Friday, 5 October 2007 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0
Northern Territory in September 2007
Generally warmer in the south while the nights were cooler in the Top End.
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Rainfall
Near to below average rainfall was experienced across the Northern Territory. The exceptions to this were some pockets of above average rainfall over the Top End and very much below average in the far southwest.
Temperature
Maximum temperatures were up to 2°C warmer in the Top End. In the remainder, maximums were much higher than normal, in particular the southwest where the temperatures reached 5°C above average.
Minimum temperatures where a degree or two below average in the Top End and average to slightly above average in the remainder.
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 |
40.0°C at Bradshaw AWS on the 23rd & 24th |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
37.3°C at Bradshaw AWS |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature |
29.0°C at Kulgera |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature | 22.7°C at Kulgera on the 10th |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature | −0.9°C at Arltunga on the 6th |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature | 11.4°C at Curtin Springs |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature |
23.5°C at Warruwi AWS |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature | 26.9°C at Wave Hill on the 26th |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall | 68.0 mm at Stokes Hill |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall |
41.2 mm at Darwin Airport on the 29th |
| Highest wind gust |
69 km/h at Territory Grape Farm AWS on the 2nd and at Yulara Aero AWS on the 12th and at Middle Point AWS on the 26th |
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Records
| Record highest daily rainfall for September 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest daily rainfall (millimetres) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
|||
Karama |
17.7 |
on the 29th |
14.0 |
on the 28th in 1988 |
19 |
Leanyer |
15.2 |
on the 29th |
10.2 |
on the 14th in 2002 |
15 |
Stokes Hill |
35.8 |
on the 28th |
33.0 |
on the 29th in 1981 |
15 |
| Record highest mean daily maximum temperature for September 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
||
Yuendumu |
33.1 |
32.4 |
in 1980 |
36 |
| Record highest daily maximum temperature for September 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Highest temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
|||
Yuendumu |
38.2 |
on the 25th |
38.1 |
on the 29th in 2000 |
39 |
Kulgera |
38.6 |
on the 25th |
38.5 |
on the 27th in 2004 |
26 |
| Record lowest daily minimum temperature for September 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lowest temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
||||
Timber Creek |
10.2 |
on the 7th |
10.4 |
on the 1st in 2006 |
26 |
|
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Summaries
| Summary statistics for September 2007 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
|||||||||
| Mean | Diff from normal |
Highest | Mean | Diff from normal |
Lowest | Total | Rank | Fraction of normal |
|||
| Darwin-Daly (district 14GA) | |||||||||||
Batchelor Aero AWS |
36.2 |
+0.3 |
38.6 |
20th |
19.5 |
−0.9 |
14.8 |
5th |
11.2 |
very high |
373% |
Black Point |
32.0 |
+0.6 |
33.5 |
4th |
22.2 |
−0.7 |
18.2 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Bradshaw AWS |
37.3 |
40.0 |
24th |
20.7 |
14.3 |
7th |
0.0 |
||||
Cape Don AWS |
31.1 |
32.2 |
4th |
23.4 |
21.4 |
8th |
0.2 |
normal |
11% |
||
Central Arnhem Plateau AWS |
33.8 |
36.4 |
17th |
18.2 |
13.1 |
6th |
0.0 |
||||
Darwin Airport |
33.1 |
+0.6 |
36.1 |
30th |
21.9 |
−1.1 |
18.3 |
7th |
43.6 |
very high |
318% |
Delamere Weapons Range AWS |
35.8 |
+0.3 |
39.0 |
23rd |
19.7 |
−1.0 |
15.0 |
6th |
3.0 |
high |
97% |
Douglas River |
37.0 |
+0.5 |
39.4 |
20th |
17.3 |
−1.1 |
6.4 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Dum In Mirrie AWS |
31.3 |
35.0 |
5th |
22.3 |
15.3 |
7th |
15.6 |
high |
171% |
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Jabiru Airport AWS |
37.0 |
+1.0 |
38.9 |
24th |
20.7 |
−0.8 |
14.5 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Katherine Aviation Museum |
35.8 |
0 |
38.8 |
22nd |
18.3 |
−1.8 |
9.0 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Mango Farm |
36.6 |
+0.4 |
39.5 |
20th |
17.6 |
−1.7 |
11.1 |
7th |
0.4 |
normal |
5% |
McCluer Island AWS |
28.9 |
30.4 |
21st |
23.9 |
22.2 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
||
Middle Point AWS |
36.8 |
39.2 |
23rd |
17.6 |
10.2 |
7th |
11.8 |
||||
Oenpelli |
36.1 |
+0.2 |
37.9 |
24th |
12.1 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
||
Pine Creek Council AWS |
35.3 |
37.8 |
22nd |
20.5 |
13.5 |
7th |
2.0 |
||||
Pirlangimpi AWS |
33.6 |
+0.7 |
35.4 |
24th |
21.1 |
−0.1 |
17.8 |
8th |
39.0 |
normal |
136% |
Point Fawcett AWS |
31.5 |
−0.4 |
34.5 |
25th |
19.7 |
−2.0 |
16.5 |
7th |
1.4 |
normal |
20% |
Port Keats Aero AWS |
33.6 |
37.2 |
30th |
19.9 |
12.3 |
7th |
1.0 |
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Tindal RAAF AWS |
35.9 |
+0.4 |
38.4 |
23rd |
18.0 |
−2.1 |
9.6 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
| Arnhem (district 14BC) | |||||||||||
Gove Airport |
30.3 |
+0.1 |
32.5 |
19th |
18.6 |
−1.0 |
14.6 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Groote Eylandt Airport AWS |
32.5 |
36.0 |
23rd |
16.9 |
12.1 |
8th |
0.8 |
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Maningrida Aero AWS |
32.3 |
35.1 |
4th |
19.8 |
15.5 |
9th |
0.0 |
||||
Milingimbi AWS |
31.5 |
34.0 |
4th |
20.5 |
16.8 |
7th |
0.0 |
||||
Ngayawili AWS |
31.9 |
34.3 |
19th |
19.4 |
15.1 |
7th |
0.6 |
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Warruwi AWS |
31.2 |
+0.4 |
33.5 |
23rd |
23.5 |
0 |
20.8 |
9th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
| Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) | |||||||||||
Borroloola AWS |
35.5 |
+0.8 |
38.1 |
29th |
16.2 |
−1.4 |
10.6 |
6th |
0.2 |
high |
11% |
Bulman AWS |
36.4 |
39.2 |
17th |
15.9 |
10.2 |
7th |
0.0 |
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Centre Island AWS |
31.4 |
+1.0 |
34.0 |
30th |
22.3 |
+0.1 |
20.5 |
14th |
0.4 |
normal |
27% |
Daly Waters AWS |
36.4 |
+1.9 |
39.7 |
23rd |
15.2 |
−1.9 |
10.2 |
7th |
2.6 |
high |
163% |
Larrimah |
35.9 |
+0.8 |
38.8 |
18th |
16.4 |
−2.1 |
9.9 |
7th |
0.6 |
normal |
17% |
McArthur River Mine |
36.4 |
+1.4 |
39.6 |
17th |
16.1 |
−0.6 |
10.7 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Wollogorang |
35.4 |
+0.9 |
38.9 |
18th |
15.1 |
−0.9 |
10.2 |
23rd |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
| Victoria (district 14F) | |||||||||||
Kidman Springs |
36.7 |
0 |
39.5 |
18th |
18.1 |
−1.6 |
11.2 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Lajamanu AWS |
35.5 |
+0.9 |
39.4 |
24th |
17.1 |
+0.2 |
8.5 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Timber Creek |
37.1 |
+0.8 |
39.7 |
18th |
18.6 |
−2.0 |
10.2 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Victoria River Downs |
35.8 |
+0.4 |
38.7 |
18th |
16.6 |
−1.6 |
9.7 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Wave Hill |
36.1 |
+1.0 |
39.0 |
25th |
17.2 |
−0.6 |
7.5 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
| Barkly (district 15A) | |||||||||||
Brunette Downs |
38.9 |
18th |
17.0 |
+0.4 |
10.1 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
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Tennant Creek Airport |
33.0 |
+1.5 |
37.3 |
19th |
19.3 |
+0.9 |
13.6 |
6th |
0.8 |
normal |
11% |
| Alice Springs (district 15B) | |||||||||||
Ali Curung |
32.3 |
0 |
37.7 |
24th |
13.8 |
−1.0 |
6.1 |
6th |
0.8 |
normal |
11% |
Alice Springs Airport |
30.1 |
+2.9 |
37.5 |
24th |
11.8 |
+1.6 |
2.4 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Curtin Springs |
30.9 |
+3.3 |
37.8 |
25th |
11.4 |
+1.5 |
5.0 |
11th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Jervois |
31.0 |
+1.3 |
38.2 |
24th |
7.4 |
27th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
||
Kulgera |
29.0 |
+2.2 |
38.6 |
25th |
4.1 |
26th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
||
Papunya |
32.3 |
39.1 |
25th |
13.5 |
9.0 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
||
Rabbit Flat |
34.9 |
+0.3 |
39.6 |
19th |
13.6 |
−0.9 |
5.3 |
7th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
31.5 |
+1.1 |
36.8 |
24th |
11.6 |
−0.4 |
6.5 |
5th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Watarrka |
31.3 |
+1.7 |
37.5 |
25th |
14.1 |
+0.9 |
7.5 |
27th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Wulungurru AWS |
33.5 |
38.3 |
24th |
17.6 |
12.4 |
9th |
0.0 |
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Yuendumu |
33.1 |
+3.5 |
38.2 |
25th |
13.7 |
+0.6 |
7.2 |
6th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
Yulara Aero AWS |
31.0 |
+2.3 |
37.2 |
24th |
11.5 |
+0.8 |
6.1 |
11th |
0.0 |
low |
0% |
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 4pm on Friday 5 October 2007. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
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