
97.7 |
244.6 |
low |
40% |
Mango Farm |
34.9 |
+2.0 |
37.5 |
1st |
23.4 |
−0.4 |
21.7 |
10th |
164.0 |
322.6 |
low |
51% |
McCluer Island AWS |
30.4 |
32.6 |
15th |
25.5 |
20.3 |
3rd |
574.4 |
229.4 |
highest |
250% |
||
Middle Point AWS |
33.8 |
36.6 |
9th |
23.6 |
22.4 |
9th |
293.4 |
|||||
Pine Creek Council AWS |
34.2 |
36.7 |
1st |
23.9 |
21.8 |
24th |
182.4 |
|||||
Pirlangimpi AWS |
31.8 |
+0.5 |
33.7 |
9th |
24.4 |
+0.1 |
22.0 |
1st |
419.8 |
385.9 |
normal |
109% |
Point Fawcett AWS |
31.4 |
−0.1 |
33.0 |
15th |
25.3 |
−0.2 |
21.9 |
25th |
216.6 |
279.3 |
normal |
78% |
Tindal RAAF AWS |
35.1 |
+1.4 |
38.3 |
1st |
24.4 |
+0.3 |
20.8 |
10th |
73.4 |
249.8 |
very low |
29% |
Arnhem (district 14BC) | ||||||||||||
Alyangula Police |
32.0 |
−0.4 |
35.0 |
12th |
25.7 |
+0.2 |
23.3 |
4th |
323.2 |
238.2 |
high |
136% |
Gove Airport |
31.0 |
−0.4 |
35.3 |
9th |
24.7 |
+0.2 |
23.0 |
17th |
184.8 |
289.3 |
low |
64% |
Groote Eylandt Airport AWS |
33.0 |
36.2 |
14th |
24.6 |
22.8 |
17th |
507.2 |
|||||
Maningrida Aero AWS |
31.5 |
35.4 |
9th |
24.3 |
21.5 |
2nd |
298.0 |
|||||
Milingimbi AWS |
31.9 |
36.0 |
9th |
24.9 |
22.8 |
2nd |
325.0 |
|||||
Ngayawili AWS |
31.0 |
33.4 |
15th |
25.9 |
24.0 |
25th |
256.0 |
|||||
Warruwi AWS |
31.5 |
0 |
33.6 |
21st |
25.3 |
−0.1 |
22.5 |
7th |
130.4 |
236.9 |
low |
55% |
Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) | ||||||||||||
Borroloola AWS |
33.7 |
−0.3 |
38.7 |
9th |
24.3 |
−0.6 |
22.5 |
28th |
258.4 |
223.2 |
high |
116% |
Bulman AWS |
33.9 |
37.4 |
13th |
23.1 |
21.7 |
10th |
335.4 |
|||||
Centre Island AWS |
33.2 |
+0.2 |
36.8 |
10th |
26.7 |
+0.1 |
24.4 |
14th |
211.6 |
273.3 |
normal |
77% |
Daly Waters AWS |
37.2 |
+2.3 |
39.6 |
16th |
23.3 |
−0.2 |
19.7 |
14th |
29.2 |
176.0 |
very low |
17% |
Larrimah |
35.5 |
+1.0 |
39.0 |
8th |
23.6 |
−0.1 |
20.4 |
14th |
71.0 |
203.2 |
low |
35% |
McArthur River Mine |
35.0 |
−0.2 |
39.5 |
9th |
24.6 |
−0.1 |
21.2 |
14th |
201.2 |
180.8 |
high |
111% |
Ngukurr |
35.2 |
+0.1 |
39.5 |
13th |
25.0 |
+0.3 |
22.5 |
27th |
201.6 |
171.5 |
normal |
118% |
Wollogorang |
34.3 |
−0.2 |
39.6 |
9th |
23.8 |
−0.4 |
19.4 |
14th |
170.2 |
253.7 |
normal |
67% |
Victoria (district 14F) | ||||||||||||
Kidman Springs |
38.9 |
+3.4 |
41.2 |
9th |
25.7 |
+0.9 |
20.9 |
14th |
35.6 |
183.0 |
lowest |
19% |
Lajamanu AWS |
38.9 |
+3.1 |
41.2 |
18th |
23.1 |
−0.6 |
18.7 |
14th |
13.2 |
152.0 |
low |
9% |
Timber Creek |
38.3 |
+3.3 |
40.4 |
16th |
24.3 |
−0.4 |
19.7 |
15th |
44.2 |
229.2 |
lowest |
19% |
Victoria River Downs |
38.1 |
+2.7 |
41.0 |
8th |
24.4 |
−0.1 |
19.9 |
14th |
13.6 |
157.8 |
very low |
9% |
Wave Hill |
38.5 |
+2.6 |
40.7 |
8th |
23.5 |
−0.4 |
18.6 |
14th |
4.6 |
181.1 |
lowest |
3% |
Barkly (district 15A) | ||||||||||||
Brunette Downs |
37.8 |
+1.5 |
40.9 |
9th |
23.7 |
−0.4 |
20.8 |
12th |
5.4 |
100.2 |
very low |
5% |
Tennant Creek Airport |
37.0 |
+1.3 |
40.1 |
9th |
24.6 |
+0.1 |
22.3 |
14th |
10.6 |
126.2 |
low |
8% |
Alice Springs (district 15B) | ||||||||||||
Alice Springs Airport |
38.0 |
+3.0 |
40.9 |
9th |
21.2 |
+0.4 |
16.9 |
13th |
0.0 |
43.0 |
lowest |
0% |
Arltunga |
36.2 |
38.6 |
9th |
20.9 |
14.9 |
12th |
0.0 |
41.3 |
lowest |
0% |
||
Curtin Springs |
40.7 |
+4.4 |
43.5 |
17th |
24.2 |
+2.6 |
20.0 |
12th |
0.0 |
26.7 |
lowest |
0% |
Kulgera |
39.4 |
+3.8 |
42.2 |
16th |
23.5 |
+2.0 |
16.9 |
12th |
0.0 |
36.7 |
lowest |
0% |
Papunya |
39.3 |
41.8 |
8th |
23.1 |
20.0 |
11th |
0.0 |
42.7 |
lowest |
0% |
||
Rabbit Flat |
39.6 |
+3.0 |
41.3 |
18th |
17.0 |
14th |
1.6 |
137.6 |
lowest |
1% |
||
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
37.7 |
+1.6 |
40.3 |
8th |
20.5 |
−1.2 |
15.7 |
13th |
0.0 |
76.8 |
lowest |
0% |
Watarrka |
40.2 |
+3.4 |
42.5 |
9th |
24.8 |
+1.6 |
20.0 |
15th |
0.0 |
52.5 |
lowest |
0% |
Wulungurru AWS |
42.2 |
45.5 |
9th |
28.8 |
25.1 |
18th |
1.8 |
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Yuendumu |
37.4 |
+2.2 |
40.3 |
18th |
20.2 |
−1.8 |
16.8 |
15th |
0.0 |
66.4 |
lowest |
0% |
Yulara Aero AWS |
40.8 |
+4.1 |
43.4 |
17th |
24.9 |
+2.8 |
20.2 |
1st |
0.0 |
49.2 |
lowest |
0% |
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 2 pm on Thursday 1 March 2007. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Normals are long-term means based on observations from
the years 1800 to 2006.
They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of record in that time, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median
is sometimes more representative than the
mean
of "normal" rain.
The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site,
based on the
decile ranking
(very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3,
normal in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9
and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of normal shows how much rain has fallen this time as a
percentage of the long-term mean.
Further information
NT Climate Services CentreBureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8920 3819
Email climate.NT@bom.gov.au