Tuesday, 4 December 2007 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0
Northern Territory in November 2007
Summary
Afternoon storms were a feature of November 2007 in Darwin, with rainfall recorded on 21 days during the month. This was the second-highest number of rain days ever recorded in November at the Darwin Airport site, with only November 2001 recording more (22 days). Despite the high number of rain days, the rainfall total was close to the long-term average, though some rainfall-recoding sites nearby recorded considerably more; Pinelands and Nightcliff both reported 270 mm or more. Cooler than normal temperatures prevailed over most of the southern parts of the territory while temperatures around the Top End remained close to mean conditions.
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Rainfall
The northern half of the Victoria River region experienced well-below normal rainfall, while further south, much of the western half saw above-average totals fall during the passage of several cloud-band features. Most of the Top End also recorded average to above average rainfall. The eastern half of the Alice Springs region and much of the Barkly district recorded average to below average falls.
Some sites had their highest total November rainfall on record.
Some sites had their highest daily November rainfall on record.
Temperature
Maximum temperatures were cooler than normal over the southern half of the Territory, and close to average over most of the northern half. There was a region around the McArthur river area that was more than one degree above average, putting much of this region into its top 10 percent of temperature records. Minimum temperatures were cooler than normal over most areas south of the Top End.
Some sites had their highest November mean daily maximum temperature on record.
Some sites had their coldest November day (lowest maximum temperature) on record.
Further information
NT Climate Services CentreBureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8920 3813
Email climate.nt@bom.gov.au
Extremes
| Hottest day Highest temperature | 43.9°C at Curtin Springs on the 30th |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
40.1°C at McArthur River Mine and 40.1°C at Timber Creek |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature | 31.3°C at Arltunga |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature | 16.5°C at Curtin Springs on the 4th |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature | 9.0°C at Arltunga on the 6th |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature | 16.3°C at Alice Springs Airport |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature |
27.4°C at Centre Island AWS |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature | 30.2°C at Ali Curung on the 21st |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall | 271.8 mm at Nightcliff Pool |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall | 102.2 mm at Geriatric Park on the 23rd |
| Highest wind gust | 96 km/h at Bradshaw on the 28th |
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Records
| Record highest total rainfall for November 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total rainfall (mm) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
||
Nightcliff Pool |
271.8 |
267.6 |
in 1980 |
24 |
Suplejack |
90.5 |
87.0 |
in 2000 |
23 |
Watarrka |
143.5 |
68.9 |
in 1999 |
15 |
| Record highest daily rainfall for November 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest daily rainfall (mm) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
|||
Curtin Springs |
43.0 |
on the 3rd |
41.7 |
on the 24th in 1971 |
52 |
Adelaide River Post Office |
88 |
on the 16th |
86.1 |
on the 25th in 1962 |
33 |
Suplejack |
53.0 |
on the 3rd |
45.0 |
on the 11th in 1984 |
24 |
Watarrka |
53.7 |
on the 1st |
43.2 |
on the 9th in 2001 |
15 |
| Record highest mean daily maximum temperature for November 2007 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
||
Borroloola AWS |
38.3 |
38.2 |
in 1997 |
11 |
| Record lowest daily maximum temperature for November 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lowest daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
|||
Watarrka |
17.0 |
on the 4th |
18.7 |
on the 13th in 2001 |
17 |
Channel Point |
28.0 |
on the 8th |
28.7 |
on the 17th in 1994 |
11 |
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Summaries
| Summary statistics for November 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) | ||||||||||||
Bradshaw |
38.7 |
+0.7 |
41.2 |
27th |
25.3 |
−0.2 |
20.2 |
25th |
112.0 |
|||
Cape Don AWS |
33.3 |
34.5 |
29th |
26.4 |
22.4 |
26th |
65.0 |
normal |
66% |
|||
Central Arnhem Plateau AWS |
35.0 |
37.1 |
11th |
23.7 |
20.7 |
23rd |
137.0 |
|||||
Darwin Airport |
33.6 |
+0.4 |
37.0 |
23rd |
25.2 |
−0.2 |
22.4 |
29th |
143.8 |
normal |
105% |
|
Delamere Weapons Range AWS |
38.3 |
+0.7 |
41.0 |
30th |
24.3 |
−0.6 |
19.0 |
26th |
57.4 |
normal |
88% |
|
Douglas River |
36.9 |
+0.1 |
38.8 |
10th |
23.6 |
+0.2 |
21.9 |
19th |
149.8 |
high |
128% |
|
Dum In Mirrie AWS |
32.7 |
−0.3 |
33.8 |
30th |
25.8 |
−0.3 |
23.2 |
9th |
129.8 |
high |
108% |
|
Jabiru Airport AWS |
37.8 |
+1.0 |
40.3 |
11th |
25.1 |
+0.2 |
21.8 |
24th |
61.0 |
very low |
41% |
|
Katherine Aviation Museum |
37.7 |
+0.4 |
40.3 |
30th |
24.4 |
−0.2 |
21.5 |
25th |
105.6 |
normal |
119% |
|
Mango Farm |
36.0 |
−0.3 |
38.2 |
11th |
23.0 |
−0.5 |
20.4 |
29th |
156.1 |
high |
123% |
|
McCluer Island AWS |
32.6 |
34.3 |
21st |
27.5 |
25.0 |
13th |
6.4 |
normal |
22% |
|||
Middle Point AWS |
36.2 |
38.7 |
11th |
23.1 |
21.1 |
19th |
118.0 |
|||||
Pine Creek Council |
35.9 |
38.2 |
28th |
24.1 |
21.5 |
14th |
132.3 |
|||||
Pirlangimpi AWS |
33.9 |
+0.6 |
35.6 |
24th |
24.3 |
+0.2 |
21.5 |
9th |
198.0 |
normal |
102% |
|
Point Fawcett AWS |
32.8 |
−0.4 |
34.2 |
9th |
25.0 |
−0.4 |
22.9 |
11th |
171.0 |
high |
156% |
|
| Arnhem (district 14BC) | ||||||||||||
Alyangula Police |
34.1 |
+0.1 |
36.2 |
8th |
25.7 |
+0.2 |
19.2 |
1st |
21.9 |
low |
38% |
|
Gove Airport |
33.5 |
+0.5 |
34.6 |
14th |
23.5 |
+0.1 |
21.1 |
9th |
35.4 |
normal |
78% |
|
Groote Eylandt Airport AWS |
34.2 |
37.4 |
30th |
23.5 |
18.3 |
9th |
178.0 |
|||||
Maningrida Aero AWS |
33.8 |
36.4 |
9th |
24.8 |
22.6 |
11th |
112.0 |
|||||
Milingimbi AWS |
34.1 |
37.3 |
7th |
25.2 |
22.0 |
1st |
56.0 |
|||||
Ngayawili AWS |
33.2 |
37.7 |
7th |
24.4 |
21.5 |
10th |
120.4 |
|||||
| Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) | ||||||||||||
Borroloola AWS |
38.3 |
+1.1 |
40.7 |
10th |
24.2 |
+0.4 |
19.7 |
9th |
107.6 |
high |
140% |
|
Bulman AWS |
39.4 |
41.3 |
30th |
24.1 |
19.8 |
10th |
91.6 |
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Centre Island AWS |
35.4 |
+0.9 |
38.2 |
17th |
27.4 |
+0.6 |
25.5 |
10th |
0.6 |
low |
2% |
|
Daly Waters AWS |
39.9 |
+1.9 |
43.3 |
30th |
23.1 |
−0.7 |
16.9 |
25th |
33.6 |
normal |
81% |
|
Larrimah |
39.1 |
+1.2 |
41.4 |
30th |
23.8 |
−0.5 |
19.0 |
10th |
30.0 |
normal |
47% |
|
McArthur River Mine |
40.1 |
+1.5 |
43.7 |
30th |
24.2 |
+0.2 |
18.9 |
9th |
10.6 |
very low |
20% |
|
Wollogorang |
38.4 |
+0.9 |
42.4 |
30th |
22.1 |
−0.4 |
15.7 |
9th |
58.7 |
normal |
91% |
|
| Victoria (district 14F) | ||||||||||||
Kidman Springs |
39.7 |
+0.7 |
42.5 |
27th |
24.6 |
−0.4 |
17.1 |
25th |
15.8 |
low |
28% |
|
Lajamanu AWS |
37.7 |
−0.6 |
43.4 |
30th |
21.8 |
−1.4 |
17.1 |
25th |
112.8 |
very high |
324% |
|
Timber Creek |
40.1 |
+1.8 |
42.1 |
27th |
24.0 |
−1.3 |
16.5 |
26th |
41.6 |
low |
52% |
|
Victoria River Downs |
39.5 |
+1.1 |
42.1 |
27th |
23.3 |
−1.3 |
17.3 |
25th |
7.8 |
very low |
13% |
|
Wave Hill |
38.9 |
+0.3 |
42.7 |
30th |
22.3 |
−1.5 |
16.6 |
26th |
61.4 |
normal |
109% |
|
| Barkly (district 15A) | ||||||||||||
Brunette Downs |
37.8 |
−0.2 |
42.0 |
29th |
22.3 |
−0.7 |
16.4 |
5th |
27.4 |
normal |
94% |
|
Tennant Creek Airport |
36.4 |
0 |
42.1 |
30th |
23.5 |
−0.3 |
15.9 |
5th |
14.2 |
low |
38% |
|
| Alice Springs (district 15B) | ||||||||||||
Ali Curung |
36.0 |
−0.9 |
42.5 |
30th |
14.0 |
10th |
12.9 |
low |
41% |
|||
Alice Springs Airport |
31.8 |
−1.8 |
42.4 |
30th |
16.3 |
−1.6 |
9.8 |
6th |
27.2 |
high |
102% |
|
Arltunga |
31.3 |
41.0 |
30th |
16.9 |
9.0 |
6th |
34.5 |
high |
116% |
|||
Curtin Springs |
32.7 |
−1.8 |
43.9 |
30th |
17.2 |
−0.6 |
10.6 |
6th |
58.0 |
very high |
279% |
|
Jervois |
34.8 |
−1.2 |
41.9 |
30th |
19.7 |
+1.0 |
15.8 |
24th |
7.6 |
normal |
33% |
|
Kulgera |
31.6 |
−1.9 |
39.6 |
29th |
17.5 |
−0.9 |
9.8 |
6th |
16.7 |
normal |
77% |
|
Papunya |
33.8 |
41.2 |
20th |
17.5 |
11.6 |
6th |
64.6 |
very high |
202% |
|||
Rabbit Flat |
37.6 |
−1.3 |
43.4 |
30th |
20.2 |
−2.1 |
14.5 |
25th |
61.4 |
high |
216% |
|
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
34.0 |
−1.6 |
41.7 |
30th |
17.0 |
−1.6 |
11.5 |
7th |
10.8 |
normal |
31% |
|
Watarrka |
32.3 |
−3.0 |
41.4 |
30th |
18.2 |
−1.8 |
9.8 |
5th |
143.5 |
highest |
372% |
|
Wulungurru AWS |
35.4 |
43.4 |
30th |
22.6 |
14.0 |
5th |
0.0 |
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Yulara Aero AWS |
32.9 |
−2.2 |
43.3 |
30th |
17.4 |
−0.9 |
10.1 |
6th |
59.8 |
high |
194% |
|
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Tuesday 4 December 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 3813
Email climate.nt@bom.gov.au