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Dry change bringing end to Darwin's warmest May nights in decades
Brett Dutschke, Wednesday May 11, 2016 - 17:34 AEST
A southeasterly wind change is drying out Darwin, bringing an end to the warmest run of May nights in 29 years.
After a long run of warm nights, more typical of the November-December build-up, residents may have lost immunity to anything cooler than 25 degrees.
The city is about to become the coolest since spring, dipping to the low twenties, prompting some to dig out the blankets and hot water bottles.
So far this month Darwin's nights have been averaging a low of 25.2 degrees, making it the warmest run of May nights since 1987. In that year the city averaged an overnight low of 25.3 degrees over 11 nights.
Although the dry change may be causing nights to cool down, it is also causing days to warm up and become brighter.
During the coming week days should warm to 33-to-34 degrees each afternoon, about a degree warmer than the month to date. The sun will shine for an average of about 10 hours per day, three hours more than the previous 11 days.
The change is a result of a succession of strong cold fronts crossing southeastern Australia.
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