Thursday, 1 August 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0

Northern Territory in July 2019: Very warms days, cool nights in the north. Dry in the south.

A very warm month in the Northern Territory, amongst the warmest on record for July for mean maximum temperature. Parts of the Top End had cooler than average nights, but elsewhere the mean minimum temperature was average to above average. Generally no rainfall anywhere in the NT apart from some coastal parts of the northeast and the western Tiwi Islands

Lowest July rainfall since 2007

• Parts of the southern Northern Territory which typically receive between 10 and 20 mm during July, recorded no rainfall during the month: only a small number of sites in the far northeast, the Carpentaria coast and the western Tiwi Islands received more than 1 mm of rain during July
• Territory-wide, rainfall during the month was 99% below the long-term July average and the lowest since 2007
• For the year to date, rainfall across the Northern Territory is 43% below the long-term average; the lowest since 1970 and the sixth-lowest on record

Very warm daytime temperatures, with cool nights over the Top End

• The mean maximum temperature across the Territory was 2.35 °C above the long-term average and fourth-highest on record. Nearly all of the southern half of the Territory was very much above average, with the highest daytime temperatures in the southwest: Yulara had its highest July mean daily maximum temperature on record while Yulara and Curtin Springs both had their highest July mean temperature on record
• Across the Territory, the mean minimum temperature was 1.01 °C above the long-term average, with significant variability across the NT. Parts of the Top End had very much below average minimum temperatures while it was generally average to above average further south
• Territory-wide, the year-to-date mean maximum temperature is the highest on record, while the mean minimum is tracking at fifth-highest on record

Darwin Airport

• Total rainfall for Darwin Airport was 0 mm, which is 0% of the long-term average of 1.1 mm
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Darwin Airport was 31.3 °C, which is 0.7 °C above the long-term average of 30.6 °C. The warmest day was 33.3 °C on the 23rd, and the coolest day was on the 5th when the temperature reached 29.2 °C
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Darwin Airport was 18.5 °C, which is 0.8 °C below the long-term average of 19.3 °C. The coldest morning was 14.4 °C on the 5th, and the warmest morning was on the 1st when the minimum temperature was 21.9 °C. Darwin Airport had 26 nights where the temperature fell below 20 °C; since 1941, the average for July is 18 nights

Alice Springs Airport

• Total rainfall for Alice Springs Airport was 0.0 mm, compared to the long-term average of 15.1 mm
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Alice Springs Airport was 22.9 °C, which is 3.1 °C above the long-term average of 19.8 °C. The warmest day was 28.3 °C on the 29th, and the coolest day was on the 14th when the temperature reached 15.6 °C
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Alice Springs Airport was 4.0 °C, which is equal to the long-term average. The coldest morning was -1.1 °C on the 15th, and the warmest morning was on the 21st when the minimum temperature was 12.4 °C
• Alice springs had 1 sub-zero daily minimum temperature during July: the long-term average is 6.1

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	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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