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Wet season storm in Darwin. In northern Australia, the predominant wind is from the east or southeast in most occasions, which usually bring dry conditions. [4] Though during monsoon periods (between November and April), the winds change to northwesterly, where atmospheric pressure decreases over an area extending to Java, Sumatra, Timor Sea and eastward to Papua New Guinea.
A billabong in the Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. The monsoon climate of northern Australia is hot and humid in summer. The tropical savannah zone of Northern Australia is warm to hot all year. Summers are hot in most of the country with average January maximum temperatures exceeding 30 °C over most of the mainland, except for high ...
Monthly average maximum temperatures range from 25 to 35 °C (77 to 95 °F). The monsoon brings a summer wet season between November and March. The dry season extends for the rest of the year, and is nearly rainless. Rainfall generally decreases from north to south, ranging from 1200 mm per year in the north to 600 mm per year in the south.
The January ITCZ migrated further south to its present location during the Middle Miocene, strengthening the summer monsoon of Australia that had previously been weaker. [ 17 ] Five episodes during the Quaternary at 2.22 Ma ( [ clarification needed ] PL-1), 1.83 Ma (PL-2), 0.68 Ma (PL-3), 0.45 Ma (PL-4) and 0.04 Ma (PL-5) were identified which ...
By the start of spring in 2015, the Indian Ocean had started to help the El Niño, which resulted in Australia's third-driest spring on record and limited growth at the end of cropping season. The combination of heat and low rainfall brought a very early start to the 2015–16 Australian bushfire season , with over 125 fires burning in Victoria ...
Astronomical winter always starts on the solstice, which falls between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22. These dates vary from year to year due to leap years and the elliptical shape of Earth's orbit around ...
A billabong in the Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.The monsoon climate of northern Australia is hot and humid in summer. Almost all of Northern Australia is a huge ancient craton that has not experienced geological upheaval since the end of the Precambrian.
The annual North American monsoon, which officially runs from June 15 to Sept. 30, is a notable weather phenomenon for the southwestern United States in any year. But this year, in particular, has ...