Weather in Northern Territory

Calculated from weather data of Alice Springs Airport (YBAS) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	36.6	38.6	33.2	36.2	34.7	37.0
February	35.8	37.6	35.2	32.5	34.8	35.8
March	33.6	31.5	35.2	34.6	30.6	32.7
April	28.7	25.3	27.1	30.3	27.1	31.0
May	23.0		21.1	23.3	23.6	21.8
June	20.0		21.6	19.3	19.0	20.1
July	21.5		20.1	19.5	23.3	19.5
August	23.7		26.1	22.5	23.1	25.5
September	28.3		29.8	26.1	27.1	31.1
October	31.7		31.3	30.8	32.1	29.8
November	32.9		34.2	29.8	29.1	37.2
December	36.5		37.1	34.8	36.2	32.3
Average	29.8	33.2	29.3	28.1	28.4	29.4

43rd highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.6	25	22	23	22	25
February	21.0	24	20	17	21	22
March	18.8	21	19	17	19	19
April	12.9	9	13	14	10	16
May	7.1		4	9	7	7
June	4.3		7	5	5	3
July	4.2		5	1	7	3
August	6.1		7	6	5	9
September	11.2		11	11	12	15
October	16.1		12	16	17	16
November	18.7		20	17	16	22
December	21.2		20	20	21	22
Average	14.4	19.6	13.2	12.7	13.4	14.7

18th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	82	170	149	142	185
25 °C or warmer	98	248	218	238	247
20 °C or warmer	118	319	293	309	303
0 °C or colder	0	1	16	7	2

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.9	1	10	8	1	2
February	1.5	2	0	5	0	2
March	4.6	15	0	0	10	5
April	1.3	0	7	0	0	0
May	0.7		1	1	0	0
June	2.2		11	2	2	1
July	0.7		5	0	0	0
August	0.3		0	2	0	0
September	1.9		0	6	2	0
October	1.9		0	3	3	6
November	4.3		4	10	6	2
December	2.7		0	1	2	13
Average	2.4	4.6	3.2	3.2	2.2	2.7

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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.9	11	18	18	21	20
February	19.7	22	23	17	20	20
March	18.3	18	19	17	16	18
April	18.1	21	19	17	18	17
May	17.5		18	16	16	18
June	15.8		13	16	14	15
July	15.5		14	17	17	16
August	17.6		16	19	18	16
September	19.7		19	20	20	21
October	19.7		20	21	21	20
November	18.1		17	19	17	19
December	18.3		18	17	18	19
Average	18.0	17.8	17.8	17.9	17.9	18.2

53rd highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SE	E	SE	E	E
February	SE	E	SE	E	SE
March	E	E	SE	E	E
April	SE	E	SE	SE	E
May		SE	SE	E	E
June		E	SE	SE	E
July		SE	SE	NW	SE
August		E	SE	SE	NW
September		E	E	E	NE
October		SE	NW	E	E
November		E	E	SE	E
December		SE	SE	SE	E

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 4.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Northern Territory?

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