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Monday, 1 September 2008 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0
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Maximum and mininum temperatures were below average over most of the Territory during August 2008. Exceptions to this were a few patches in the Top End and central parts of the Territory where the temperatures were up to one degree above average. Unusal rainfall, mostly during the last weekend of the month, contributed to some rainfall records in the Alice Springs and Victoria districts.
The Top End and most of the Barkly district remained dry during August. The rest of the Territory received rainfall mostly during the last week of the month with some areas reporting about 25 mm totals for August. A trough over Western Australia, and the high pressure system over southern Australia during the last week of the month, contributed to the development of rain bearing weather conditions over the southern Northern Territory.
Some sites had their highest total August rainfall on record.
The wettest single day 20.6 mm at Jervois on the 31st, followed by 19.0 mm at Curtin Springs on the 30th, followed by 17.2 mm at Atula on the 31st.
Some sites had their highest August daily rainfall on record.
Maximum temperatures were mostly below average during the month. Some areas in the Alice Springs district recorded two to three degrees below average maximums. However, the daytime temperatures remained warmer than normal in the northwestern Top End including Darwin and the coastal areas of the Roper McArthur district.
Some sites had their highest August temperature on record.
Some sites had their coldest August day (lowest maximum temperature) on record.
Some sites had their highest August mean daily maximum temperature on record.
Some sites had their lowest August mean daily maximum temperature on record.
Minimum temperatures remained mostly within one degree of the long term mean. Some areas around Katherine and Victoria River Downs recorded up to two degrees below average minimums. Most of the northern coastal areas including Darwin and Gove recorded above average night-time temperatures.
Some sites had their lowest August temperature on record.
Some sites had their warmest August night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record.
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| Hottest day Highest temperature | 38.0°C at Elliott on the 30th |
|---|---|
| Warmest days on average Highest mean daily maximum temperature | 34.3°C at Middle Point AWS |
| Coolest days on average Lowest mean daily maximum temperature | 19.2°C at Arltunga |
| Coldest day Lowest daily maximum temperature | 12.8°C at Arltunga on the 22nd |
| Coldest night Lowest temperature | −2.8°C at Kulgera on the 11th |
| Coolest nights on average Lowest mean daily minimum temperature | 5.0°C at Alice Springs Airport |
| Warmest nights on average Highest mean daily minimum temperature |
22.6°C at Cape Don AWS |
| Warmest night Highest daily minimum temperature | 30.5°C at Wollogorang on the 31st |
| Wettest overall Highest total rainfall | 26.8 mm at Curtin Springs |
| Wettest day Highest daily rainfall | 20.6 mm at Jervois on the 31st |
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| Record highest August daily rainfall | ||||||
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| Highest daily rainfall (mm) | Previous highest | Years of record |
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| Atula | 17.2 | on the 31st | 16.0 | on the 21st in 1988 | 29 | |
| Palm Valley | 16.8 | on the 29th | 10.0 | on the 16th in 1983 | 26 | |
| Watarrka | 13.0 | on the 29th | 11.0 | on the 10th in 2003 | 18 | |
| Birrindudu | 13.0 | on the 28th | 0.0 | on the 31st in 2006 | 10 | |
| Record highest total August rainfall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total rainfall (mm) | Previous highest | Years of record |
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| Palm Valley | 22.4 | 19.0 | in 1983 | 27 | |
| Wycliffe Well | 15.5 | 12.5 | in 1971 | 20 | |
| Watarrka | 22.5 | 15.6 | in 1992 | 18 | |
| Yulara Aero AWS | 14.0 | 13.2 | in 2003 | 17 | |
| Birrindudu | 13.0 | 0.0 | in 2006 | 11 | |
| Record highest August temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest temperature(°C) | Previous highest | Years of record |
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| Daly Waters AWS | 37.1 | on the 31st | 36.8 | on the 28th in 1942 | 38 | |
| Jabiru Airport AWS | 37.5 | on the 31st | 37.4 | on the 31st in 1981 | 31 | |
| Elliott | 38.0 | on the 30th | = 38.0 | on the 28th in 1985 | 25 | |
| Tindal RAAF AWS | 37.3 | on the 31st | 37.0 | on the 29th in 1985 | 20 | |
| Batchelor Aero AWS | 36.3 | on the 31st | 36.2 | on the 25th in 2003 | 10 | |
| Record lowest August daily maximum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lowest daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
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| Lajamanu AWS | 19.5 | on the 23rd | 21.0 | on the 15th in 2003 | 13 | |
| Kidman Springs | 25.8 | on the 18th | = 25.8 | on the 17th in 2007 | 12 | |
| Rabbit Flat | 17.7 | on the 23rd | 21.1 | on the 5th in 1999 | 11 | |
| Record lowest August mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
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| Jervois | 21.8 | = 21.8 | in 1968 | 39 | |
| Ali Curung | 24.1 | 25.0 | in 1994 | 20 | |
| Yulara Aero AWS | 20.0 | 21.9 | in 1986 | 19 | |
| Watarrka | 20.7 | 23.2 | in 2004 | 18 | |
| Territory Grape Farm | 22.1 | 23.4 | in 1994 | 14 | |
| Ngukurr | 30.5 | 30.9 | in 2006 | 14 | |
| Lajamanu AWS | 27.8 | = 27.8 | in 1968 | 13 | |
| Delamere Weapons Range AWS | 30.7 | = 30.7 | in 2006 | 11 | |
| Rabbit Flat | 26.7 | 28.3 | in 2001 | 11 | |
| Record highest August daily minimum temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Highest daily minimum temperature (°C) |
Previous highest | Years of record |
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| McArthur River Mine | 23.7 | on the 27th | 23.4 | on the 31st in 1992 | 26 | |
| Wollogorang | 30.5 | on the 31st | 22.0 | on the 5th in 2005 | 25 | |
| Delamere Weapons Range AWS | 24.0 | on the 31st | = 24.0 | on the 7th in 1998 | 11 | |
| Record lowest August temperature | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest temperature (°C) | Previous lowest | Years of record |
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| Kulgera | −2.8 | on the 11th | −2.5 | on the 13th in 2002 | 27 | |
| Record lowest August mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Mean daily minimum temperature (°C) |
Previous lowest | Years of record |
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| Kulgera | 3.2 | 4.0 | in 1989 | 27 | |
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This table is very wide and may not fit if printed.
| Summary statistics for August 2008 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean | Diff from normal |
Highest | Mean for August 2008 |
Diff from normal |
Lowest | Total | Rank | Fraction of normal |
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| Darwin-Daly (district 14GA) | ||||||||||||
| Batchelor Aero AWS | 33.4 | +0.2 | 36.3 | 31st | 18.0 | +1.0 | 13.7 | 9th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Black Point | 32.9 | 22nd | 21.9 | +0.6 | 18.9 | 3rd | 0 | lowest | 0% | |||
| Bradshaw AWS | 33.1 | −0.2 | 37.4 | 31st | 17.2 | +1.0 | 9.9 | 9th | 0 | |||
| Cape Don AWS | 29.6 | 31.8 | 27th | 22.6 | 21.1 | 3rd | 0 | lowest | 0% | |||
| Channel Point | 29.1 | −0.4 | 32.9 | 22nd | 17.4 | −0.7 | 13.6 | 19th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Darwin Airport | 32.6 | +1.3 | 34.7 | 22nd | 19.5 | −0.9 | 15.9 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Delamere Weapons Range AWS | 30.7 | −0.9 | 36.3 | 31st | 15.9 | +0.1 | 11.5 | 20th | 0 | highest | ||
| Douglas River | 33.4 | −0.1 | 37.4 | 27th | 14.7 | +0.6 | 9.9 | 20th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Dum In Mirrie AWS | 31.5 | +1.2 | 35.0 | 22nd | 18.2 | −1.1 | 12.8 | 9th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Jabiru Airport AWS | 33.8 | +0.1 | 37.5 | 31st | 20.0 | +0.9 | 15.6 | 5th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Katherine Aviation Museum | 31.4 | −0.9 | 36.6 | 31st | 14.0 | −0.7 | 7.3 | 19th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Mango Farm | 33.0 | −0.4 | 37.0 | 27th | 16.3 | +0.4 | 11.9 | 20th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| McCluer Island | 27.0 | 28.4 | 14th | 22.8 | 20.7 | 4th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |||
| Middle Point AWS | 34.3 | 37.2 | 31st | 14.3 | 8.6 | 19th | 0 | |||||
| Oenpelli | 33.4 | −0.3 | 36.1 | 31st | 13.0 | 4th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |||
| Pine Creek Council | 32.0 | 36.4 | 31st | 17.7 | 13.7 | 19th | 0 | |||||
| Pirlangimpi | 32.6 | +0.8 | 34.4 | 22nd | 19.6 | +0.5 | 16.4 | 19th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Point Fawcett AWS | 30.4 | −0.2 | 32.5 | 28th | 17.5 | −1.7 | 13.3 | 9th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Port Keats Aero | 31.9 | +0.3 | 34.2 | 22nd | 18.5 | +1.2 | 13.3 | 5th | 0.2 | |||
| Tindal RAAF AWS | 32.0 | 0.0 | 37.3 | 31st | 14.1 | −1.3 | 8.0 | 19th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Arnhem (district 14BC) | ||||||||||||
| Alyangula Police | 28.3 | −0.7 | 31.5 | 31st | 18.5 | +0.5 | 15.1 | 17th | 0.2 | average | 13% | |
| Gove Airport | 27.9 | −0.6 | 30.0 | 31st | 20.6 | +1.4 | 15.9 | 2nd | 0.2 | low | 3% | |
| Groote Eylandt Airport AWS | 29.3 | −0.7 | 32.8 | 27th | 16.4 | +1.6 | 12.1 | 3rd | 0.4 | |||
| Maningrida Aero AWS | 31.3 | 33.6 | 24th | 19.0 | 13.1 | 8th | 0.2 | |||||
| Milingimbi AWS | 30.9 | 32.6 | 30th | 19.4 | 16.0 | 8th | 0 | |||||
| Ngayawili AWS | 30.2 | 32.4 | 31st | 19.8 | 15.7 | 7th | 0.4 | |||||
| Warruwi AWS | 29.2 | 0.0 | 31.5 | 22nd | 21.8 | +0.1 | 17.9 | 4th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) | ||||||||||||
| Borroloola AWS | 31.1 | −0.6 | 36.4 | 27th | 13.6 | 0.0 | 6.6 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Bulman AWS | 31.7 | 36.6 | 31st | 14.3 | 7.9 | 8th | 0 | |||||
| Centre Island AWS | 27.2 | −0.6 | 30.3 | 31st | 19.1 | −0.4 | 17.3 | 9th | 0.8 | average | 50% | |
| Daly Waters AWS | 31.1 | +0.3 | 37.1 | 31st | 13.8 | +0.8 | 7.7 | 1st | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Larrimah | 31.3 | −0.5 | 36.0 | 31st | 13.6 | −0.6 | 7.0 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| McArthur River Mine | 31.8 | −0.1 | 37.4 | 27th | 14.9 | +1.6 | 6.4 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Ngukurr | 30.5 | −1.4 | 35.5 | 31st | 16.2 | +0.3 | 12.9 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Wollogorang | 30.5 | −0.6 | 35.7 | 31st | 13.8 | +1.7 | 6.1 | 9th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Victoria (district 14F) | ||||||||||||
| Kidman Springs | 31.5 | −1.1 | 37.8 | 30th | 13.5 | −0.3 | 5.6 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Lajamanu AWS | 27.8 | −2.2 | 36.4 | 30th | 11.6 | +0.3 | 5.1 | 20th | 4.0 | very high | 571% | |
| Timber Creek | 32.0 | −0.9 | 37.4 | 31st | 16.7 | +0.8 | 8.6 | 1st | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Victoria River Downs | 30.9 | −0.9 | 37.1 | 30th | 11.7 | −1.7 | 5.0 | 8th | 1.0 | very high | 100% | |
| Wave Hill | 29.4 | −1.7 | 36.9 | 31st | 12.4 | −0.4 | 3.4 | 8th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Barkly (district 15A) | ||||||||||||
| Brunette Downs | 36.4 | 30th | 11.9 | −0.5 | 6.8 | 11th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |||
| Tennant Creek Airport | 25.7 | −1.8 | 35.2 | 30th | 13.5 | −0.9 | 8.4 | 23rd | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Alice Springs (district 15B) | ||||||||||||
| Ali Curung | 24.1 | −3.1 | 34.9 | 30th | 7.6 | −1.6 | 1.2 | 19th | 20.1 | very high | 609% | |
| Alice Springs Airport | 19.8 | −2.8 | 31.2 | 29th | 5.0 | −0.9 | −2.0 | 11th | 2.2 | average | 23% | |
| Arltunga | 19.2 | 29.9 | 29th | 6.1 | −1.6 | 8th | 7.6 | high | 115% | |||
| Curtin Springs | 20.0 | −3.0 | 30.1 | 3rd | 5.4 | −0.1 | −0.1 | 9th | 26.8 | very high | 335% | |
| Jervois | 21.8 | −3.3 | 33.5 | 30th | 7.4 | +0.4 | 0.9 | 10th | 20.6 | very high | 261% | |
| Papunya | 22.5 | 31.2 | 29th | 7.0 | 2.1 | 9th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |||
| Rabbit Flat | 26.7 | −2.7 | 34.7 | 30th | 8.5 | +0.1 | 0.9 | 12th | 0.8 | very high | 100% | |
| Territory Grape Farm AWS | 22.1 | −3.1 | 31.8 | 30th | 7.2 | +0.2 | 1.6 | 19th | 3.0 | average | 71% | |
| Walungurru AWS | 24.1 | 31.9 | 28th | 6.8 | 16th | 14.4 | ||||||
| Watarrka | 20.7 | −3.8 | 30.0 | 3rd | 6.9 | −1.5 | 2.1 | 16th | 22.5 | highest | 489% | |
| Yuendumu | 23.3 | −1.7 | 31.1 | 1st | 8.4 | −0.1 | 3.2 | 14th | 0 | lowest | 0% | |
| Yulara Aero AWS | 20.0 | −3.5 | 29.7 | 3rd | 5.5 | −0.3 | 0.1 | 25th | 14.0 | highest | 389% | |
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This statement has been prepared based on information available at 10 am on Monday 1 September 2008. 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 2007.
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 long-term average ("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.
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