One of the coldest July days in recorded history looks like it is about to be set at the end of this week in the Northern Territory.
One of the coldest July days in recorded history looks like it is about to be set in the Northern Territory in the middle of the dry season.A senior meteorologist says chilly temperatures and rain forecasts are "quite unusual" for this time of yearThe Top End's typically hot and sunny middle months have been disrupted by dark clouds and rain over the past couple of days, in what the Bureau of Meteorology is describing as "quite unusual".
The reading on Friday, from a Katherine weather station at the Tindal RAAF Base, could be the second coldest July day on record, with the BOM forecasting a high of 19 degrees. To make matters even more unusual, 2mm of rain was recorded in the Katherine region overnight, and 18mm was recorded in Tennant Creek.On Monday, the BOM issued a cold weather warning to farmers and producers in the Katherine, Tennant Creek, Mount Isa and Longreach area."Temperatures are expected to be 8 to 14°c below average for this time of year and could see 15-30mm of unseasonal rainfall over a few days with isolated heavier falls," it said.
"The unusual aspect about this cloud band is its penetration into the tropics. It doesn't happen very often."
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