Northern Territory

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Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since:	1760	1810	1860	1910	1960	1990
Northern Territory	-	-	0.55 ± 0.37	0.90 ± 0.14	0.98 ± 0.25	-1.91 ± 0.78
Australia	-	-	0.61 ± 0.23	0.94 ± 0.08	1.40 ± 0.25	0.58 ± 0.43
Oceania	-	-	0.63 ± 0.23	0.93 ± 0.08	1.38 ± 0.24	0.65 ± 0.47
Southern Hemisphere	-	-	0.81 ± 0.24	0.94 ± 0.32	1.34 ± 0.38	1.15 ± 0.38
Global Land	0.43 ± 0.18	0.79 ± 0.13	0.91 ± 0.08	1.11 ± 0.03	2.16 ± 0.11	2.78 ± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Hottest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	2019	1983	2019	2005	1958	1996	2017	2009	2020	1988	2020	2019	2013
2	2013	1986	1990	2018	2016	2016	1975	1936	2013	2005	1990	2018	2005
3	2008	1965	1986	2016	2007	1991	1973	1955	2005	2018	2015	1972	1998
4	1971	1926	1992	2002	1942	1957	2010	1945	1997	1998	1987	1990	2019
5	1988	1900	2016	1961	1988	1973	1915	2020	1995	1989	2014	1901	2020
6	1932	2019	2017	2020	2014	1906	2013	1981	2009	1971	2012	1979	2016
7	2020	1998	1889	1928	1973	2015	1990	1972	2003	2008	2006	2002	1988
8	1947	2020	1998	1992	1986	1962	1998	2013	1983	2004	1980	1925	2018
9	1994	2016	2015	1973	2013	2013	1958	1985	1992	1987	2002	1938	1990
10	1990	1970	1988	2003	1921	1942	2005	1998	1998	2015	1959	1985	1996

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Coldest Monthly and Annual Averages

Rank	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1	1976	1953	1967	1946	1913	1949	1899	1891	1956	1966	1916	1903	1894
2	1899	1917	1910	1924	1960	1913	1891	1923	1925	1945	1955	1916	1891
3	1891	1895	1918	1929	1898	1891	1922	1921	1908	1931	1931	1950	1976
4	1941	1967	1949	1949	1917	2007	1929	1960	1891	1946	1974	1909	1949
5	1974	1949	1946	1891	1976	1946	1918	1922	1958	1982	2010	1933	1904
6	1984	1918	1913	1947	2011	1985	1957	1961	1929	1950	1917	2000	1908
7	1937	1904	1908	1927	1940	1908	1965	1976	1969	1939	1999	1930	1917
8	1918	1946	2001	1921	1944	1943	1895	1956	1978	1975	1933	1975	1950
9	1953	1974	1956	2011	1926	1971	1977	1953	1896	2010	1945	1966	1974
10	1917	1976	1972	1983	1899	2011	1901	1989	1894	1910	1943	1907	1946

Months and years with an estimated uncertainty greater than 1 °C are omitted.

Seasonal Changes

Regional Climate Variability

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	± 1.85	± 0.90	± 0.58	± 0.50	± 0.40

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing	Monthly	Annual	Five-year	Ten-year	Twenty-year
	0.35	0.56	0.73	0.77	0.82

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
± 1.64	± 1.73	± 1.68	± 1.79	± 1.98	± 2.22
Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
± 1.93	± 1.96	± 1.87	± 1.61	± 1.45	± 1.57

History of Temperature Stations

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Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

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Mean of Daily Low Temperature

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Change in Diurnal Range

Northern Territory Global Context Map

Northern Territory Local Context Map

Land Area:	1,338,000 km²
Percent of Global Land Area:	0.91%

Active Stations:	47
Former Stations:	57
Monthly Mean Observations:	26,427
Earliest Observation:	March 1878

Active Stations:	98
Former Stations:	92
Monthly Mean Observations:	61,270
Earliest Observation:	March 1878

Dataset Updated:	15-Nov-2013 16:20:30
Temperature Sites:	40,747
Monthly Mean Observations:	15,717,007
Most Recent Month:	October 2013
Earliest Month:	January 1701