Weather in Northern Territory

Calculated from weather data of Alice Springs Airport (YBAS) between 2021 and 2025.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	37.0	40.1	38.6	33.2	36.2	34.7
February	36.0	38.1	37.6	35.2	32.5	34.8
March	33.6	34.2	31.5	35.2	34.6	30.6
April	28.7		25.3	27.1	30.3	27.1
May	22.9		22.6	21.1	23.3	23.6
June	20.2		21.3	21.6	19.3	19.0
July	21.2		18.8	20.1	19.5	23.3
August	24.2		27.8	26.1	22.5	23.1
September	28.2		28.1	29.8	26.1	27.1
October	32.0		34.2	31.3	30.8	32.1
November	33.2		35.0	34.2	29.8	29.1
December	36.5		37.1	37.1	34.8	36.2
Average	30.3	37.4	29.8	29.3	28.1	28.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	23.5	23	25	22	23	22
February	21.2	23	24	20	17	21
March	19.1	21	21	19	17	19
April	12.9		9	13	14	10
May	7.1		7	4	9	7
June	4.5		6	7	5	5
July	4.1		3	5	1	7
August	6.6		10	7	6	5
September	11.4		13	11	11	12
October	16.2		17	12	16	17
November	18.9		21	20	17	16
December	21.4		23	20	20	21
Average	14.7	22.1	14.7	13.2	12.7	13.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
30 °C or warmer	78	190	170	149	142
25 °C or warmer	85	244	248	218	238
20 °C or warmer	89	318	319	293	309
0 °C or colder	0	8	1	16	7

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	3.5	0	1	10	8	1
February	1.7	3	2	0	5	0
March	5.7	14	15	0	0	10
April	1.3		0	7	0	0
May	1.1		4	1	1	0
June	2.1		2	11	2	2
July	0.8		1	5	0	0
August	0.3		0	0	2	0
September	2.3		5	0	6	2
October	1.7		0	0	3	3
November	4.0		3	4	10	6
December	2.5		1	0	1	2
Average	2.6	5.8	2.7	3.2	3.2	2.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	18.1	20	11	18	18	21
February	20.1	23	22	23	17	20
March	18.5	20	18	19	17	16
April	18.1		21	19	17	18
May	17.6		19	18	16	16
June	15.5		14	13	16	14
July	15.7		17	14	17	17
August	17.4		16	16	19	18
September	19.7		20	19	20	20
October	19.7		20	20	21	21
November	18.3		20	17	19	17
December	18.4		19	18	17	18
Average	18.4	20.9	18.0	17.8	17.9	17.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	SE	SE	E	SE	E
February	SE	SE	E	SE	E
March	SE	E	E	SE	E
April		SE	E	SE	SE
May		E	SE	SE	E
June		SE	E	SE	SE
July		E	SE	SE	NW
August		NE	E	SE	SE
September		E	E	E	E
October		E	SE	NW	E
November		NE	E	E	SE
December		SE	SE	SE	SE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Northern Territory weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Northern Territory?

The warmest month is January with an average temperature of 37 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Northern Territory?

The coldest month is June with an average daytime temperature of 20 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Northern Territory?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 5.7 %.

Which month is the driest in Northern Territory?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 0.3 %.