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Post by greysrigging on Jul 17, 2024 3:59:06 GMT -5
Darwin max temps and DP's since noon today...  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 17, 2024 21:37:57 GMT -5
Chilly at noon....   |
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Post by Shaheen Hassan on Jul 17, 2024 21:44:25 GMT -5
Chilly at noon.... Definitely chilly for Darwin! What's the lowest min and max temperature recorded this July so far? |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 17, 2024 21:55:41 GMT -5
Today will be the chilliest...14.8 min and perhaps 27c max
Last month there was a 14.7c/28.0c day
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 18, 2024 21:05:22 GMT -5
Decent cold spell we are having.... not record breaking per se ...AND as usual us weather aficionados sometimes have short memories... lol.
Only 2 years ago we had the second coldest July on record at the Airport - 17.0c/28.9c monthly means... and every day of July was sub 20c for mins and 17 days were sub 30c max temps !
Gunn point dropped to 8.3c this morning, Point Fawcett 9.7c and a new all time record of 1.0c at Daly Waters
Borroloola dipped to 3.1c.
July 1965 was the real cold one.... 15.9c/29.1c monthly mean at the Airport.
And an honourable mention to July 1968. mid month a bit of a north west cloudband produced some cold ( for Darwin ) max temps and some dry season rain
Darwin Airport min, max and rainfall July 1968
11th - 21.1c/30.3c 0.0mm
12th - 22.8c/31.7c 0.0mm
13th - 16.3c/21.8c 0.0mm
14th - 16.4c/21.1c 0.0mm
15th - 17.3c/27.9c 8.1mm
16th - 19.0c/31.0c 0.0mm
17th - 20.7c/31.7c 0.3mm
Did you know that between 1965 and 1973 the BOM operated a Darwin Regional Office ( site number 14161 ).
Does anyone know its exact location ?
!968 July cold spell
11th - 21.8c/28.9c 0.0mm
12th - 22.2c/29.9c 0.0mm
13th - 16.2c/21.3c 0.0mm
14th - 15.8c/20.6c 0.8mm
15th - 17.2c/27.1c 2.8mm
16th - 18.7c/29.0c 0.5mm
17th - 20.8c/30.2c 0.3mm
The July 1968 cold spell at Middle Point
11th - 17.8c/29.8c 0.0mm
12th - 20.3c/31.1c 0.0mm
13th - 17.2c/23.2c 0.0mm
14th - 16.7c/19.9c 0.0mm
15th - 17.1c/28.3c 2.5mm
16th - 18.8c/31.1c 0.0mm
17th - 18.8c/32.2c 0.0mm
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 19, 2024 19:52:51 GMT -5
Min temp records broken yesterday in the Northern Tropics  Daly Waters broke their record again this morning with 0.8c !  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 21, 2024 21:12:24 GMT -5
Maningrida, a coastal site east of Darwin, had a sub 10c min the other day.   |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 23, 2024 17:08:50 GMT -5
Darwin in July  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 24, 2024 6:23:22 GMT -5
Bushfire season in Darwin....   |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 24, 2024 16:23:31 GMT -5
Warm and humid at dawn:  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 25, 2024 5:05:32 GMT -5
14 consecutive days sub 20c mins at Darwin Airport  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 25, 2024 5:12:05 GMT -5
Hottest place in Australia today... Oenpelli Airstrip out in Arnhemland. NT  |
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Post by greysrigging on Jul 25, 2024 17:30:21 GMT -5
Rain, glorious rain.... only 2.2mm but rain in July is as rare as rocking horse poo in Darwin   |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 1, 2024 5:47:35 GMT -5
Darwin's 'wettest' July in 23 years ( source: Weatherzone )  Darwin just registered its wettest July in 23 years, although it’s unlikely a single umbrella was raised throughout the month. July marks the middle of the NT’s dry season, which runs from May to September and typically includes periods of weeks to months without any rainfall in Darwin. This long spell of low rainfall occurs because the monsoon moves to the north of Australia through the middle of the year, causing drier southeasterly winds to dominate over the NT’s Top End. Darwin’s long-term average rainfall in the entire dry season is 43.7 mm and July is usually the city’s driest month, with a long-term monthly average of just 1.1 mm. By comparison, Sydney’s July average is close to 100 mm.  This July was a very wet month by local standards. Despite only collecting 2.4 mm in the entire month, Darwin doubled its monthly average rainfall and registered its wettest July in 23 years. The sight of this much rain is rare in Darwin during July and some might consider it lucky to be soaked by a couple of millimetres at this time of year. Unfortunately, most of last month’s rain (2.2 mm) fell on a single Thursday night, while most people were in bed. Despite most locals sleeping through the rare dry season rain last month, it was still enough to make this Darwin’s wettest July since 2001. It was also the first time in 23 years Darwin registered more than one day of rain during July. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this was far from Darwin’s wettest July on record. The city’s old Post Office weather station once recorded 65 mm of rain in a single July, way back in 1900. Looking ahead, Darwin has no rain on the forecast for the opening week of August and that will most likely be the story for most of the month. On average, Darwin usually records rain on one day every second August. |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 7, 2024 1:29:32 GMT -5
A classic late dry season day in and around Darwin... DP's around 10c, gusty south easterlies, bushfire smoke throughout the city and suburbs and +35c max temps. Our hottest max temp since the 10th of May when the max was also 35.1c. Prior to that 35.2c on the 26th April. And our 10th +35c day for the year. The earliest +35.1c August day at Darwin Airport since records began in 1941  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 8, 2024 20:28:12 GMT -5
DP's above 20c at midnight and sub 5c dp's mid morning...  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 9, 2024 16:41:26 GMT -5
Dry season sunrise looking down my street...another sub 20c min at 19.2c  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 11, 2024 4:49:09 GMT -5
A well above average last 5 days max temps in Darwin. August means 20.3/31.5c long term.  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 21, 2024 0:30:46 GMT -5
The August heat ramping up across the Top End. The Airport's second +35c max of the month and the 11th such day of 2024.   +35 max at the Airport in August is historically uncommon with only 10 such days prior to the year 2000. Since then, 18 such days and 14 of those since 2020. 2024 - 2 ( so far ) 2023 - 2 2021 - 5 2020 - 5 2017 - 2 2012 - 1 2000 - 1 So now with the 35.2c today, that's 18 +35c August days since 2000... and possibly another 4 or 5 before the end of the month if the forecast temps happen..  |
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Post by greysrigging on Aug 22, 2024 1:02:26 GMT -5
A classic example of the sea breeze coming in early with the max temp of 32.9c recorded at 11.15am. Inland and rural areas of Darwin about 37c this afternoon.  |
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