McArthur River Daily Summaries

May 2024

date	min to 9am	anomaly	max from 9am	anomaly	rain to 9am
date	°C	°C	°C	°C	mm
Wed 01/05/2024	19.9	+3.2	-	-	0.0
Thu 02/05/2024	20.0	+3.3	34.2	+1.6	0.0
Fri 03/05/2024	20.4	+3.7	33.9	+1.3	0.0
Sat 04/05/2024	21.6	+4.9	34.4	+1.8	0.0
Sun 05/05/2024	18.0	+1.3	33.5	+0.9	0.0
Mon 06/05/2024	17.9	+1.2	32.9	+0.3	0.0
Tue 07/05/2024	17.2	+0.5	32.8	+0.2	0.0
Wed 08/05/2024	17.0	+0.3	34.6	+2.0	0.0
Thu 09/05/2024	20.7	+4.0	34.1	+1.5	0.0
Fri 10/05/2024	21.2	+4.5	33.3	+0.7	-
Sat 11/05/2024	20.7	+4.0	32.7	+0.1	0.0
Sun 12/05/2024	19.3	+2.6	33.0	+0.4	0.0
Mon 13/05/2024	19.7	+3.0	32.6	+0.0	0.0
Tue 14/05/2024	18.1	+1.4	33.2	+0.6	0.0

May 2024 Average	19.4	+2.7	33.5	+0.9
May 1969-2023 Average	16.7		32.6
May 1969-2023 Highest	25.7	9th 2016	37.7	3rd 2007
May 1969-2023 Lowest	3.2	27th 1974	20.2	20th 1981

May 2024 Total					0.0	0 day(s)
May 1968-2023 Average Total					6.2	1.1 day(s)
May 1968-2023 Wettest Total					160.1	1968
May 1968-2023 Wettest 24hr Total					86.4	11th 1968
May 1968-2023 Driest Total					0.0	2023

Jan-May 2024 Total					850.6	58 day(s)
Jan-May 1968-2024 Average Total					574.8	43.1 day(s)

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A yellow cell indicates a probable monthly record for this site (sites with ≥ 10 years of records only). The number of years of records available for the relevant field for this month is indicated in black. See the station's climate page for full details.

Station Details

MCARTHUR RIVER MINE AIRPORT
Roper-McArthur, Northern Territory

16.4423°S 136.0760°E 40m AMSL
Commenced 1968

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