276
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Alice Springs · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in Alice Springs
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
A massive gap in rainfall separates Alice Springs from the rest of the Northern Territory. This dry environment sees an average of just 276mm of rain a year, which is well below the territory figure. It is a place of extremes, with temperatures that are much higher than most other areas in Australia.
276
- 0–71: 0 areas
- 71–143: 6 areas
- 143–214: 17 areas
- 214–286: 31 areas
- 286–357: 45 areas
- 357–429: 42 areas
- 429–500: 34 areas
- 500–571: 42 areas
- 571–643: 36 areas
- 643–714: 62 areas
- 714–786: 42 areas
- 786–857: 27 areas
- 857–929: 21 areas
- 929–1,000: 24 areas
- 1,000–1,071: 13 areas
- 1,071–1,143: 10 areas
- 1,143–1,214: 13 areas
- 1,214–1,286: 11 areas
- 1,286–1,357: 7 areas
- 1,357–1,429: 13 areas
- 1,429–1,500: 10 areas
- 1,500–1,571: 8 areas
- 1,571–1,643: 6 areas
- 1,643–1,714: 4 areas
- 1,714–1,786: 1 area
- 1,786–1,857: 4 areas
- 1,857–1,929: 0 areas
- 1,929–2,000: 16 areas
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Alice Springs — lower than 90% of areas.
| Alice Springs | 276 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 362 |
| Northern Territory | 362 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
The typical maximum temperature is 30.9°C, and the usual minimum is 13.7°C, both of which are much higher than most Australian areas. However, these figures are below the Northern Territory averages, with the minimum temperature sitting 6.4°C lower than the state figure.
30.9
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
13.7
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Sources
- SILO gridded climate data — Queensland Government (Long Paddock), 2019–2023 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70200/alice-springs/topic/environment-climate