Tennant Creek monthly weather averages

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Average daytime temperature

The bar chart below shows the average monthly peak daytime temperatures at Tennant Creek

Tennant Creek average temperature chart (Celsius) Tennant Creek average temperature chart (Fahrenheit)
Average monthly temperatures in Tennant Creek (degrees centigrade and fahrenheit)
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
°C 36.4 35.5 33.7 31 27.6 24.4 24.2 27.5 30.7 34.6 36.2 37.3
°F 97.5 95.9 92.7 87.9 81.7 75.9 75.5 81.5 87.3 94.3 97.2 99.1

Please note: these are the average peak daytime temperatures (usually around mid-afternoon) so do not show daytime / night highs and lows. To see the daily range of temperatures have a look at the temperature max / min chart below.

Average rainfall & rainy days

The graph below shows the average rainfall and number of rainy days per month.

Tennant Creek monthly rainfall chart (mm) Tennant Creek monthly rainfall chart (inches)
Average monthly rainfall in Tennant Creek (mm and inches)
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
mm 169 139 108 21 20 8 5 2 8 37 45 87
inches 6.6 5.5 4.3 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 1.8 3.4
Rainy days 10 8 7 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 6 7

Average annual rainfall in Tennant Creek: 763.567mm (300.6 inches)

Average daily sunshine

The bar chart below shows the average daily sunshine hours in Tennant Creek

Tennant Creek average daily sunshine chart
Average daily sunshine Tennant Creek
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hrs sunshine 9.7 9.4 9.6 10.5 10.3 10.6 10.9 11.2 10.9 10.7 10.4 10.4

Day / night temperatures

The graph below shows the daily range of temperatures for each month.

Tennant Creek average minimum / maximum temperatures (Celsius) Tennant Creek average minimum / maximum temperatures (Fahrenheit)
Maximum and minimum daily temperatures in Tennant Creek (degrees centigrade and fahrenheit)
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Min °C 25.2 24.7 23.2 20.1 16.5 12.8 12 14.4 17.8 21.7 23.9 25.1
Max °C 36.7 35.8 34 31.3 27.9 24.7 24.5 27.8 31.1 35 36.6 37.6
Min °F 77.3 76.4 73.8 68.2 61.7 55 53.5 57.9 64 71 74.9 77.1
Max °F 87.6 86.4 83.5 78.3 72 65.7 64.8 70 75.9 82.9 86.4 88.3

Sea temperature

The graph below shows the average sea temperature.

Tennant Creek average sea temperature chart (Celsius) Tennant Creek average sea temperature chart (Fahrenheit)
Average sea temperature around Tennant Creek in degrees centigrade and fahrenheit
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
°C 29 29.2 28.9 28 25.9 23.4 21.8 21.8 23.5 25.8 27.6 28.6
°F 84.3 84.5 84.1 82.5 78.5 74.1 71.2 71.3 74.3 78.4 81.6 83.5

Wind speed

The graph below shows the average wind speed.

Tennant Creek average winspeed by month (km/h) Tennant Creek average winspeed by month (mph)
Average wind speed in Tennant Creek (mph and kmh)
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
km/h 14 14 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 17 16 14
mph 9 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 9

A monthly average windspeed of over 16km/h or 10mph suggests a location is fairly windy.

Relative humidity

The graph below shows the average relative humidity.

Tennant Creek relative humidity averages
Average relative humidity in Tennant Creek
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
38% 41% 39% 33% 34% 34% 31% 26% 23% 23% 27% 30%

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Tennant Creek weather stats

Tennant Creek weather statistics
Hottest month: December 37.3°C 99.1°F
Driest month: August 2mm 0.1ins
Sunniest month: July 10.9hrs
Coldest month: July 24.2°C 75.6°F
Wettest month: January 169mm 6.7ins
Warmest sea: February 29.2°C 84.6°F
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