Watarrka Daily Summaries

April 2024

date	min to 9am	anomaly	max from 9am	anomaly	rain to 9am
date	°C	°C	°C	°C	mm
Mon 01/04/2024	20.6	+4.0	33.6	+3.1	0.0
Tue 02/04/2024	20.0	+3.4	31.3	+0.8	0.0
Wed 03/04/2024	17.0	+0.4	25.4	-5.1	0.0
Thu 04/04/2024	13.4	-3.2	27.5	-3.0	0.0
Fri 05/04/2024	9.5	-7.1	26.9	-3.6	0.0
Sat 06/04/2024	12.5	-4.1	-	-	0.0
Sun 07/04/2024	-	-	-	-	0.0
Mon 08/04/2024	-	-	30.5	+0.0	0.0
Tue 09/04/2024	11.2	-5.4	26.4	-4.1	0.0
Wed 10/04/2024	11.5	-5.1	26.5	-4.0	0.0
Thu 11/04/2024	10.2	-6.4	-	-	0.0
Fri 12/04/2024	-	-	-	-	0.0
Sat 13/04/2024	-	-	-	-	0.0
Sun 14/04/2024	-	-	31.5	+1.0	0.0
Mon 15/04/2024	13.6	-3.0	-	-	0.0
Tue 16/04/2024	-	-	29.9	-0.6	0.0
Wed 17/04/2024	12.5	-4.1	28.8	-1.7	0.0
Thu 18/04/2024	14.6	-2.0	-	-	0.0

April 2024 Average	13.9	-2.7	28.9	-1.6
Apr 1991-2023 Average	16.6		30.5
Apr 1991-2023 Highest	28.0	13th 2022	40.0	2nd 2017
Apr 1991-2023 Lowest	3.1	30th 1999	13.2	21st 2000

April 2024 Total					0.0	0 day(s)
Apr 1991-2023 Average Total					14.2	2.6 day(s)
Apr 1991-2023 Wettest Total					161.6	2000
Apr 1991-2023 Wettest 24hr Total					62.4	21st 2000
Apr 1991-2023 Driest Total					0.0	2019

Jan-Apr 2024 Total					128.7	18 day(s)
Jan-Apr 1991-2024 Average Total					127.0	16.0 day(s)

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A yellow cell indicates a probable monthly record for this site (sites with ≥ 10 years of records only). The number of years of records available for the relevant field for this month is indicated in black. See the station's climate page for full details.

Station Details

WATARRKA
Alice Springs, Northern Territory

24.2918°S 131.5490°E 614m AMSL
Commenced 1990

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Generation gone with the wind

13:20 AEST A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia. The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average of 13.1% (Mon, April 15 to Wed, April 17).