268
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Central Desert · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in Central Desert
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Low rainfall and high temperatures define daily life in Central Desert. This vast region is one of the driest in the country, seeing just 268mm of rain a year, which is well below the Northern Territory average.
268
- 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 Central Desert — lower than 91% of areas.
| Central Desert | 268 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 362 |
| Northern Territory | 362 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
Summers are intense with a typical maximum temperature of 33.9°C, while the usual minimum of 17.3°C is much higher than most other areas.
33.9
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
17.3
Higher than 88% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Central Desert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70620/central-desert/topic/environment-climate