1,705
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Palmerston · Council (LGA)
Environment & Climate in Palmerston
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
An annual rainfall of 1,705mm puts Palmerston far above the Northern Territory average. This makes the area one of the wettest at this level, though it remains consistently hot throughout the year.
1,705
- 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 Palmerston — higher than 95% of areas.
| Palmerston | 1,705 |
|---|---|
| Greater Darwin | 1,652 |
| Northern Territory | 362 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
The typical maximum temperature of 34.1 C is about the same as the state figure, while the usual minimum of 22.6 C is a little above the Northern Territory average.
34.1
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
22.6
Higher than 99% 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 Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72800/palmerston/topic/environment-climate