Wednesday, 2nd April 2008 - Monthly Climate Summary for NT - Product code IDCKGC12R0
Northern Territory in March 2008
Summary
Warm and dry conditions prevailed over most of the Territory south of the Top End during March. These dry conditions and cooler temperatures are largely associated with cooler, drier air being transported northwards from southern parts.
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Rainfall
Rainfall was about average to above average over the Top End mainly due to thunderstorms and active gulflines with the active monsoon remaining north of Australia. In the southern half below average to very much below average rainfall was experienced.
Some sites had their highest daily March rainfall on record.
Maximum temperature
Maximum temperatures were mostly within one degree of the long term mean over the Top End except a few patches of above 1°C in the region. The maximums were above average to the south of the Top End. A few patches of 2 - 3°C above average maximums were recorded in the central Alice Springs district.
Minimum temperature
Minimum temperatures were mostly within one degree of the long term mean in the Territory. Exceptions to this were a few patches of below 1°C in the Gulf region and a few patches of above 1°C in the south.
Some sites had their lowest March temperature on record.
Some sites had their warmest March night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
Further information
NT Climate Services CentreBureau of Meteorology
Phone (08) 8920 3813
Email climate.nt@bom.gov.au
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Extremes
| Hottest day Highest temperature |
42.3°C at Wulungurru AWS on the 16th |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature |
37.6°C at Rabbit Flat |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature |
30.4°C at McCluer Island AWS |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature |
19.8°C at Yuendumu on the 27th |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature |
8.6°C at Arltunga on the 30th |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature |
17.1°C at Alice Springs Airport |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature |
26.0°C at Centre Island AWS |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature |
29.3°C at Jervois on the 15th |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall |
546.4 mm at Cape Don AWS |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall |
199.0 mm at Bing Bong Port on the 9th |
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Records
| Record highest daily rainfall total for March 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest daily (mm) |
Previous highest |
Years of record |
|||
Katherine Rural College |
196.2 |
on the 9th |
159.8 |
on the 21st in 1971 |
43 |
Dorisvale |
141.0 |
on the 10th |
121.6 |
on the 16th in 1989 |
20 |
| Record highest daily minimum temperature for March 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest daily minimum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest |
Years of record |
|||
Jervois |
29.3 |
on the 15th |
29.2 |
on the 17th in 2004 |
39 |
| Record lowest temperature for March 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lowest temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest |
Years of record |
|||
Oenpelli |
17.5 |
on the 29th |
17.9 |
on the 30th in 1966 |
42 |
Daly Waters AWS |
13.4 |
on the 31st |
14.0 |
on the 25th in 2003 |
38 |
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Summaries
| Summary statistics for March 2008 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
33.0 |
+0.2 |
34.5 |
23rd |
23.3 |
−0.1 |
22.0 |
7th |
338.4 |
normal |
135% |
|
Black Point |
31.6 |
+0.3 |
32.3 |
26th |
25.4 |
−0.1 |
23.6 |
2nd |
142.5 |
normal |
57% |
|
Bradshaw AWS |
35.3 |
38.1 |
20th |
24.0 |
19.9 |
31st |
0.2 |
|||||
Cape Don AWS |
31.2 |
32.6 |
22nd |
24.5 |
21.8 |
21st |
546.4 |
highest |
232% |
|||
Channel Point |
31.9 |
+0.2 |
33.4 |
13th |
24.1 |
−0.3 |
22.4 |
3rd |
429.8 |
normal |
110% |
|
Darwin Airport |
32.2 |
+0.4 |
33.5 |
20th |
24.4 |
−0.1 |
22.7 |
23rd |
264.6 |
normal |
84% |
|
Delamere Weapons Range AWS |
33.7 |
−0.6 |
36.0 |
25th |
22.8 |
−0.4 |
17.0 |
31st |
0.2 |
lowest |
0% |
|
Douglas River |
33.7 |
+0.1 |
35.8 |
20th |
23.2 |
+0.1 |
21.5 |
31st |
415.2 |
high |
180% |
|
Dum In Mirrie AWS |
31.9 |
+0.4 |
33.3 |
20th |
24.6 |
−0.4 |
22.9 |
23rd |
249.6 |
normal |
68% |
|
Jabiru Airport AWS |
34.2 |
+0.7 |
36.1 |
26th |
24.4 |
0 |
22.3 |
17th |
411.6 |
high |
127% |
|
Katherine Aviation Museum |
33.7 |
−0.6 |
36.4 |
26th |
22.6 |
−0.6 |
18.4 |
31st |
195.9 |
normal |
94% |
|
Mango Farm |
33.8 |
0 |
35.4 |
23rd |
23.8 |
+0.1 |
21.4 |
23rd |
140.7 |
normal |
65% |
|
McCluer Island AWS |
30.4 |
−0.3 |
31.6 |
6th |
25.8 |
−0.1 |
23.3 |
7th |
143.6 |
normal |
62% |
|
Middle Point AWS |
33.4 |
34.8 |
23rd |
23.9 |
22.6 |
7th |
290.0 |
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Oenpelli |
33.5 |
+0.6 |
35.5 |
21st |
24.7 |
+0.3 |
17.5 |
29th |
223.0 |
normal |
79% |
|
Pine Creek Council |
33.3 |
35.5 |
20th |
23.1 |
21.7 |
3rd |
195.8 |
|||||
Pirlangimpi AWS |
32.4 |
+0.6 |
33.8 |
28th |
24.0 |
0 |
21.2 |
23rd |
247.4 |
low |
66% |
|
Point Fawcett AWS |
31.3 |
−0.4 |
32.2 |
30th |
23.9 |
−1.1 |
22.4 |
12th |
317.4 |
high |
138% |
|
Tindal RAAF AWS |
33.9 |
−0.2 |
35.8 |
26th |
22.6 |
−0.4 |
17.3 |
31st |
126.4 |
normal |
72% |
|
Arnhem (district 14BC) |
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Alyangula Police |
31.6 |
−0.5 |
33.8 |
28th |
24.2 |
−0.4 |
21.6 |
31st |
283.5 |
normal |
110% |
|
Gove Airport |
30.9 |
−0.2 |
32.7 |
28th |
23.6 |
−0.3 |
22.6 |
7th |
309.4 |
normal |
115% |
|
Groote Eylandt Airport AWS |
32.2 |
33.7 |
2nd |
23.0 |
19.5 |
31st |
393.0 |
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Maningrida Aero AWS |
31.7 |
33.2 |
11th |
24.2 |
23.1 |
3rd |
305.6 |
|||||
Milingimbi AWS |
31.8 |
33.3 |
29th |
24.6 |
23.4 |
3rd |
159.4 |
|||||
Ngayawili AWS |
31.5 |
33.5 |
30th |
24.3 |
23.2 |
10th |
208.8 |
|||||
Warruwi AWS |
31.3 |
−0.1 |
32.3 |
25th |
24.9 |
−0.2 |
23.1 |
3rd |
202.0 |
normal |
84% |
|
Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) |
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Borroloola AWS |
32.9 |
−0.5 |
35.5 |
22nd |
22.6 |
−0.9 |
15.5 |
31st |
149.6 |
normal |
96% |
|
Bulman AWS |
33.3 |
35.2 |
26th |
22.8 |
18.9 |
31st |
413.6 |
|||||
Centre Island AWS |
32.6 |
−0.3 |
35.0 |
22nd |
26.0 |
−0.3 |
22.4 |
8th |
381.0 |
high |
143% |
|
Daly Waters AWS |
34.5 |
−0.1 |
36.5 |
21st |
21.5 |
−1.1 |
13.4 |
31st |
33.8 |
low |
31% |
|
Larrimah |
34.1 |
+0.1 |
36.5 |
25th |
21.9 |
−0.7 |
16.0 |
31st |
74.0 |
normal |
48% |
|
McArthur River Mine |
35.0 |
0 |
36.8 |
22nd |
23.3 |
0 |
16.5 |
31st |
68.0 |
low |
48% |
|
Wollogorang |
33.8 |
−0.7 |
36.6 |
26th |
22.0 |
−0.8 |
15.8 |
31st |
110.4 |
normal |
66% |
|
Victoria (district 14F) |
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Kidman Springs |
35.7 |
+0.2 |
37.8 |
25th |
23.6 |
+0.1 |
17.1 |
31st |
32.2 |
low |
24% |
|
Lajamanu AWS |
37.3 |
+2.8 |
40.0 |
22nd |
22.1 |
+0.1 |
15.5 |
3rd |
6.2 |
low |
8% |
|
Timber Creek |
36.1 |
+0.8 |
38.5 |
20th |
23.2 |
−0.4 |
17.9 |
31st |
19.1 |
very low |
11% |
|
Victoria River Downs |
34.9 |
−0.2 |
36.7 |
23rd |
23.2 |
+0.1 |
16.2 |
31st |
20.0 |
low |
18% |
|
Wave Hill |
35.7 |
+0.3 |
37.8 |
22nd |
22.3 |
+0.1 |
16.3 |
31st |
30.8 |
normal |
25% |
|
Barkly (district 15A) |
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Brunette Downs |
39.5 |
24th |
23.0 |
+0.7 |
17.3 |
30th |
0.0 |
lowest |
0% |
|||
Elliott |
36.8 |
+1.1 |
39.0 |
24th |
22.1 |
−0.2 |
18.1 |
31st |
38.1 |
low |
42% |
|
Tennant Creek Airport |
36.1 |
+1.8 |
38.7 |
23rd |
24.2 |
+0.9 |
18.1 |
28th |
3.8 |
low |
7% |
|
Alice Springs (district 15B) |
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Ali Curung |
35.8 |
+0.5 |
39.5 |
24th |
21.2 |
+0.2 |
12.8 |
31st |
9.1 |
normal |
27% |
|
Alice Springs Airport |
33.5 |
+0.9 |
39.3 |
15th |
17.1 |
−0.4 |
10.0 |
31st |
0.0 |
lowest |
0% |
|
Arltunga |
33.1 |
37.7 |
15th |
17.9 |
8.6 |
30th |
2.8 |
normal |
7% |
|||
Curtin Springs |
34.5 |
+0.8 |
40.5 |
16th |
18.6 |
+0.2 |
11.0 |
28th |
4.6 |
normal |
16% |
|
Jervois |
35.2 |
+0.5 |
39.2 |
14th |
19.7 |
+0.5 |
10.9 |
30th |
0.0 |
lowest |
0% |
|
Kulgera |
33.3 |
+1.1 |
38.8 |
15th |
18.8 |
+0.8 |
10.0 |
28th |
6.5 |
normal |
20% |
|
Papunya |
35.9 |
41.5 |
15th |
20.0 |
13.0 |
31st |
0.0 |
lowest |
0% |
|||
Rabbit Flat |
37.6 |
+1.7 |
40.8 |
15th |
21.3 |
−0.3 |
14.4 |
3rd |
10.6 |
low |
14% |
|
Territory Grape Farm AWS |
34.9 |
+0.6 |
39.1 |
15th |
19.1 |
−0.5 |
11.6 |
30th |
1.2 |
normal |
6% |
|
Watarrka |
34.3 |
−0.3 |
40.1 |
15th |
20.4 |
−0.4 |
12.0 |
28th |
2.7 |
normal |
9% |
|
Wulungurru AWS |
37.0 |
42.3 |
16th |
25.0 |
17.8 |
28th |
15.6 |
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Yuendumu |
35.1 |
+1.8 |
40.1 |
15th |
13.2 |
30th |
4.0 |
normal |
9% |
|||
Yulara Aero AWS |
34.1 |
−0.3 |
40.2 |
16th |
18.8 |
−0.3 |
10.0 |
2nd |
6.2 |
normal |
19% |
|
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Notes
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 12 pm on Monday 31 March 2008. 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