Tennant Creek Climate
Tennant Creek Long-term Averages
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Ann | |
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Mean Max (°C) |
36.7 | 35.9 | 34.6 | 31.9 | 27.7 | 24.6 | 24.7 | 27.6 | 31.8 | 35.0 | 36.7 | 37.2 | 32.0 |
Mean Min (°C) |
25.0 | 24.5 | 23.3 | 20.5 | 16.4 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 18.5 | 21.8 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 19.9 |
Mean Rain (mm) |
115.9 | 117.2 | 53.9 | 15.8 | 8.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 18.6 | 40.2 | 75.8 | 466.7 |
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 |
10.2 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 8.1 | 49.9 |
Tennant Creek Daily Records
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Ann | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Max (°C) |
45.6 | 44.5 | 42.5 | 38.4 | 36.8 | 34.0 | 34.7 | 36.0 | 39.4 | 41.9 | 43.4 | 45.4 | 45.6 |
Low Max (°C) |
23.8 | 24.0 | 20.0 | 15.1 | 14.6 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 20.4 | 8.0 |
High Min (°C) |
33.2 | 31.4 | 29.7 | 27.8 | 25.2 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 23.8 | 27.6 | 30.2 | 31.6 | 33.1 | 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 | 19.8 | 29.6 | 57.4 | 71.6 | 134.8 | 153.6 |
Tennant Creek Monthly Records
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Ann | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High Mn. Max (°C) |
41.6 | 40.2 | 37.9 | 35.3 | 30.4 | 28.6 | 27.1 | 31.3 | 35.2 | 37.7 | 40.4 | 41.4 | 33.9 |
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) |
28.3 | 27.3 | 25.7 | 23.5 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 14.4 | 17.7 | 21.4 | 24.6 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 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 | 42.7 | 55.6 | 107.2 | 159.8 | 256.6 | 1004.2 |
Low Rain (mm) |
1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 63.6 |
Tennant Creek Annual Temperatures & Rainfall
TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT
Tennant Creek Average Number of Days With Temperatures
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Ann | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≥ 40.0°C |
6.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 22.0 |
≥ 35.0°C |
22.2 | 17.6 | 15.5 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 18.1 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 131.8 |
≥ 30.0°C |
29.4 | 26.3 | 28.3 | 23.2 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 27.8 | 28.8 | 29.8 | 237.1 |
≤ 2.0°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 |
≤ 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 '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 Data Availability
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Ann | |
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Years of Minima |
51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51.0 |
Earliest Entry |
1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 |
Latest Entry |
2021 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 |
Years of Maxima |
51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51.0 |
Earliest Entry |
1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 |
Latest Entry |
2021 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 |
Years of Rainfall |
51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 51.0 |
Earliest Entry |
1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1970 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 | 1969 |
Latest Entry |
2021 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 |
Station Details
Barkly, Northern Territory
Commenced 1969
Weather News
South-east set to swelter in heatwave fuelled by cyclone brewing off WA
00:20 EDT
It might have been a relatively mild summer so far, but a hot air mass strengthened by the cyclone brewing off the West Australian coast is set to cause extreme heatwave conditions in the south-east.
Tropical low off WA almost 'out of time' to form into a cyclone, but wind gusts, heavy rain expected
19:11 EDT
A weakening tropical low off Western Australia's north is not expected to form into a cyclone as it approaches the remote coast.