Saturday, 1 July 2023 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0
Northern Territory in June 2023
Rainfall
- Rainfall was above average for most of the southern half of the Northern Territory. The Territory averaged June rainfall was 15.8 mm and 151% above the 1961-1990 average, and the wettest June since 2016.
- A cloudband brought daily rainfall totals of 20-50 mm in the southwest on the 27th. Walungurru Airport and Pine Hill recorded their highest June daily rainfall on record.
- June rainfall totals were 50 -100 mm in the Lasseter district, three to four times of the 1961-1990 June average. Walungurru Airport had its wettest June on record., whilst Yulara Airport, Curtin Springs and Watarrka had their wettest June for 22 years
Temperature
- Mean maximum temperatures were above average for most of the Territory apart from the southwest. For the NT as a whole, the mean maximum temperature was 2.25 °C above the 1961-1990 average, the third-highest on record in June, and the highest since 1996.
- Mean minimum temperatures were above average for most of the Territory, apart from the northeast and southwest. For the NT as a whole, the mean minimum temperature was 1.82 °C above the 1961-1990 average, the highest since 2016.
- For the NT as a whole, the mean temperature was 2.04 °C above the 1961-1990 average, the sixth-highest on record, and the highest since 2016.
- Hot days with daily maximum temperatures in the mid-30s were recorded in the northern and eastern regions between the 6th and 8th, McArthur River Mine Airport and Borroloola Airport in the Carpentaria district had their highest June temperature on record.
- A very cold day with daily maximum temperatures down to below 10 °C was observed in the south on the 30th. Territory Grape Farm in the Simpson district had its lowest June maximum temperature on record.
- Alice Spring recorded 8.7 °C on the 30th, which was its fourth-lowest maximum temperature in June on record, the lowest since 17 June 2007 (8.3 °C).
- Despite a very cold day at the end of June, Alice Spring Airport, Jervos and Tennant Creek Airport observed 2-3 °C above June average for mean maximum temperatures, having their warmest June since 1996.
- Very warm nights with minimum temperatures in the mid-20s were recorded in the Top End on the 8th and 26th, including a number of records for highest June minimum temperature on record.
Darwin Airport
- Total rainfall for Darwin Airport was 0.2 mm, which is 11% of the long-term average of 1.8 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Darwin Airport was 32.6 °C, which is 1.9 °C above the long-term average of 30.7 °C.
- The warmest day was 34.1 °C on the 8th, and the coolest day was on the 3rd when the temperature reached 31.1 °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 17.4 °C on the 1st, and the warmest morning was on the 26th when the minimum temperature was 25.1 °C.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in June 2023 | |
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Hottest day |
36.3 °C at Bradshaw - Koolendong Valley (Defence) on the 7th 36.3 °C at Mount Bundey North (Defence) on the 8th |
Warmest days on average | 34.0 °C at Noonamah Airstrip |
Coolest days on average | 20.6 °C at Yulara Airport |
Coldest day | 8.7 °C at Alice Springs Airport on the 30th |
Coldest night | -2.1 °C at Arltunga on the 23rd |
Coolest nights on average | 5.8 °C at Yulara Airport |
Warmest nights on average | 24.8 °C at Cape Wessel |
Warmest night | 26.3 °C at Jabiru Airport on the 8th |
Warmest on average overall | 27.7 °C at Cape Wessel |
Coolest on average overall | 13.2 °C at Yulara Airport |
Wettest overall | 96.0 mm at Yulara Airport |
Wettest day | 50.8 mm at Walungurru Airport on the 27th |
Strongest wind gust | 63 km/h at Yulara Airport on the 6th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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Total rainfall |
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Mean daily minimum temperatures |
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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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Pine Hill | 23.2 | on the 27th | 22.0 | on the 19th in 2005 | 35 | |
Walungurru Airport | 50.8 | on the 27th | 37.8 | on the 18th in 2005 | 21 |
Record highest June total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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Walungurru Airport | 84.4 | 40.2 | in 2005 | 21 | 13.5 |
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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Newhaven | 60.0 | 73.5 | in 1986* | 11.9 | |
Hermannsburg | 60.8 | 65.9 | in 1973* | 12.6 | |
Yulara Airport | 96.0 | 147.0 | in 2001 | 19.3 | |
Curtin Springs | 61.2 | 141.3 | in 2001* | 14.2 | |
Watarrka | 80.3 | 133.5 | in 2001* | 16.8 |
* 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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McArthur River Mine Airport | 35.7 | on the 7th | 35.6 | on the 28th in 1975 | 46 | 30.0 |
Borroloola Airport | 35.6 | on the 6th | 35.3 | on the 4th in 2003 | 30 | 30.4 |
Record lowest June daily maximum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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Territory Grape Farm | 9.3 | on the 30th | = 9.3 | on the 20th in 2007 | 31 | 22.4 |
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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Alice Springs Airport | 22.0 | 23.6 | in 1996 | 19.9 | |
Jervois | 24.8 | 25.9 | in 1996 | 22.0 | |
Tennant Creek Airport | 27.3 | 28.6 | in 1996 | 24.6 | |
Territory Grape Farm | 24.4 | 25.5 | in 2001 | 22.4 |
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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Jervois | 18.0 | on the 7th | 17.9 | on the 2nd in 2021 | 56 | 6.6 |
Jabiru Airport | 26.3 | on the 8th | 25.9 | on the 6th in 2014 | 47 | 19.5 |
Pirlangimpi Airport | 25.5 | on the 26th | 25.2 | on the 7th in 2014 | 41 | 19.1 |
Point Fawcett | 25.5 | on the 26th | = 25.5 | on the 18th in 2005 | 25 | 18.8 |
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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Jervois | 16.8 | 17.8 | in 1996 | 14.3 | |
Tennant Creek Airport | 21.1 | 22.8 | in 1996 | 18.8 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for June 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for June 2023 |
Diff from average |
Highest for June 2023 |
Mean for June 2023 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for June 2023 |
Total for June 2023 |
Average for June |
Rank of June 2023 |
Fraction of June average |
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Darwin-Daly (district 14GA) | ||||||||||||
Batchelor Airport | 33.1 | +1.4 | 35.0 | 7th | 18.1 | +1.0 | 12.3 | 1st | 0.2 | 0.6 | average | 33% |
Central Arnhem Plateau | 30.3 | +1.6 | 33.0 | 8th | 17.4 | +0.9 | 11.5 | 17th | 0 | 0.1 | v low | 0% |
Channel Point | 30.9 | +1.6 | 33.5 | 23rd | 19.2 | +1.4 | 13.0 | 1st | 0 | 1.8 | lowest | 0% |
Charles Point | 29.8 | 31.5 | 20th | 22.1 | 18.7 | 18th | 0.2 | |||||
Croker Island Airport | 30.7 | +0.4 | 31.8 | 6th | 22.1 | -0.3 | 17.6 | 16th | 1.8 | |||
Darwin Airport | 32.6 | +1.9 | 34.1 | 8th | 21.6 | +1.6 | 17.4 | 1st | 0.2 | 1.8 | average | 11% |
Delamere Weapons Range | 31.3 | +1.9 | 33.8 | 8th | 17.5 | +2.0 | 11.7 | 18th | 0 | 2.2 | lowest | 0% |
Douglas River Research Farm | 33.4 | +1.8 | 36.1 | 7th | 16.0 | +2.2 | 8.6 | 1st | 0 | 1.9 | lowest | 0% |
Jabiru Airport | 33.3 | +1.4 | 35.8 | 8th | 20.9 | +1.4 | 17.0 | 18th | 0 | 0.9 | lowest | 0% |
Kangaroo Flats (Defence) | 33.7 | 35.4 | 9th | 20.2 | 15.1 | 18th | 0 | |||||
Knuckey Lagoon | 33.1 | 35.0 | 8th | 18.9 | 12.2 | 18th | 0 | |||||
Middle Point | 33.5 | +1.1 | 35.1 | 9th | 17.7 | +2.2 | 10.8 | 18th | 0 | 0.6 | lowest | 0% |
Mount Bundey North (Defence) | 33.8 | 36.3 | 8th | 20.1 | 16.3 | 17th | 0 | |||||
Mount Bundey South (Defence) | 33.8 | 35.9 | 7th | 18.3 | 12.5 | 17th | 0 | |||||
Noonamah Airstrip | 34.0 | +1.0 | 35.6 | 9th | 18.2 | +0.2 | 11.3 | 18th | 0 | 0.4 | v low | 0% |
Oenpelli Airport | 33.5 | 35.3 | 6th | 20.1 | 14.7 | 17th | 0 | 0.1 | v low | 0% | ||
Pirlangimpi Airport | 32.8 | +1.4 | 34.3 | 9th | 20.4 | +1.3 | 14.7 | 18th | 0 | 4.4 | lowest | 0% |
Point Fawcett | 31.5 | +1.4 | 32.5 | 9th | 19.0 | +0.2 | 12.9 | 18th | 5.2 | 6.7 | high | 78% |
Point Stuart | 31.9 | +0.7 | 34.0 | 6th | 20.0 | +1.1 | 15.2 | 18th | 0 | 1.5 | lowest | 0% |
Port Keats Airport | 32.3 | +1.2 | 34.9 | 7th | 18.3 | +0.9 | 13.1 | 18th | 0 | 3.5 | lowest | 0% |
Tindal RAAF | 32.4 | +2.2 | 35.1 | 7th | 16.1 | +1.9 | 9.0 | 18th | 0 | 0.7 | lowest | 0% |
Arnhem (district 14BC) | ||||||||||||
Cape Wessel | 30.6 | +0.6 | 31.7 | 14th | 24.8 | +0.1 | 22.9 | 18th | 21.2 | 40.4 | average | 52% |
Gove Airport | 29.4 | 30.6 | 5th | 22.0 | 19.0 | 2nd | 7.2 | |||||
Groote Eylandt Airport | 30.4 | +1.4 | 32.2 | 6th | 18.1 | +1.0 | 13.8 | 17th | 0.6 | 4.3 | low | 14% |
Maningrida Airport | 31.6 | +0.8 | 33.8 | 6th | 20.4 | +0.9 | 16.0 | 17th | 10.4 | 3.3 | high | 315% |
Milingimbi Airport | 31.3 | +0.5 | 33.2 | 6th | 21.3 | +1.1 | 18.2 | 16th | 6.4 | 5.8 | high | 110% |
Ngayawili | 30.9 | +1.1 | 32.0 | 6th | 21.9 | +1.2 | 19.1 | 17th | 0.4 | 3.8 | average | 11% |
Warruwi Airport | 30.1 | +0.7 | 31.3 | 7th | 21.3 | 3rd | 0 | 2.3 | lowest | 0% | ||
Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE) | ||||||||||||
Borroloola Airport | 32.6 | +2.2 | 35.6 | 6th | 14.1 | +1.2 | 8.1 | 17th | 0.6 | 1.7 | high | 35% |
Bulman | 31.9 | +1.3 | 34.4 | 8th | 16.6 | +1.1 | 9.4 | 17th | 0 | 1.2 | lowest | 0% |
Centre Island | 28.1 | +1.3 | 29.7 | 13th | 20.8 | +1.3 | 18.8 | 2nd | 2.2 | 6.1 | high | 36% |
Daly Waters Airstrip | 31.6 | +2.7 | 34.9 | 7th | 13.2 | +0.1 | 6.5 | 17th | 0 | 2.9 | lowest | 0% |
McArthur River Mine Airport | 32.6 | +2.6 | 35.7 | 7th | 14.7 | +1.8 | 8.0 | 17th | 0 | 1.6 | lowest | 0% |
Ngukurr Airport | 32.3 | +1.0 | 34.1 | 8th | 17.0 | +1.2 | 10.3 | 17th | 0 | 0.5 | v low | 0% |
Victoria (district 14F) | ||||||||||||
Bradshaw | 33.4 | +1.8 | 35.8 | 7th | 18.2 | +2.3 | 10.4 | 1st | 0 | 2.4 | lowest | 0% |
Bradshaw - Angallari Valley (Defence) | 33.1 | 36.1 | 7th | 18.2 | 10.9 | 1st | 0 | |||||
Bradshaw - Koolendong Valley (Defence) | 33.3 | 36.3 | 7th | 14.9 | 7.0 | 1st | 0 | |||||
Lajamanu Airport | 28.5 | +1.6 | 33.4 | 7th | 12.8 | +2.6 | 5.5 | 1st | 15.4 | 4.2 | v high | 367% |
Victoria River Downs | 32.4 | +2.9 | 36.0 | 7th | 14.6 | +2.5 | 7.4 | 1st | 1.2 | 2.5 | high | 48% |
Barkly (district 15A) | ||||||||||||
Elliott | 30.1 | +1.7 | 34.1 | 7th | 14.8 | +2.1 | 10.0 | 1st | 0 | 5.6 | lowest | 0% |
Tennant Creek Airport | 27.3 | +2.7 | 33.3 | 7th | 14.8 | +1.8 | 10.3 | 30th | 8.8 | 5.7 | high | 154% |
Alice Springs (district 15B) | ||||||||||||
Alice Springs Airport | 22.0 | +2.1 | 29.7 | 6th | 6.6 | +1.7 | -0.5 | 23rd | 19.6 | 13.0 | high | 151% |
Jervois | 24.8 | +2.8 | 33.4 | 7th | 8.8 | +2.2 | 0.7 | 10th | 7.0 | 9.8 | average | 71% |
Rabbit Flat | 27.5 | +1.6 | 32.2 | 26th | 10.7 | +2.8 | 3.0 | 1st | 28.4 | 6.4 | v high | 444% |
Territory Grape Farm | 24.4 | +2.0 | 29.1 | 7th | 8.6 | +2.4 | 0.8 | 23rd | 29.0 | 8.9 | v high | 326% |
Walungurru Airport | 22.5 | -0.8 | 28.2 | 3rd | 11.2 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 23rd | 84.4 | 13.5 | highest | 625% |
Watarrka | 20.7 | -0.6 | 28.4 | 3rd | 6.9 | +0.5 | 0.3 | 23rd | 80.3 | 16.8 | v high | 478% |
Yulara Airport | 20.6 | +0.2 | 28.0 | 2nd | 5.8 | +0.3 | 0.3 | 17th | 96.0 | 19.3 | v high | 497% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Monthly climate summary, usually published in the first week of the following month, 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.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 4 pm on Saturday 1 July 2023. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.
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.
Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.
Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.
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