Tuesday, 5 July 2022 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0

Northern Territory in June 2022: warm across the Top End

June was very warm across the Top End, with daytime temperatures 1 to 3 degrees above average and night-time temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above average in many areas. In the southern half of the Territory temperatures were close to average. Cloud bands at the start and end of the month, and unseasonal thunderstorms, led to most of the Northern Territory recording above average rainfall.

Above average rainfall

• June rainfall was above average across most of the Northern Territory, in what is usually the dry season.
• For the Territory as whole, 11.0 mm of rain fell during the month, 74% above the 1961–1990 average and the highest June total since 2016.
• Cloud bands crossed the Territory on the 1st and 2nd, and again on the 29th and 30th, with reported daily totals of 10 to 50 mm in some areas from unseasonal thunderstorms.
• A few sites south-west of Darwin had their highest June daily rainfall on record or their highest total June rainfall on record.
• Cape Wessel, at the far east of Arnhem Land, recorded 109.4 mm in the 24 hours to 9am on the 30th, the second-highest June daily total on record for the Top End and the ninth-highest on record for the Territory as a whole.
• Cape Wessel recorded 238.0 mm for the month, its highest total June rainfall since 1990.

Very warm across the Top End

• It was very warm in June across the Top End, although temperatures were close to average across the southern half of the Territory.
• For the Territory as a whole, the June mean temperature was 0.74 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• Mean maximum temperatures across the Top End were 1 to 3 °C above the 1961–1990 June average, with some areas in the warmest 10% of all years since 1910.
• Mean minimum temperatures across the Top End were 1 to 4 °C above the 1961–1990 June average and many areas were in the warmest 10% of all years since 1910.
• Gove Airport had its highest June mean daily minimum temperature on record.
• It was especially warm in the Top End at the start of the month, when several sites had their highest June temperature on record or their warmest June night on record.
• Bradshaw recorded 37.8 °C on 5th, the equal second-highest temperature ever recorded in June in Australia, 0.1 °C cooler than the 37.9 °C recorded there on 7 June 2016.
• McCluer Island, off the Arnhem Land coast, recorded a minimum temperature of 28.1 °C on the 1st, a June record for the Northern Territory and the sixth-highest on record in June for Australia.
• Darwin Airport had 5 nights with a minimum temperature of at least 25.0 °C; the previous June record was 4 such nights in 2016, and there have been only 4 other nights in June since 1941.
• For most of the southern half of the Territory, June temperatures were generally within 1 °C of their average.
• Curtin Springs recorded a maximum of 10.7 °C on the 1st during the passage of a cloud band, its coldest June day on record.

Darwin Airport

• Total rainfall for Darwin Airport was 5.6 mm, which is 311% of the long-term average of 1.8 mm
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Darwin Airport was 31.9 °C, which is 1.2 °C above the long-term average of 30.7 °C
• The warmest day was 34.6 °C on the 7th, and the coolest day was on the 29th when the temperature reached 25.3 °C
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Darwin Airport was 21.6 °C, which is 1.6 °C above the long-term average of 20.0 °C
• The coldest morning was 17.3 °C on the 11th, and the warmest morning was on the 6th when the minimum temperature was 25.1 °C

Alice Springs Airport

• Total rainfall for Alice Springs Airport was 23.8 mm, which is 186% of the long-term average of 12.8 mm.
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Alice Springs Airport was 20.2 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 20.0 °C.
• The warmest day was 25.6 °C on the 20th, and the coolest day was on the 11th when the temperature reached 13.5 °C.
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Alice Springs Airport was 4.6 °C, which is 0.3 °C below the long-term average of 4.9 °C.
• The coldest morning was -0.5 °C on the 10th, and the warmest morning was on the 3rd when the minimum temperature was 13.3 °C.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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

Click on a map to show it full size in a pop-up window

* 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

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top