The Northern Australian Dry Season 2022

Unless this cloud cover clears up some, its hard to see todays max temp reaching the forecast top of 27c. Its only 22.4c at noon at the Airport.

Coldest morning of the year so far...sub 17c ! And the coldest morning since 31st July 2020.

Finally, a 30c temp in the forecast....

The Gove region over on the far north eastern tip of the Northern Territory, a coastal location and at 12.2*S has had their coldest start to July on record and the coldest 7 day period since 1965

1965 - 2022 -

The 8 day average in 1965 was 24.6c and the 7 day average in 2022 was 24.8c.

Another sub zero min at the Alice this morning, the 11th consecutive !
There were also 11 consecutive sub zero mins in July 1976, including some outstanding recordings below -5c and the site record of -7.5c !
1976 and 2022

Finnis River Station to the south west of Darwin this morning. 7c !

Central Australia Thawing Out After Record-Long Cold Spell
( source: Weatherzone )


Much of central Australia has had a lengthy run of freezing nights, record-breaking in some places, but that is about to end as warmer air filters in.
Alice Springs has chilled below zero degrees for 14 consecutive nights, the longest such spell in more than 140 years of records.
The town's previous record of consecutive sub-zero nights was 11, set in both July 1976 and June/July 1885.
The past 14 nights have had an average minimum temperature of -2.4 degrees, a whopping 6.4 degrees colder than the mid-winter average. The fortnight has been colder in Alice Springs than in parts of the Australian snowfields, including Mt Baw Baw (averaging -1.8 degrees) and Mt Buller (averaging -2.1 degrees).


Alice has a chance to extend its cold run to 15 nights but that is likely the limit as a stubborn high-pressure ridge over the region finally shifts east. As the high moves east, the wind will turn from dry southeast-to-easterly to slightly more humid and warmer northeast-to-northerly.
It won't be quite kick-off-the-blanket-type warmth. The warmest night, Monday night, should still cool to about 4 degrees.
Drier winds and starry skies will return later in the week as a surge of dry southerly winds moves in under a firming ridge of high pressure. As a result, frosty nights will return.

3 weeks into July and not a single day or night with above average temps ! An excellent dry season by Top End standards. Only 12 months there were record breaking max temps for July heat.

Warming up inland from Darwin