May
May · August · April
86climate match
Australia · 1991–2020
Best time to visit
Alice Springs.
May leads for comfortable weather in Alice Springs: typically 23.6°C by day, 8°C at night, with 18 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
Best comfortMay
Typical high23.6°C
Typical low8°C
Rain in May18 mm
February
February · March · April
78climate match
June
June · July · May
91climate match
The weakest month is January, scoring 41 against May’s 86 — days average 37.2°C, 13° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The whole year,
without the guesswork.
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
Jan
4137.2° / 22.3°
Feb
4935.8° / 21.1°
Mar
6433.5° / 17.9°
Apr
7929.3° / 12.9°
May
8623.6° / 8°
Jun
6920.1° / 4.7°
Jul
6920.7° / 3.9°
Aug
8223.5° / 5.7°
Sep
7728.8° / 11.2°
Oct
7431.9° / 14.9°
Nov
5934.4° / 18.3°
Dec
4935.7° / 20.7°
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37.2°C | 22.3°C | 49 mm | 3.7 | 13 h 27 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| February | 35.8°C | 21.1°C | 41 mm | 3.2 | 12 h 55 | 49 | Strong coverage |
| March | 33.5°C | 17.9°C | 19 mm | 2 | 12 h 18 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| April | 29.3°C | 12.9°C | 19 mm | 1.3 | 11 h 34 | 79 | Strong coverage |
| May | 23.6°C | 8°C | 18 mm | 1.9 | 10 h 59 | 86 | Strong coverage |
| June | 20.1°C | 4.7°C | 10 mm | 1.5 | 10 h 41 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| July | 20.7°C | 3.9°C | 12 mm | 1.3 | 10 h 48 | 69 | Strong coverage |
| August | 23.5°C | 5.7°C | 4 mm | 0.8 | 11 h 18 | 82 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28.8°C | 11.2°C | 8 mm | 1.4 | 11 h 59 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| October | 31.9°C | 14.9°C | 18 mm | 2.3 | 12 h 41 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| November | 34.4°C | 18.3°C | 33 mm | 3.9 | 13 h 18 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| December | 35.7°C | 20.7°C | 41 mm | 4.9 | 13 h 35 | 49 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Alice Springs runs +1.3°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
Jan
+1.1
Feb
+1.3
Mar
+1.4
Apr
+1.1
May
+0.7
Jun
+0.5
Jul
+1.6
Aug
+2.0
Sep
+2.1
Oct
+2.1
Nov
+0.9
Dec
+1.0
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46.0°C20 Jan 2015 | 10.0°C3 Jan 1970 | 100 mm30 Jan 2001 | 251 mm2001 · driest 0 mm in 1970 | 85 |
| February | 44.7°C2 Feb 1998 | 8.5°C24 Feb 1949 | 112 mm12 Feb 2000 | 242 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 2007 | 85 |
| March | 44.5°C1 Mar 2025 | 6.1°C25 Mar 1967 | 205 mm31 Mar 1988 | 357 mm1983 · driest 0 mm in 1948 | 85 |
| April | 39.9°C2 Apr 2005 | 1.4°C23 Apr 2001 | 86 mm21 Apr 2000 | 269 mm2000 · driest 0 mm in 2007 | 85 |
| May | 35.0°C3 May 1942 | -2.7°C30 May 1987 | 57 mm21 May 1990 | 104 mm1990 · driest 0 mm in 1983 | 85 |
| June | 31.6°C21 Jun 1996 | -6.0°C30 Jun 2002 | 71 mm15 Jun 1973 | 101 mm1973 · driest 0 mm in 2010 | 85 |
| July | 31.8°C31 Jul 2021 | -7.5°C17 Jul 1976 | 77 mm1 Jul 1986 | 144 mm1986 · driest 0 mm in 1992 | 85 |
| August | 36.6°C30 Aug 2024 | -4.1°C16 Aug 2002 | 63 mm16 Aug 1947 | 114 mm1947 · driest 0 mm in 1959 | 84 |
| September | 38.8°C22 Sep 2012 | -1.0°C7 Sep 1975 | 29 mm22 Sep 1993 | 61 mm1947 · driest 0 mm in 1967 | 84 |
| October | 42.6°C10 Oct 2013 | 1.3°C1 Oct 1982 | 39 mm2 Oct 1993 | 73 mm2005 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 84 |
| November | 44.9°C13 Nov 2014 | 3.5°C2 Nov 1974 | 100 mm10 Nov 2021 | 218 mm2021 · driest 0 mm in 2019 | 85 |
| December | 45.7°C25 Dec 2019 | 9.3°C12 Dec 2002 | 136 mm17 Dec 1975 | 229 mm1975 · driest 0 mm in 1955 | 85 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| February | 28 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| March | 30 | 25 | 0 | <1 |
| April | 25 | 14 | 0 | <1 |
| May | 11 | 3 | <1 | <1 |
| June | 5 | <1 | 5 | <1 |
| July | 6 | <1 | 6 | <1 |
| August | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 23 | 14 | 0 | <1 |
| October | 28 | 20 | 0 | <1 |
| November | 29 | 25 | 0 | <1 |
| December | 30 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 89% | 11% | 4% | 10% | 34.1–39.1°C |
| February | 88% | 12% | 4% | 12% | 32.5–37.7°C |
| March | 92% | 8% | 3% | 6% | 29.7–35.4°C |
| April | 93% | 5% | 2% | 4% | 26.1–30.9°C |
| May | 72% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 20.9–25.4°C |
| June | 46% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 18.1–21.7°C |
| July | 45% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 17.9–22.0°C |
| August | 69% | 4% | <1% | 2% | 20.4–25.3°C |
| September | 89% | 5% | <1% | 4% | 24.6–30.2°C |
| October | 90% | 9% | 2% | 6% | 28.7–33.7°C |
| November | 87% | 13% | 3% | 10% | 31.5–36.0°C |
| December | 87% | 13% | 4% | 9% | 33.8–37.4°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
The evidence behind this page
Nearby, measured,
and named.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2077895
- NOAA station
- ASN00015590 · ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
- Station distance
- 10.9 km from the place centre
- Climate period
- 1991–2020
- Minimum month coverage
- 30 usable years
- Daylight
- Calculated from latitude -23.70°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.