Centre Island Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
33.8 33.1 33.0 32.2 29.5 26.8 26.4 27.9 30.6 33.2 34.7 34.8 31.3
Mean Min (°C)
26.8 26.6 26.5 25.4 22.6 19.5 18.7 19.7 22.3 25.0 26.8 27.4 23.9
Mean Rain (mm)
233.4 291.3 258.9 86.0 10.6 6.2 1.8 1.5 2.0 7.4 40.7 140.4 1051.7
Median Rain (mm)
199.8 263.9 190.7 35.8 1.2 0.8 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.4 13.0 92.3 932.8
Mean Rain Days
13.3 13.4 11.0 4.5 2.4 3.6 5.1 4.9 2.4 1.4 3.4 7.9 71.8

Centre Island Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
40.6 40.6 40.2 37.9 35.1 33.0 32.3 33.3 36.5 39.2 39.5 41.6 41.6
Low Max (°C)
24.7 23.9 26.0 24.5 20.6 17.2 19.5 20.7 24.5 23.5 27.8 26.9 17.2
High Min (°C)
31.4 31.6 30.5 29.1 27.9 25.4 23.4 24.3 26.5 29.2 30.0 32.0 32.0
Low Min (°C)
19.0 21.5 22.0 18.8 14.4 13.2 12.0 12.4 14.5 14.5 20.0 22.3 12.0
High Rain (mm)
223.4 211.4 401.0 358.4 74.2 72.0 14.0 11.8 20.0 45.2 162.8 146.0 401.0

Centre Island Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
36.4 35.8 35.9 34.5 31.5 29.3 28.6 29.4 32.3 34.9 36.3 37.0 32.8
Low Mn. Max (°C)
31.3 30.7 31.1 30.1 27.5 23.6 24.2 26.2 28.3 30.7 33.3 31.7 29.9
High Mn. Min (°C)
28.5 28.4 28.3 27.0 25.2 22.1 21.4 21.4 24.3 27.1 28.0 29.0 25.0
Low Mn. Min (°C)
23.7 25.0 25.3 24.3 20.3 16.7 16.6 17.7 20.6 21.7 25.7 26.0 22.8
High Rain (mm)
891.2 964.4 1214.0 666.9 201.4 140.0 14.4 12.4 27.6 79.0 349.0 580.2 2224.7
Low Rain (mm)
3.8 4.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 326.3

Centre Island Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Centre Island annual climate

Centre Island Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3
≥ 35°C
9.7 6.5 4.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.2 12.3 16.1 55.2
≥ 30°C
28.5 24.5 27.4 26.2 13.6 1.8 0.7 3.7 20.4 29.4 29.1 29.8 234.0
≤ 2°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Centre Island 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
35.8 35.3 34.8 33.9 31.6 29.1 28.2 29.6 32.2 34.6 36.0 36.6 34.8
Low Max
31.2 30.2 30.5 30.3 27.6 24.2 24.4 25.7 28.7 31.2 33.2 32.7 27.0
High Min
28.7 28.5 27.8 26.8 24.7 22.0 20.5 21.4 24.0 26.5 28.1 28.9 27.7
Low Min
24.5 24.6 24.6 23.8 20.4 16.8 16.5 17.7 20.4 23.3 25.4 25.1 19.3

Centre Island Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
50 49 47 49 48 45 49 47 47 47 48 50 47.0
Earliest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1974 1974 1974 1974
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025
Years of Maxima
49 49 47 50 48 45 48 46 46 47 47 49 47.0
Earliest Entry
1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1975 1974 1974 1974 1974
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025
Years of Rainfall
55 54 54 55 55 53 55 55 55 55 56 56 55.0
Earliest Entry
1969 1969 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025

Station Details

CENTRE ISLAND
Roper-McArthur, Northern Territory
15.7426°S 136.8192°E 13m AMSL
Commenced 1968

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