Monday 1 December 2025 - Monthly Climate Summary for Northern Territory - Product code IDCKGC12R0

Northern Territory in November 2025

Rainfall

• Rainfall totals in November were above average for most of the Northern Territory, and very much above average to the highest on record for large parts of the Top End.
• The Northern Territory's area-averaged rainfall total in November was 67.9 mm, 66% above the 1961–1990 average.
• Many sites had their highest November daily rainfall on record, mostly on the 22nd and 23rd as Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina passed through the region.
• Many sites had their highest total November rainfall on record.
• A few sites had their highest total November rainfall for at least 20 years.

Temperature

• Mean maximum temperatures in November were below average for the north-western Northern Territory, and above average for parts of the eastern Top End and southern Northern Territory.
• The Northern Territory's area-averaged mean maximum temperature was 36.10 °C, 0.05 °C below the 1961–1990 average.
• The Northern Territory had its lowest mean maximum temperature for November since 2022.
• A few sites had their coolest November day (lowest daily maximum temperature) on record.
• Several sites had their lowest November mean maximum temperature on record.
• Warruwi Airport and Pirlangimpi Airport had their lowest November mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years.
• Mean minimum temperatures in November were above to very much above average for large parts of northern and south-western Northern Territory.
• The Northern Territory's area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 23.57 °C, 0.96 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• The Northern Territory had its lowest mean minimum temperature for November since 2022.
• Yulara Airport had its warmest November night (highest daily minimum temperature) on record at 28.6 °C on the 24th.
• Ngayawili and Pirlangimpi Airport had their highest November mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
• The Northern Territory's area-averaged mean temperature was 29.84 °C, 0.46 °C above the 1961–1990 average.
• Ngayawili had its highest November mean temperature on record.
• Port Keats Airport had its lowest November mean temperature on record.
• Warruwi Airport and Batchelor Airport had their lowest November mean temperature for at least 20 years.

Events

• A cold crossed the southern Northern Territory on 2 November, bringing damaging to destructive winds including an annual wind gust record of 137 km/h at Territory Grape Farm.
• Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina made landfall on the Cobourg Peninsular on 21 November, moving through the Van Diemen and Beagle Gulfs on 22 November bringing damaging winds and heavy rainfall to Darwin, Tiwi Islands and surrounds.
• For more details, visit the November national climate summary.

Darwin Airport

• Total rainfall for Darwin Airport was 445.2 mm, which is 312% of the long-term average of 142.9 mm.
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Darwin Airport was 33.3 °C, which is 0.1 °C below the long-term average of 33.4 °C.
• The warmest day was 36.6 °C on the 2nd, and the coolest day was on the 22nd when the temperature reached 26.3 °C.
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Darwin Airport was 25.6 °C, which is 0.2 °C above the long-term average of 25.4 °C.
• The coldest morning was 22.6 °C on the 8th, and the warmest morning was on the 3rd when the minimum temperature was 29.1 °C.

Alice Springs Airport

• Total rainfall for Alice Springs Airport was 71.0 mm, which is 223% of the long-term average of 31.8 mm.
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Alice Springs Airport was 33.5 °C, which is 0.3 °C below the long-term average of 33.8 °C.
• The warmest day was 43.0 °C on the 24th, and the coolest day was on the 8th when the temperature reached 23.2 °C.
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Alice Springs Airport was 18.5 °C, which is 0.6 °C above the long-term average of 17.9 °C.
• The coldest morning was 10.2 °C on the 4th, and the warmest morning was on the 24th when the minimum temperature was 27.1 °C.

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Extremes in November 2025
Hottest day	44.4 °C at Jervois on the 23rd
Warmest days on average	38.6 °C at Victoria River Downs
Coolest days on average	32.1 °C at Charles Point
Coldest day	22.6 °C at Tennant Creek Airport on the 3rd
Coldest night	9.7 °C at Jervois on the 4th
Coolest nights on average	18.5 °C at Alice Springs Airport
Warmest nights on average	27.5 °C at Centre Island
Warmest night	30.3 °C at Walungurru Airport on the 25th
Warmest on average overall	32.1 °C at Ngukurr Airport
Coolest on average overall	26.1 °C at Alice Springs Airport
Wettest overall	694.6 mm at Charles Point
Wettest day	430.0 mm at Middle Point on the 23rd
Strongest wind gust	137.0 km/h at Territory Grape Farm on the 2nd

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

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Record highest November daily rainfall
	New record (mm)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Darwin Airport	168.6	on the 23rd	105.0	on 05 Nov 2013	85	142.9
Humpty Doo Collard Road	203.8	on the 23rd	88.2	on 15 Nov 2018	45	171.0
Wagait Beach	151.0	on the 23rd	100.0	on 29 Nov 1988	38	128.9
Leanyer	177.6	on the 23rd	129.4	on 28 Nov 2022	37	122.0
Batchelor Airport	180.8	on the 23rd	87.0	on 14 Nov 2001	32	135.2
McCluer Island	89.2	on the 22nd	67.0	on 23 Nov 1999	31	25.4
Dum In Mirrie Airstrip	170.6	on the 17th	90.0	on 22 Nov 2008	30	118.0
Port Keats Airport	106.4	on the 24th	88.0	on 27 Nov 2001	27	85.4
Point Stuart	138.2	on the 23rd	118.4	on 05 Nov 2019	27	104.7
Middle Point	430.0	on the 23rd	112.4	on 05 Nov 2006	25	120.3
Fort Hill Wharf	88.0	on the 27th	77.0	on 05 Nov 2014	22	115.4
Mount Felix	86.6	on the 17th	63.0	on 27 Nov 2017	20	99.9
Marrara	146.5	on the 23rd	119.6	on 30 Nov 2010	20	148.4

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Record highest November total rainfall
	New record (mm)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Darwin Airport	445.2	370.8	in 1964	84	142.9
Humpty Doo Collard Road	526.2	300.8	in 1988	43	170.6
Leanyer	461.2	288.2	in 2002	35	123.8
Wagait Beach	461.7	357.9	in 2013	34	134.7
Channel Point	498.8	285.8	in 2002	32	129.4
Territory Wildlife Park	564.5	263.8	in 1999	32	156.8
Batchelor Airport	417.8	260.0	in 2001	31	135.2
McCluer Island	187.2	144.4	in 1999	30	25.4
Darwin Hospital	463.4	228.2	in 2002	30	126.0
CSIRO Berrimah	421.8	288.8	in 2017	29	153.5
Dum In Mirrie Airstrip	576.2	285.8	in 2005	28	122.2
Point Stuart	355.4	292.8	in 2011	26	104.7
Port Keats Airport	420.6	222.6	in 2023	25	86.8
Middle Point	659.0	261.4	in 2006	24	120.3
Maningrida Airport	196.4	149.6	in 2010	22	43.6

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Highest November total rainfall for at least 20 years
	Observed (mm)	Most recent higher		Average for November
Warruwi Airport	293.2	457.6	in 1973	58.1
McMinns Lagoon	375.4	387.4	in 1991	185.7
Jabiru Airport	215.4	217.2	in 2000	136.2
Buley Rockhole	302.1	306.4	in 2001	168.3

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported

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Record lowest November daily maximum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Pirlangimpi Airport	26.9	on the 17th	27.5	on 02 Nov 2010	44	33.8
McCluer Island	28.1	on the 21st	29.0	on 11 Nov 1999	26	32.0
Middle Point	26.2	on the 22nd	26.4	on 02 Nov 2010	25	36.5
Maningrida Airport	29.6	on the 21st	=29.6	on 25 Nov 2013	23	34.0

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Record lowest November mean maximum temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Douglas River Research Farm	34.8	35.1	in 2011	35	36.9
Batchelor Airport	33.3	33.4	in 1999	30	35.7
Bradshaw	36.8	36.9	in 1999	28	38.5
Port Keats Airport	33.3	33.7	in 2023	27	34.5
Middle Point	34.4	=34.4	in 2011	25	36.5
Maningrida Airport	33.3	=33.3	in 2004	23	34.0

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Lowest November mean maximum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for November
Warruwi Airport	32.8	=32.8	in 1974	33.7
Pirlangimpi Airport	32.8	32.5	in 1988	33.8

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent lower values have gone unreported

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Record highest November daily minimum temperature
	New record (°C)		Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Yulara Airport	28.6	on the 24th	28.3	on 30 Nov 2020	41	18.6

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Highest November mean minimum temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent higher		Average for November
Ngayawili	26.0	26.5	in 2000	24.5
Pirlangimpi Airport	24.7	25.0	in 2000	24.2

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent higher values have gone unreported

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Record highest November mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Ngayawili	29.7	=29.7	in 2021	27	28.9

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Record lowest November mean temperature
	New record (°C)	Old record		Years of record	Average for November
Port Keats Airport	29.1	29.3	in 2023	27	30.0

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Lowest November mean temperature for at least 20 years
	Observed (°C)	Most recent lower		Average for November
Warruwi Airport	29.4	29.3	in 1999	30.1
Batchelor Airport	28.7	28.3	in 1999	29.8

note: there may be gaps in the historical record at some sites, so it is possible more recent lower values have gone unreported

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Summary statistics for November 2025
	Maximum temperatures (°C)				Minimum temperatures (°C)				Rainfall (millimetres)
	Mean for November 2025	Diff from average	Highest for November 2025		Mean for November 2025	Diff from average	Lowest for November 2025		Total for November 2025	Average for November	Rank of November 2025	Fraction of November average
Darwin-Daly (district 14GA)
Batchelor Airport	33.3	-2.4	37.5	2nd	24.0	0.0	21.5	3rd	417.8	135.2	highest	309%
Central Arnhem Plateau	34.6	-0.7	35.8	1st	24.1	+0.6	22.6	5th	187.2	111.0	high	169%
Channel Point	32.5	-0.4	35.7	9th	25.0	0.0	23.2	17th	457.8	129.4	high	354%
Charles Point	32.1	-0.7	34.6	20th	25.7	-0.6	22.8	8th	694.6	98.6	highest	704%
Croker Island Airport	33.2	-1.1	36.2	10th	26.0	+0.3	23.9	11th	374.6	52.7	highest	711%
Darwin Airport	33.3	-0.1	36.6	2nd	25.6	+0.2	22.6	8th	445.2	142.9	highest	312%
Delamere Weapons Range	36.8	-0.9	40.8	2nd	24.6	-0.2	21.3	20th	92.4	85.7	average	108%
Douglas River Research Farm	34.8	-2.1	37.8	9th	24.2	+0.6	21.8	20th	225.2	124.4	high	181%
Dum In Mirrie Airstrip	33.1	-0.2	36.2	5th	25.5	-0.4	22.8	8th	576.2	122.2	highest	472%
East Point	32.6		36.2	19th	25.8		23.2	8th	450.4
Jabiru Airport	36.0	-1.1	39.2	1st	25.5	+0.5	21.8	11th	215.4	134.6	high	160%
Kangaroo Flats (Defence)	34.5		38.9	2nd	24.7		22.9	10th	216.2
Knuckey Lagoon	34.0		37.5	20th	24.8		22.8	8th	452.4
McCluer Island	31.8	-0.2	34.2	3rd	26.9	-0.6	23.3	11th	187.2	25.4	highest	737%
Middle Point	34.4	-2.1	38.5	1st	24.4	+0.8	22.1	4th	659.0	120.3	highest	548%
Mount Bundey North (Defence)	34.8		39.3	1st	24.9		22.7	12th	173.4
Mount Bundey South (Defence)	35.0		39.8	2nd	24.9		23.1	20th	143.2
Murganella Airstrip	33.8	-1.5	37.8	1st	24.0	+0.5	22.2	3rd	413.4	60.3	highest	686%
Noonamah Airstrip	34.6	-1.4	39.1	2nd	24.8	+0.1	22.8	10th	359.4	128.1	highest	281%
Oenpelli Airport	34.7	-3.2	37.9	6th	25.2	+0.6	23.3	11th	170.2	87.5	highest	194%
Pirlangimpi Airport	32.8	-1.0	36.2	1st	24.7	+0.5	22.6	4th	333.2	191.8	high	174%
Point Stuart	34.1	-0.9	36.6	2nd	25.3	+0.3	23.8	4th	355.4	104.7	highest	339%
Port Keats Airport	33.3	-1.2	37.8	3rd	25.0	-0.4	22.5	12th	420.6	86.8	highest	485%
Tindal RAAF	36.7	-0.9	40.0	2nd	24.8	-0.2	20.3	20th	74.0	97.5	average	76%
Arnhem (district 14BC)
Gove Airport	34.2		36.2	29th	25.3		23.3	26th	30.0
Groote Eylandt Airport	35.3	+0.7	37.9	29th	24.3	+0.6	20.3	12th	101.4	124.8	average	81%
Maningrida Airport	33.3	-0.7	36.3	10th	25.4	+0.5	23.1	11th	196.4	43.6	highest	450%
Milingimbi Airport	34.0	0.0	36.0	29th	25.9	+0.4	23.9	18th	119.6	55.0	high	218%
Ngayawili	33.3	0.0	36.8	10th	26.0	+1.5	24.0	3rd	80.0	59.0	average	136%
Warruwi Airport	32.8	-0.9	36.7	1st	26.0	-0.4	22.5	4th	293.2	55.8	high	525%
Roper-Mcarthur (district 14DE)
Borroloola Airport	38.2	+0.5	41.4	27th	24.7	+0.7	20.3	19th	44.6	70.9	average	63%
Bulman	38.1	-0.8	41.1	13th	24.9	+0.5	21.3	6th	102.2	62.7	high	163%
Centre Island	35.0	+0.3	37.4	3rd	27.5	+0.7	24.0	16th	32.6	40.7	average	80%
Daly Waters Airstrip	37.8	-0.4	41.8	2nd	23.5	0.0	17.4	20th	80.6	53.9	high	150%
McArthur River Mine Airport	38.4	-0.3	41.2	27th	24.4	+0.2	18.8	19th	47.0	61.6	average	76%
Ngukurr Airport	38.3	-1.5	42.0	2nd	25.9	+0.3	21.7	19th	181.2	46.9	highest	386%
Victoria (district 14F)
Bradshaw	36.8	-1.7	40.2	20th	25.6	-0.1	22.2	20th	159.4	100.2	high	159%
Bradshaw - Angallari Valley (Defence)	37.4		41.6	20th	26.1		22.3	14th	88.4
Bradshaw - Koolendong Valley (Defence)	36.2		39.8	20th	24.3		19.9	20th	39.2
Lajamanu Airport	37.6	-0.8	42.0	2nd	24.4	+1.1	19.9	5th	37.4	34.9	average	107%
Victoria River Downs	38.6	0.0	42.5	22nd	25.1	+0.5	19.9	19th	51.6	59.7	average	86%
Barkly (district 15A)
Elliott	38.5	-0.4	41.8	2nd	23.4	-0.1	17.5	19th	76.8	48.4	high	159%
Tennant Creek Airport	36.9	+0.3	41.3	25th	24.2	+0.3	14.6	4th	24.4	41.0	average	60%
Alice Springs (district 15B)
Alice Springs Airport	33.5	-0.3	43.0	24th	18.5	+0.6	10.2	4th	71.0	31.8	high	223%
Curtin Springs	34.3	-0.2	42.3	1st	18.1	-0.1	11.0	4th	11.6	24.1	average	48%
Jervois	35.5	-0.6	44.4	23rd	19.6	+0.4	9.7	4th	59.4	24.1	high	246%
Rabbit Flat	38.4	-0.3	43.7	24th	21.9	-0.2	14.8	5th	40.6	43.1	average	94%
Territory Grape Farm	35.0	-0.6	41.5	23rd	18.6	-0.4	11.2	5th	50.8	31.3	high	162%
Walungurru Airport	37.9	+0.4	43.7	24th	22.8	-0.5	17.3	3rd	34.4	26.8	average	128%
Watarrka	36.1	+1.0	42.4	24th	20.1	+0.3	11.8	4th	45.7	49.2	average	93%
Yulara Airport	35.1	+0.1	43.3	24th	20.0	+1.4	10.9	4th	48.0	33.5	average	143%

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