243
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
MacDonnell · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in MacDonnell
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
Only 243 millimetres of rain falls on average each year in MacDonnell, making it one of the driest areas in the country. This arid environment is paired with high temperatures, though they remain slightly lower than the Northern Territory average.
243
- 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 MacDonnell — lower than 93% of areas.
| MacDonnell | 243 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NT | 362 |
| Northern Territory | 362 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
The typical maximum temperature is 31.0 °C, which is much higher than most areas. Minimum temperatures are also much higher than usual at 14.5 °C, though this is well below the Northern Territory average of 20.0 °C.
31.0
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
14.5
Higher than 78% 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 MacDonnell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72330/macdonnell/topic/environment-climate