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McArthur River Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
 35.8 35.1 35.0 34.6 32.3 29.8 29.9 32.1 35.2 37.8 38.5 37.8 34.4
Mean Min (°C)
 24.9 24.7 23.4 20.4 16.6 12.6 12.0 13.5 17.1 21.0 24.0 25.0 19.6
Mean Rain (mm)
 208.6 187.8 150.2 33.5 7.5 1.8 2.5 0.4 4.9 21.9 58.7 129.0 821.4
Median Rain (mm)
 170.0 162.1 109.2 14.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 37.2 88.6 669.5
Mean Rain Days
 13.7 13.4 10.8 3.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.2 5.9 9.6 59.0

McArthur River Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
 45.0 45.3 42.4 39.1 37.7 35.6 35.2 37.9 40.6 43.7 44.3 46.0 46.0
Low Max (°C)
 24.5 25.4 24.8 22.2 20.2 17.7 18.2 20.0 22.9 28.0 28.3 25.8 17.7
High Min (°C)
 32.6 30.0 29.3 27.3 24.6 23.7 23.2 23.7 26.1 29.4 29.9 32.3 32.6
Low Min (°C)
 16.0 17.5 13.8 7.5 3.2 1.6 1.0 2.7 6.0 9.3 14.5 16.5 1.0
High Rain (mm)
 173.4 197.6 124.1 162.2 86.4 15.0 49.0 11.6 48.4 90.6 144.0 122.4 197.6

McArthur River Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
 40.0 39.9 38.5 37.1 34.8 31.8 32.2 34.3 36.9 39.8 40.3 40.6 35.7
Low Mn. Max (°C)
 31.5 32.1 32.3 31.3 30.1 26.6 27.5 30.4 32.3 35.8 35.8 34.5 33.1
High Mn. Min (°C)
 26.2 27.0 25.4 23.1 20.4 15.8 17.5 15.7 22.0 23.7 26.5 27.4 21.4
Low Mn. Min (°C)
 22.0 23.0 20.5 17.0 13.0 9.0 8.8 9.3 12.0 16.9 22.1 22.9 17.4
High Rain (mm)
 782.3 660.9 548.0 213.6 160.1 18.2 56.6 12.6 89.6 184.6 266.1 435.2 1566.3
Low Rain (mm)
 10.1 5.2 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 22.4 293.6

McArthur River Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

McArthur River annual climate

McArthur River Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
 2.5 1.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.0 7.1 5.8 18.7
≥ 35°C
 17.5 14.5 16.6 13.4 2.9 0.1 0.1 2.7 15.5 25.5 25.4 21.9 138.8
≥ 30°C
 26.5 25.1 26.7 25.5 23.1 14.9 15.0 23.0 25.5 27.4 27.1 25.7 255.2
≤ 2°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
≤ 0°C
 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

McArthur River 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
 39.4 38.5 37.6 36.7 34.7 32.6 32.5 34.5 37.6 40.0 40.7 40.7 38.8
Low Max
 32.2 31.7 32.3 32.9 29.8 26.9 27.0 29.5 33.0 35.6 36.6 34.8 30.2
High Min
 26.6 26.2 25.2 23.4 20.7 17.4 16.8 17.7 21.7 24.6 26.7 27.2 25.4
Low Min
 23.3 23.3 21.2 17.1 12.4 7.7 7.1 9.2 12.8 17.4 21.5 23.0 12.4

McArthur River Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
 30 33 32 30 30 32 29 30 29 28 31 30 30.3
Earliest Entry
 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Maxima
 31 34 33 30 30 32 30 30 29 28 30 30 30.4
Earliest Entry
 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012
Years of Rainfall
 41 41 42 42 40 40 40 39 39 39 40 39 40.0
Earliest Entry
 1969 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

MCARTHUR RIVER MINE
Roper-McArthur, Northern Territory
16.4423°S 136.0760°E 40m AMSL
Commenced 1968

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