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Spring Weather at Alice Springs Airport Australia

Daily high temperatures increase by 16°F, from 78°F to 94°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 103°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 20°F, from 49°F to 69°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 78°F.

For reference, on January 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Alice Springs Airport typically range from 72°F to 97°F, while on July 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 66°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°F80°F80°F90°F90°F100°F100°F110°F110°FWinterSummerSep 178°FSep 178°F49°F49°FNov 3094°FNov 3094°F69°F69°FOct 186°FOct 186°F57°F57°FNov 190°FNov 190°F63°F63°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average spring temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummercoldcoldcoolcoolcomfortablewarmwarmhotvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Upington, South Africa (6,692 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Alice Springs Airport (view comparison).

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The spring at Alice Springs Airport experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 9% to 29%.

The clearest day of the spring is September 11, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 92% of the time.

For reference, on February 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 46%, while on August 6, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 93%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummerSep 191%Sep 191%Nov 3071%Nov 3071%Oct 189%Oct 189%Nov 180%Nov 180%clearmostly clearovercastpartly cloudy
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Alice Springs Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the spring is very rapidly increasing, starting the season at 4% and ending it at 17%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 17% on November 28, and its lowest chance is 2% on August 5.

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Probability of Precipitation in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0%0%2%2%4%4%6%6%8%8%10%10%12%12%14%14%16%16%18%18%WinterSummerNov 2717%Nov 2717%Sep 14%Sep 14%Oct 17%Oct 17%Nov 19%Nov 19%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the spring at Alice Springs Airport is rapidly increasing, starting the season at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.7 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0.0 in0.0 in0.5 in0.5 in1.0 in1.0 in1.5 in1.5 in2.0 in2.0 in2.5 in2.5 in3.0 in3.0 in3.5 in3.5 in4.0 in4.0 inWinterSummerSep 10.2 inSep 10.2 inNov 301.2 inNov 301.2 inOct 10.5 inOct 10.5 inNov 10.7 inNov 10.7 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of the spring at Alice Springs Airport, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 51 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 14 seconds, and weekly increase of 8 minutes, 37 seconds.

The shortest day of the spring is September 1, with 11 hours, 38 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 30, with 13 hours, 29 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrWinterSummerSep 2212 hr, 7 minSep 2212 hr, 7 mindaydaydaydaynightNov 3013 hr, 29 minNov 3013 hr, 29 minNov 113 hr, 0 minNov 113 hr, 0 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the spring at Alice Springs Airport is 6:45 AM on September 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 7 minutes earlier at 5:38 AM on November 29.

The earliest sunset is 6:23 PM on September 1 and the latest sunset is 44 minutes later at 7:07 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Alice Springs Airport during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:44 AM and sets 13 hours, 37 minutes later, at 7:20 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:16 AM and sets 10 hours, 40 minutes later, at 5:56 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMWinterSummer5:38 AM5:38 AMNov 297:07 PMNov 297:07 PM6:45 AM6:45 AMSep 16:23 PMSep 16:23 PM6:14 AM6:14 AMOct 16:33 PMOct 16:33 PM5:48 AM5:48 AMNov 16:48 PMNov 16:48 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the spring. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummer001020203030405050607080001010203030404050606070
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Solar elevation and azimuth in the the spring of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the spring of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMWinterSummerAug 48:44 PMAug 48:44 PMAug 203:56 AMAug 203:56 AMSep 311:26 AMSep 311:26 AMSep 1812:05 PMSep 1812:05 PMOct 34:20 AMOct 34:20 AMOct 178:57 PMOct 178:57 PMNov 110:18 PMNov 110:18 PMNov 166:59 AMNov 166:59 AMDec 13:52 PMDec 13:52 PMDec 156:32 PMDec 156:32 PMDec 317:58 AMDec 317:58 AM6:00 PM6:00 PM5:47 PM5:47 PM7:16 AM7:16 AM6:34 PM6:34 PM5:37 PM5:37 PM6:26 AM6:26 AM6:17 AM6:17 AM6:59 PM6:59 PM6:30 PM6:30 PM6:12 AM6:12 AM5:19 AM5:19 AM6:38 PM6:38 PM6:21 PM6:21 PM5:29 AM5:29 AM5:10 AM5:10 AM7:19 PM7:19 PM7:25 PM7:25 PM6:02 AM6:02 AM7:59 PM7:59 PM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Alice Springs Airport is increasing during the spring, rising from 0% to 7% over the course of the season.

For reference, on February 8, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 15% of the time, while on June 9, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%WinterSummerSep 10%Sep 10%Nov 307%Nov 307%Oct 10%Oct 10%Nov 11%Nov 11%humidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydryoppressiveoppressive
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Alice Springs Airport is essentially constant during the spring, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 10.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on February 15, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.2 miles per hour, while on June 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Average Wind Speed in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mph16 mph16 mphWinterSummerSep 110.0 mphSep 110.0 mphNov 3010.4 mphNov 3010.4 mphOct 110.5 mphOct 110.5 mphNov 110.7 mphNov 110.7 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Alice Springs Airport throughout the spring is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 52% on October 22.

Wind Direction in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Wind Direction in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%WinterSummereastnorthsouthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Alice Springs Airport typically lasts for 11 months (331 days), from around July 26 to around June 22, rarely starting after August 23, or ending before May 27.

The spring at Alice Springs Airport is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually increasing from 97% to 100% over the course of the season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%WinterSummer97%Sep 197%Sep 1100%Nov 30100%Nov 30100%Oct 1100%Oct 1100%Nov 1100%Nov 1Oct 24100%Oct 24100%very coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Alice Springs Airport are very rapidly increasing during the spring, increasing by 2,074°F, from 554°F to 2,628°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Growing Degree Days in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov500°F500°F1,000°F1,000°F1,500°F1,500°F2,000°F2,000°F2,500°F2,500°FWinterSummerSep 1554°FSep 1554°FNov 302,628°FNov 302,628°FOct 11,102°FOct 11,102°FNov 11,832°FNov 11,832°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the spring, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Alice Springs Airport is rapidly increasing during the spring, rising by 1.8 kWh, from 6.1 kWh to 7.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring at Alice Springs Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Spring at Alice Springs AirportSepOctNov0 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWh10 kWh10 kWhWinterSummerSep 16.1 kWhSep 16.1 kWhNov 307.9 kWhNov 307.9 kWhOct 17.1 kWhOct 17.1 kWhNov 17.8 kWhNov 17.8 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Alice Springs Airport are -23.804 deg latitude, 133.900 deg longitude, and 1,781 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Alice Springs Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 62 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,784 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (1,375 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,789 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Alice Springs Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and sparse vegetation (46%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (81%) and artificial surfaces (12%), and within 50 miles by sparse vegetation (91%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Alice Springs Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Alice Springs Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

There are no other weather stations in our network within 200 kilometers of this location. Consequently, in the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on NASA's MERRA-2 modern-era reanalysis , adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal differences between this station and the wide-area MERRA-2 reconstructed values.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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