"Monthly Climate Statistics for 'TENNANT CREEK POST OFFICE' [015087]" "Created on [ 22 Oct 2025 15:24:28 UTC]" "015087 TENNANT CREEK POST OFFICE" "Commenced: 1874" "Last Record: 2000" "Latitude: 19.65 Degrees South" "Longitude: 134.19 Degrees East" "Elevation: 377 m" "State: NT" "Statistic Element","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December","Annual","Number of Years","Start Year","End Year" "Mean maximum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",37.4,36.3,35.0,32.0,27.6,24.6,24.4,27.3,31.4,35.1,37.0,37.7,32.2,60,1910,1970 "Highest temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",46.1,45.2,42.2,40.0,37.8,34.2,33.3,36.4,38.9,42.8,44.2,44.9,46.1,61,1910,1970 "Date of Highest temperature °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",03 Jan 1939,18 Feb 1970,23 Mar 1959,01 Apr 1942,04 May 1942,01 Jun 1962,30 Jul 1943,27 Aug 1970,30 Sep 1955,20 Oct 1957,02 Nov 1935,18 Dec 1925,03 Jan 1939,N/A,1910,1970 "Lowest maximum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",19.7,17.2,18.9,16.6,12.2,9.2,10.6,14.7,18.3,17.7,20.0,21.7,9.2,61,1910,1970 "Date of Lowest maximum temperature °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",12 Jan 1921,23 Feb 1949,19 Mar 1949,27 Apr 1920,22 May 1959,28 Jun 1935,01 Jul 1938,06 Aug 1966,02 Sep 1929,29 Oct 1945,04 Nov 1956,31 Dec 1957,28 Jun 1935,N/A,1910,1970 "Decile 1 maximum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",32.8,31.1,30.9,27.8,22.8,20.0,19.6,22.2,26.7,30.0,32.8,33.3, ,61,1910,1970 "Decile 9 maximum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",41.6,40.6,38.8,36.0,31.7,29.4,29.4,32.2,35.6,38.9,40.6,41.2, ,61,1910,1970 "Mean number of days >= 30 °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",29.6,26.5,28.8,22.7,9.5,2.5,2.4,9.0,20.7,27.9,28.4,29.7,237.7,61,1910,1970 "Mean number of days >= 35 °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",24.2,19.8,18.2,6.2,0.3,0.0,0.0,0.1,5.1,18.1,23.2,25.3,140.5,61,1910,1970 "Mean number of days >= 40 °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",7.8,4.0,1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,1.4,5.3,8.7,28.2,61,1910,1970 "Mean minimum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",24.6,23.9,22.5,19.3,15.1,12.0,11.0,12.7,16.4,20.5,23.0,24.2,18.8,60,1910,1970 "Lowest temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",15.7,11.1,11.9,10.0,5.4,2.8,2.4,2.8,5.6,10.7,13.3,11.7,2.4,61,1910,1970 "Date of Lowest temperature °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",12 Jan 1921,25 Feb 1949,25 Mar 1966,30 Apr 1952,31 May 1925,25 Jun 1913,30 Jul 1919,26 Aug 1931,10 Sep 1951,02 Oct 1924,26 Nov 1955,31 Dec 1957,30 Jul 1919,N/A,1910,1970 "Highest minimum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",31.7,30.8,29.4,26.1,25.1,22.5,21.1,22.8,26.6,29.4,30.6,32.5,32.5,61,1910,1970 "Date of Highest minimum temperature °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",06 Jan 1952,19 Feb 1970,08 Mar 1958,16 Apr 1968,05 May 1942,03 Jun 1963,23 Jul 1938,24 Aug 1955,20 Sep 1942,28 Oct 1959,21 Nov 1929,16 Dec 1925,16 Dec 1925,N/A,1910,1970 "Decile 1 minimum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",21.6,21.1,19.4,15.0,10.6,7.8,7.0,8.3,11.9,15.8,19.4,21.1, ,61,1910,1970 "Decile 9 minimum temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",27.8,26.7,25.6,23.2,19.4,16.6,15.3,17.2,20.6,24.9,26.7,27.2, ,61,1910,1970 "Mean number of days <= 2 °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,61,1910,1970 "Mean number of days <= 0 °C for years 1910 to 1970 ",0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,61,1910,1970 "Mean daily ground minimum temperature °C for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , "Lowest ground temperature °C for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , "Date of Lowest ground temperature °C for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,N/A, , "Mean number of days ground min. temp. <= -1 °C for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , "Mean rainfall (mm) for years 1874 to 2000 ",88.4,90.4,50.6,15.1,11.5,6.6,5.5,2.8,6.7,15.4,27.9,50.7,369.8,124,1874,2000 "Highest rainfall (mm) for years 1874 to 2000 ",389.9,379.8,430.6,196.4,172.4,82.8,94.4,83.3,70.9,77.7,170.8,198.8,864.8,124,1874,2000 "Date of Highest rainfall for years 1874 to 2000 ",1957,1919,1930,1896,1968,1973,1895,1886,1877,1880,2000,1888,1930,N/A,1874,2000 "Lowest rainfall (mm) for years 1874 to 2000 ",0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,93.9,124,1874,2000 "Date of Lowest rainfall for years 1874 to 2000 ",1989,1937,1997,1995,2000,1999,2000,2000,2000,1994,1986,1981,1935,N/A,1874,2000 "Decile 1 monthly rainfall (mm) for years 1800 to 3000 ",6.9,3.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,2.0,4.8, ,126,n/a,n/a "Decile 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm) for years 1800 to 3000 ",68.4,64.4,19.6,2.8,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,10.7,21.5,37.5, ,126,n/a,n/a "Decile 5 (median) monthly rainfall (mm) for years 1800 to 3000 ",196.5,222.4,150.0,41.5,36.5,22.5,20.2,7.4,23.8,42.7,61.8,117.0, ,126,n/a,n/a "Highest daily rainfall (mm) for years 1875 to 2000 ",186.7,234.2,166.4,101.6,69.3,47.2,40.6,36.3,32.8,47.1,75.2,102.9,234.2,117,1875,2000 "Date of Highest daily rainfall for years 1875 to 2000 ",05 Jan 1913,28 Feb 1910,03 Mar 1930,05 Apr 1896,12 May 1968,15 Jun 1973,03 Jul 1900,04 Aug 1886,15 Sep 1975,29 Oct 1975,22 Nov 1942,30 Dec 1888,28 Feb 1910,N/A,1875,2000 "Mean number of days of rain for years 1874 to 2000 ",6.3,6.2,3.7,1.4,1.1,0.9,0.6,0.4,1.0,2.4,3.8,5.5,33.3,117,1874,2000 "Mean number of days of rain >= 1 mm for years 1875 to 2000 ",5.2,5.0,3.0,1.2,0.9,0.7,0.5,0.3,0.7,1.8,2.9,4.2,26.4,117,1875,2000 "Mean number of days of rain >= 10 mm for years 1875 to 2000 ",2.2,2.2,1.2,0.4,0.3,0.2,0.2,0.1,0.2,0.4,0.8,1.3,9.5,117,1875,2000 "Mean number of days of rain >= 25 mm for years 1875 to 2000 ",1.0,1.0,0.5,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.1,0.2,0.5,3.6,117,1875,2000 "Mean daily wind run (km) for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , "Maximum wind gust speed (km/h) for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , "Date of Maximum wind gust speed for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,N/A, , "Mean daily sunshine (hours) for years null to null ", , , , , , , , , , , , , ,, , "Mean daily solar exposure (MJ/(m*m)) for years 1990 to 2025 ",25.3,24.8,23.6,21.4,18.4,17.1,18.1,21.0,23.5,25.5,26.0,25.8,22.5,35,1990,2025 "Mean number of clear days for years 1910 to 1970 ",9.7,10.2,13.3,19.3,20.2,21.2,23.0,24.2,20.9,17.0,13.8,11.1,203.9,59,1910,1970 "Mean number of cloudy days for years 1910 to 1970 ",7.3,6.9,5.1,2.7,3.2,2.4,2.0,0.8,1.1,3.2,4.0,5.9,44.6,59,1910,1970 "Mean daily evaporation (mm) for years 1958 to 1970 ",12.1,11.8,11.7,10.7,8.7,6.9,6.8,8.3,10.4,11.8,13.2,12.8,10.4,10,1958,1970 "Mean 9am temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",30.0,29.0,27.8,24.7,20.2,16.8,16.1,18.7,23.3,27.5,29.9,30.6,24.6,60,1910,1970 "Mean 9am wet bulb temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",21.1,21.2,19.1,15.7,12.9,10.8,9.8,11.0,13.7,16.7,19.0,20.5,16.0,58,1910,1970 "Mean 9am dew point temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",14.8,15.6,12.2,7.2,5.0,3.6,1.6,1.1,2.8,6.2,9.8,12.9,7.7,58,1910,1970 "Mean 9am relative humidity (%) for years 1910 to 1970 ",46,50,42,36,39,44,40,33,29,30,34,39,39,58,1910,1970 "Mean 9am cloud cover (okas) for years 1910 to 1970 ",3.3,3.1,2.5,1.7,1.9,1.6,1.5,1.1,1.4,2.0,2.3,3.0,2.1,59,1910,1970 "Mean 9am wind speed (km/h) for years 1910 to 1970 ",13.2,12.7,14.3,17.8,17.5,16.8,17.4,17.3,18.1,17.7,16.7,14.7,16.2,59,1910,1970 "Mean 3pm temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",36.0,35.2,34.2,31.4,27.1,24.1,23.9,26.7,30.7,34.0,35.9,36.4,31.3,60,1910,1970 "Mean 3pm wet bulb temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",22.0,22.1,20.8,18.2,15.8,14.0,13.5,14.6,16.7,19.0,20.6,21.7,18.2,58,1910,1970 "Mean 3pm dew point temperature (°C) for years 1910 to 1970 ",12.3,13.3,10.8,6.9,4.7,3.3,1.5,1.2,2.2,5.5,8.5,11.0,6.8,58,1910,1970 "Mean 3pm relative humidity (%) for years 1910 to 1970 ",29,32,28,24,26,28,25,21,19,20,22,26,25,58,1910,1970 "Mean 3pm cloud cover (oktas) for years 1910 to 1970 ",4.4,4.1,3.6,2.3,2.2,1.7,1.4,1.1,1.5,2.7,3.4,3.9,2.7,59,1910,1970 "Mean 3pm wind speed (km/h) for years 1910 to 1970 ",11.7,11.8,11.9,12.2,11.4,11.3,11.3,10.7,11.2,11.4,11.3,11.3,11.5,59,1910,1970