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Weather and Topography of Northern Territory
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WEATHER in Northern Territory
The top 25% of the Territory (known as the Top End) has two seasons – Wet (summer) and Dry (winter).  The Wet normally is from October to late March with a monsoon period which commences around Christmas and last for around two months.  The Dry season is broadly between mid April and  late September.   Throughout the year the maximum daily temperature is invariably over 30 C with very high humidity during most of the Wet period.   The rest of the Territory in the south (known as the Red Centre) has relatively low but stable rainfall and variable temperatures.
Click here for the Current Weather Forecast for the Northern Territory www.bom.gov.au/weather/nt/forecasts

Darwin: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Maximum °C

32

32

32

33

32

31

30

31

33

34

34

33

Minimum °C

25

25

25

24

22

20

20

21

23

25

25

25

Rainfall mm

391

330

260

103

14

3

1

2

13

50

126

243

Alice Springs: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Maximum °C

36

35

32

27

23

20

20

23

27

31

34

35

Minimum °C

21

20

17

12

8

5

4

6

10

14

18

20

Rainfall mm

43

41

33

16

16

15

14

10

9

20

25

36
 

TOPOGRAPHY of Northern Territory
Desert and semi-arid plain predominate in the southern 75% of the Northern Territory. In contrast, the north has a variable tropical landscape with a mixture of savannah plains and woodland with some tropical rainforest. In the north east, the Arnhemland escarpment rises up from the plains and continues on to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The total area of the Northern Territory is 1,346,200 square kms (or 17.5% of Australia).
See also Australia Climate and Time Zones
 
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