Friday, 1 July 2016 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0
Northern Territory in June 2016: Much hotter and wetter than normal
Daytime and overnight temperatures were well above average in nearly every part of the Northern Territory during June. Rainfall was also well above average, particularly in the southern half of the NT.
Record-breaking heat continues
- Numerous locations across the Territory had their highest June temperature on record or highest June mean daily maximum temperature on record
- Many locations also had their highest June mean daily minimum temperature on record while several sites had their warmest June night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record
- Bradshaw, in the southwest Top End, had a maximum temperature of 37.9 °C on the 7th, the highest June temperature ever recorded in Australia
- Territory-wide, the June mean and mean maximum temperatures were the fourth-warmest on record: 2.43 °C and 1.77 °C above average, respectively. The mean minimum was 3.08 °C above average and fifth-wamest on record. All were the highest since 1996.
- Alice Springs Airport, and several other sites, had their highest June mean temperature for at least 20 years
Above average rainfall
- Regular, rain-bearing cloudbands affected the southern NT during June
- Most of the southern half of the NT received more than three times its average June rainfall
- Significant thunderstorms occurred in the Alice Springs region on the 17th - golf-ball sized hail was reported in the area
- Further heavy falls affected the southwest of the NT on the 26th. Yulara and Curtin Springs both received about 40 mm in the 24 hours to 9am
A warm start to the dry season for Darwin
- Darwin Airport had it hottest June day on record on the 27th and exceeded its previous highest June mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures
- Darwin's temperature did not drop below 25 °C on four separate mornings this month; this had previously never occurred more than once during June
- Darwin had its first sub-20 °C overnight minimum temperature on 21 June; the previous latest date for this mark was 20 June, in 1980
- Darwin has had three sub-20 °C overnight minimums so far this dry season, compared with the May-June average of 18 nights
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in June 2016 | |
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| Hottest day | 37.9 °C at Bradshaw on the 7th |
| Warmest days on average | 34.9 °C at Oenpelli Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 19.8 °C at Yulara Airport |
| Coldest day | 11.3 °C at Yulara Airport on the 25th |
| Coldest night | -0.3 °C at Arltunga on the 29th |
| Coolest nights on average | 8.2 °C at Arltunga |
| Warmest nights on average | 26.0 °C at McCluer Island |
| Warmest night | 27.6 °C at McCluer Island on the 4th |
| Warmest on average overall | 28.7 °C at Oenpelli Airport |
| Coolest on average overall | 14.2 °C at Curtin Springs |
| Wettest overall | 72.4 mm at Yulara Airport |
| Wettest day | 56.8 mm at Alice Springs Desert Park on the 18th |
| Strongest wind gust | 76 km/h at Walungurru Airport on the 7th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Record highest June daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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| Howard Springs Nature Park | 28.6 | on the 6th | 27.7 | on the 16th in 1973 | 39 | |
| Humpty Doo Collard Road | 2.2 | on the 6th | 2.0 | on the 1st in 2004 | 33 | |
| Trephina Gorge | 41.8 | on the 18th | 28.0 | on the 7th in 1999 | 24 | |
| Record highest June total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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| Humpty Doo Collard Road | 2.2 | = 2.2 | in 2004 | 33 | 0.3 |
| Trephina Gorge | 67.0 | 52.2 | in 1999 | 24 | 12.6 |
| Highest June total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent higher |
Average for June |
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| Kurundi | 43.0 | 68.3 | in 1944* | 8.6 | |
| Howard Springs Nature Park | 28.6 | 30.3 | in 1973* | 1.9 | |
| Pirlangimpi Airport | 12.2 | 13.0 | in 1986* | 4.1 | |
| Undoolya | 68.0 | 127.2 | in 1986* | 15.0 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
| Record highest June temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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| Darwin Airport | 34.6 | on the 27th | 34.5 | on the 5th in 2003 | 76 | 30.6 |
| Brunette Downs | 35.9 | on the 8th | 34.7 | on the 22nd in 1996 | 52 | 26.8 |
| Victoria River Downs | 36.9 | on the 7th | 36.3 | on the 3rd in 1973 | 51 | 29.3 |
| Warruwi Airport | 33.1 | on the 4th | 33.0 | on the 18th in 2002 | 51 | 29.3 |
| Daly Waters Airstrip | 36.3 | on the 7th | 35.4 | on the 2nd in 1962 | 47 | 28.7 |
| Tennant Creek Airport | 34.0 | on the 7th | 33.6 | on the 30th in 2009 | 47 | 24.5 |
| Wave Hill | 36.5 | on the 7th | 35.7 | on the 30th in 2009 | 42 | 28.1 |
| Jabiru Airport | 36.7 | on the 24th | 36.0 | on the 2nd in 2003 | 40 | 31.7 |
| Tindal RAAF | 36.1 | on the 7th | 34.5 | on the 29th in 2009 | 29 | 29.9 |
| Lajamanu Airport | 36.6 | on the 7th | 35.8 | on the 30th in 2009 | 23 | 26.5 |
| Delamere Weapons Range | 35.7 | on the 7th | 34.3 | on the 30th in 2009 | 20 | 29.1 |
| Rabbit Flat | 35.5 | on the 7th | 34.7 | on the 30th in 2009 | 20 | 25.6 |
| Record highest June mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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| Darwin Airport | 33.2 | 32.4 | in 1998 | 75 | 30.6 |
| Warruwi Airport | 31.5 | 30.4 | in 2010 | 50 | 29.3 |
| Wave Hill | 31.5 | 31.4 | in 1996 | 41 | 28.1 |
| Jabiru Airport | 34.4 | 33.3 | in 2003 | 39 | 31.7 |
| McArthur River Mine Airport | 32.7 | 31.9 | in 2015 | 38 | 29.8 |
| Gove Airport | 30.1 | 29.6 | in 1973 | 37 | 28.3 |
| Pirlangimpi Airport | 33.1 | 33.0 | in 2013 | 33 | 31.2 |
| Tindal RAAF | 33.4 | 32.0 | in 1996 | 28 | 29.9 |
| Douglas River | 34.4 | 33.6 | in 1996 | 24 | 31.2 |
| Black Point | 32.1 | 31.0 | in 2010 | 23 | 30.0 |
| Borroloola Airport | 32.7 | 32.5 | in 1996 | 22 | 30.2 |
| Lajamanu Airport | 30.5 | 29.9 | in 1970 | 22 | 26.5 |
| Highest June mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for June |
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| Victoria River Downs | 32.9 | 35.3 | in 1973* | 29.3 | |
| Brunette Downs | 28.6 | 31.0 | in 1996 | 26.8 | |
| Centre Island | 29.0 | 29.3 | in 1996 | 26.7 | |
| Tennant Creek Airport | 26.7 | 28.6 | in 1996 | 24.5 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
| Record highest June daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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| Tennant Creek Airport | 21.7 | on the 17th | 21.3 | on the 22nd in 1996 | 47 | 12.9 |
| Wave Hill | 24.5 | on the 8th | 22.7 | on the 9th in 2005 | 42 | 11.3 |
| Gove Airport | 25.6 | on the 25th | = 25.6 | on the 2nd in 1970 | 38 | 21.3 |
| Elliott | 22.5 | on the 9th | 22.0 | on the 9th in 1986 | 36 | 12.5 |
| Lajamanu Airport | 22.1 | on the 8th | 21.0 | on the 19th in 2005 | 23 | 9.6 |
| Channel Point | 25.0 | on the 5th | 24.0 | on the 7th in 2008 | 21 | 17.5 |
| Delamere Weapons Range | 24.0 | on the 9th | 22.1 | on the 1st in 2015 | 20 | 15.2 |
| Record highest June mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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| Darwin Airport | 23.0 | 22.2 | in 1973 | 75 | 19.9 |
| Warruwi Airport | 24.5 | 23.5 | in 1998 | 49 | 21.9 |
| Jervois | 10.2 | 10.1 | in 2013 | 48 | 6.5 |
| Centre Island | 22.1 | 21.5 | in 1996 | 41 | 19.4 |
| Wave Hill | 16.3 | 15.8 | in 2013 | 41 | 11.3 |
| Jabiru Airport | 22.9 | 21.6 | in 2013 | 39 | 19.3 |
| McArthur River Mine Airport | 17.4 | 15.8 | in 1986 | 38 | 12.6 |
| Pirlangimpi Airport | 22.6 | 21.8 | in 2013 | 33 | 18.8 |
| Tindal RAAF | 17.5 | 17.0 | in 1986 | 28 | 14.1 |
| Douglas River | 17.6 | 16.0 | in 2001 | 25 | 13.5 |
| Black Point | 23.9 | 23.1 | in 2013 | 23 | 21.7 |
| Lajamanu Airport | 14.9 | 13.4 | in 2005 | 22 | 9.6 |
| Highest June mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for June |
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| Victoria River Downs | 15.8 | 17.9 | in 1973* | 12.0 | |
| Alice Springs Airport | 8.5 | 9.8 | in 1996 | 5.0 | |
| Brunette Downs | 14.6 | 15.9 | in 1996 | 11.4 | |
| Curtin Springs | 8.6 | 9.5 | in 1996 | 5.0 | |
| Tennant Creek Airport | 15.0 | 17.0 | in 1996 | 12.9 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
| Record highest June mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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| Darwin Airport | 28.1 | 27.0 | in 1962 | 75 | 25.3 |
| Warruwi Airport | 28.0 | 26.8 | in 2013 | 49 | 25.6 |
| Centre Island | 25.5 | 25.4 | in 1996 | 41 | 23.1 |
| Wave Hill | 23.9 | 23.1 | in 2013 | 41 | 19.7 |
| Jabiru Airport | 28.6 | 27.3 | in 2013 | 39 | 25.5 |
| McArthur River Mine Airport | 25.0 | 23.6 | in 2015 | 38 | 21.2 |
| Gove Airport | 26.6 | 26.2 | in 1998 | 37 | 24.8 |
| Pirlangimpi Airport | 27.8 | 27.4 | in 2013 | 33 | 25.0 |
| Tindal RAAF | 25.5 | 24.3 | in 1996 | 28 | 22.0 |
| Douglas River | 26.0 | 24.7 | in 2013 | 24 | 22.5 |
| Black Point | 28.0 | 27.0 | in 2013 | 23 | 25.8 |
| Borroloola Airport | 24.2 | 23.9 | in 2015 | 22 | 21.5 |
| Lajamanu Airport | 22.7 | 20.8 | in 2005 | 22 | 18.1 |
| Highest June mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for June |
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| Victoria River Downs | 24.4 | 26.6 | in 1973* | 20.6 | |
| Alice Springs Airport | 14.6 | 16.7 | in 1996 | 12.4 | |
| Brunette Downs | 21.7 | 23.5 | in 1996 | 19.1 | |
| Jervois | 16.3 | 17.8 | in 1996 | 14.3 | |
| Tennant Creek Airport | 20.9 | 22.8 | in 1996 | 18.7 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for June 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for June 2016 |
Diff from average |
Highest for June 2016 |
Mean for June 2016 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for June 2016 |
Total for June 2016 |
Average for June |
Rank of June 2016 |
Fraction of June average |
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| Darwin-Daly (district 14GA) | ||||||||||||
| Batchelor Airport | 34.1 | +2.7 | 35.5 | 6th | 19.7 | +2.9 | 12.6 | 22nd | 0 | 0.4 | lowest | 0% |
| Black Point | 32.1 | +2.1 | 33.3 | 25th | 23.9 | +2.2 | 20.7 | 22nd | 0.8 | 3.2 | high | 25% |
| Bradshaw | 34.7 | +3.6 | 37.9 | 7th | 20.1 | +4.9 | 12.8 | 21st | 0 | 2.8 | v low | 0% |
| Central Arnhem Plateau | 30.9 | +2.6 | 33.3 | 4th | 19.1 | +3.1 | 13.7 | 22nd | 0 | 0.1 | v low | 0% |
| Charles Point | 32.6 | 34.2 | 11th | 19.8 | 23rd | 2.2 | ||||||
| Croker Island Airport | 32.0 | 33.7 | 4th | 23.6 | 20.6 | 22nd | 0 | |||||
| Darwin Airport | 33.2 | +2.6 | 34.6 | 27th | 23.0 | +3.1 | 17.7 | 21st | 0 | 1.8 | lowest | 0% |
| Delamere Weapons Range | 32.2 | +3.1 | 35.7 | 7th | 17.8 | +2.6 | 11.1 | 21st | 0.2 | 2.3 | high | 9% |
| Douglas River | 34.4 | +3.2 | 36.5 | 3rd | 17.6 | +4.1 | 9.3 | 22nd | 0 | 2.1 | lowest | 0% |
| Dum In Mirrie Airstrip | 34.7 | 1st | 22.5 | +3.7 | 15.9 | 22nd | 10.6 | 2.5 | v high | 424% | ||
| Jabiru Airport | 34.4 | +2.7 | 36.7 | 24th | 22.9 | +3.6 | 18.9 | 22nd | 1.2 | 1.1 | high | 109% |
| Katherine Country Club | 33.4 | 36.0 | 7th | 17.5 | 10.0 | 22nd | 0 | |||||
| McCluer Island | 29.9 | +2.0 | 31.5 | 8th | 26.0 | +2.6 | 24.1 | 22nd | 12.4 | 9.2 | v high | 135% |
| Middle Point | 34.8 | +2.7 | 36.4 | 27th | 19.3 | +4.2 | 12.5 | 22nd | 0 | 0.7 | v low | 0% |
| Murganella Airstrip | 33.2 | 34.9 | 8th | 20.7 | 16.4 | 22nd | 1.4 | |||||
| Noonamah Airstrip | 34.5 | 35.8 | 6th | 21.1 | 14.1 | 22nd | 0 | |||||
| Oenpelli Airport | 34.9 | 36.8 | 24th | 22.4 | 17.3 | 21st | 0.4 | |||||
| Pirlangimpi Airport | 33.1 | +1.9 | 34.4 | 1st | 22.6 | +3.8 | 17.5 | 22nd | 12.2 | 4.1 | v high | 298% |
| Point Fawcett | 32.6 | +3.0 | 34.4 | 24th | 20.9 | +2.1 | 15.4 | 22nd | 0.8 | 6.2 | average | 13% |
| Point Stuart | 32.2 | 33.6 | 22nd | 22.1 | 16.4 | 22nd | 26.8 | 2.0 | v high | 1340% | ||
| Port Keats Airport | 33.5 | +2.7 | 35.1 | 4th | 20.2 | +3.4 | 12.5 | 23rd | 0 | 5.2 | v low | 0% |
| Tindal RAAF | 33.4 | +3.5 | 36.1 | 7th | 17.5 | +3.4 | 11.1 | 23rd | 0 | 0.7 | lowest | 0% |
| Arnhem (district 14BC) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Wessel | 30.9 | 32.1 | 1st | 25.8 | 23.9 | 9th | 34.4 | 35.5 | average | 97% | ||
| Gove Airport | 30.1 | +1.8 | 31.4 | 10th | 23.1 | +1.8 | 19.0 | 7th | 40.0 | 33.1 | high | 121% |
| Groote Eylandt Airport | 30.7 | +1.9 | 33.0 | 3rd | 19.7 | +3.1 | 12.3 | 21st | 8.8 | 5.6 | average | 157% |
| Maningrida Airport | 32.9 | +2.4 | 34.7 | 25th | 21.8 | +2.6 | 16.8 | 21st | 0 | 3.9 | v low | 0% |
| Milingimbi Airport | 32.6 | +2.2 | 34.0 | 1st | 22.8 | +3.0 | 19.6 | 21st | 0 | 7.6 | v low | 0% |
| Ngayawili | 31.7 | +2.1 | 33.3 | 4th | 22.5 | +2.1 | 19.1 | 7th | 0 | 3.4 | v low | 0% |
| Warruwi Airport | 31.5 | +2.2 | 33.1 | 4th | 24.5 | +2.6 | 22.0 | 22nd | 0 | 2.4 | lowest | 0% |
| Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) | ||||||||||||
| Borroloola Airport | 32.7 | +2.5 | 35.0 | 18th | 15.6 | +2.8 | 8.3 | 21st | 0.6 | 2.0 | high | 30% |
| Bulman | 33.3 | +3.2 | 35.4 | 27th | 19.4 | +4.9 | 12.8 | 21st | 0.2 | 1.8 | average | 11% |
| Centre Island | 29.0 | +2.3 | 31.4 | 9th | 22.1 | +2.7 | 18.0 | 29th | 0 | 6.7 | lowest | 0% |
| Daly Waters Airstrip | 32.7 | +4.0 | 36.3 | 7th | 13.7 | +0.6 | 4.6 | 21st | 0.2 | 3.1 | high | 6% |
| McArthur River Mine Airport | 32.7 | +2.9 | 35.0 | 8th | 17.4 | +4.8 | 10.1 | 21st | 1.6 | 1.7 | high | 94% |
| Ngukurr Airport | 33.1 | 35.9 | 8th | 18.9 | 12.0 | 22nd | 2.8 | |||||
| Victoria (district 14F) | ||||||||||||
| Lajamanu Airport | 30.5 | +4.0 | 36.6 | 7th | 14.9 | +5.3 | 7.1 | 30th | 12.6 | 4.4 | high | 286% |
| Victoria River Downs | 32.9 | +3.6 | 36.9 | 7th | 15.8 | +3.8 | 7.9 | 21st | 0.2 | 2.6 | high | 8% |
| Wave Hill | 31.5 | +3.4 | 36.5 | 7th | 16.3 | +5.0 | 9.0 | 22nd | 0.2 | 4.2 | high | 5% |
| Barkly (district 15A) | ||||||||||||
| Brunette Downs | 28.6 | +1.8 | 35.9 | 8th | 14.6 | +3.2 | 5.9 | 29th | 22.0 | 7.2 | v high | 306% |
| Elliott | 30.3 | +1.9 | 35.7 | 7th | 15.3 | +2.8 | 6.8 | 21st | 0 | 4.8 | lowest | 0% |
| Tennant Creek Airport | 26.7 | +2.2 | 34.0 | 7th | 15.0 | +2.1 | 8.5 | 29th | 8.8 | 5.1 | high | 173% |
| Alice Springs (district 15B) | ||||||||||||
| Alice Springs Airport | 20.7 | +0.9 | 29.6 | 7th | 8.5 | +3.5 | 0.2 | 28th | 27.0 | 13.5 | high | 200% |
| Arltunga | 20.4 | +1.1 | 28.5 | 7th | 8.2 | +3.8 | -0.3 | 29th | 60.8 | 16.8 | v high | 362% |
| Curtin Springs | 19.9 | -0.3 | 25.5 | 15th | 8.6 | +3.6 | 2.4 | 24th | 54.5 | 14.3 | v high | 381% |
| Jervois | 22.4 | +0.4 | 33.5 | 8th | 10.2 | +3.7 | 0.1 | 29th | 20.4 | 10.5 | high | 194% |
| Rabbit Flat | 28.6 | +3.0 | 35.5 | 7th | 12.2 | +4.6 | 4.3 | 29th | 3.6 | 6.4 | average | 56% |
| Territory Grape Farm | 23.5 | +1.3 | 31.7 | 7th | 9.7 | +3.5 | 1.4 | 29th | 13.6 | 8.8 | high | 155% |
| Walungurru Airport | 23.5 | +0.4 | 31.7 | 7th | 12.4 | +1.4 | 7.8 | 11th | 39.8 | 11.0 | high | 362% |
| Yulara Airport | 19.8 | -0.6 | 27.2 | 7th | 8.7 | +3.1 | 2.2 | 20th | 72.4 | 19.5 | v high | 371% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Monthly climate summary lists the main features of the weather in Northern Territory using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
A climate summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Friday 1 July 2016. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from
all available years of record, which vary widely from site to site.
They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median
is sometimes more representative than the
mean
of long-term average 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,
average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9
and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a
percentage of the long-term mean.
The ACORN-SAT dataset is used for temperature area averages.
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