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Tennant Creek Ap Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
36.7 35.7 34.2 31.6 27.5 24.4 24.5 27.5 31.5 34.7 36.4 37.2 31.8
Mean Min (°C)
24.9 24.5 23.2 20.3 16.3 12.8 12.3 14.4 18.4 21.7 23.7 24.9 19.8
Mean Rain (mm)
112.4 125.8 58.5 17.5 8.4 5.4 5.1 1.6 7.9 21.0 40.2 69.1 474.7
Median Rain (mm)
93.0 78.3 29.5 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 13.1 27.8 43.9 416.0
Mean Rain Days
9.8 9.5 6.2 2.1 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 1.9 3.8 5.7 7.6 49.2

Tennant Creek Ap Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.0 44.5 40.7 38.4 36.4 33.6 34.7 35.7 38.9 41.6 43.4 45.4 45.4
Low Max (°C)
23.8 24.0 20.0 15.1 16.1 8.0 10.7 14.1 15.7 14.8 15.5 20.4 8.0
High Min (°C)
33.2 31.4 29.7 27.8 24.5 21.3 21.9 23.8 27.6 30.2 31.6 32.1 33.2
Low Min (°C)
17.2 17.2 14.6 11.6 6.7 5.3 4.5 6.0 7.4 11.6 10.7 15.7 4.5
High Rain (mm)
138.4 153.6 96.4 102.8 22.6 45.5 62.2 17.6 29.6 57.4 71.6 134.8 153.6

Tennant Creek Ap Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
40.4 40.2 37.7 35.3 30.0 28.6 26.9 31.3 34.4 37.7 39.8 39.8 33.2
Low Mn. Max (°C)
31.1 31.3 30.3 27.8 24.4 19.9 22.6 24.8 28.2 31.3 32.9 32.3 30.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
27.1 27.3 25.7 23.5 18.9 17.0 14.4 17.7 21.4 24.6 27.1 26.9 21.1
Low Mn. Min (°C)
22.2 22.2 21.3 17.5 13.0 9.8 10.2 11.7 15.2 19.1 20.8 22.8 17.9
High Rain (mm)
357.4 377.0 237.6 135.4 53.6 85.3 74.2 18.2 55.6 107.2 159.8 249.8 1004.2
Low Rain (mm)
2.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.8 170.0

Tennant Creek Ap Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Tennant Creek Ap annual climate

Tennant Creek Ap Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
5.7 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.4 5.9 18.3
≥ 35°C
22.3 17.0 14.1 3.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 5.9 17.2 21.4 24.5 123.5
≥ 30°C
29.3 26.2 28.0 22.6 8.1 1.9 1.7 8.3 20.9 27.7 28.7 30.0 227.9
≤ 2°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
≤ 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

Tennant Creek Ap 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
40.3 39.5 37.6 34.8 31.1 28.7 28.3 31.7 35.5 38.4 39.7 40.5 38.2
Low Max
32.5 31.5 31.0 28.5 23.8 20.4 20.9 23.2 27.0 30.7 32.9 33.8 24.9
High Min
27.6 27.0 25.6 23.4 19.8 16.5 15.6 18.3 22.3 25.1 26.6 27.5 25.5
Low Min
22.4 22.4 20.9 17.3 13.0 9.3 8.9 10.8 14.0 18.2 20.7 22.4 12.8

Tennant Creek Ap Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
43 43 43 43 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 42.7
Earliest Entry
1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 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
43 43 43 43 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 42.7
Earliest Entry
1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 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
43 43 43 43 42 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 42.8
Earliest Entry
1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1970 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969 1969
Latest Entry
2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012

Station Details

TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT
Barkly, Northern Territory
19.6423°S 134.1833°E 376m AMSL
Commenced 1969

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