Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 02:02 PM CST on Saturday 18 October 2025
Valid for Saturday 18 October 2025 to Tuesday 21 October 2025
Warning for the following areas:
Tiwi
Warning for the following areas:
Daly and Lasseter
Safety Advice:
Extreme heatwaves can be dangerous for everyone.
Severe heatwaves can be dangerous for many people, especially older people, babies, children, pregnant and breastfeeding women, people with medical conditions and people who are unwell.
Seek a place to keep cool, such as your home, a library, community centre or shopping centre.
Close your windows and draw blinds, curtains or awnings early in the day to keep the heat out of your home.
If available, use fans or air-conditioners to keep cool.
Maximum temperatures in the mid thirties to low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the low to mid twenties.
Extreme to severe heatwave conditions over parts of the Tiwi Islands and Daly districts are expected to continue into next week. Severe heatwave conditions over parts of the Lasseter district is are expected to ease early next week. Locations likely to be impacted include Darwin, Berry Springs, Humpty Doo, Milikapiti, Nauiyu, Palmerston, Wurrumiyanga and Litchfield National Park.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Sunday 19 October 2025
Forecast
Darwin (12.4613°S, 130.8419°E, 46m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the early morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the early morning. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending NW/NE in the late afternoon.
Forecast for Darwin (12.4613°S, 130.8419°E, 46m AMSL) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Summary 
Minimum 27° 26° 26° 26° 26° 27° 27° Maximum 36° 36° 36° 35° 35° 36° 35° Chance of rain 30% 30% 10% 20% 20% 5% 10% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High High High - - - Frost risk Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm Wind speed 12
(km/h)26
(km/h)9
(km/h)24
(km/h)11
(km/h)25
(km/h)8
(km/h)22
(km/h)7
(km/h)21
(km/h)6
(km/h)22
(km/h)7
(km/h)21
(km/h)Wind direction ESE NE SE NNE E NE NE N NNW NNW NE N NE NNW Relative humidity 72% 45% 69% 51% 67% 47% 64% 52% 62% 44% 62% 45% 65% 52% Dew point 26°C 23°C 25°C 25°C 24°C 23°C 24°C 24°C 23°C 21°C 24°C 23°C 25°C 24°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Darwin (12.4613°S, 130.8419°E, 46m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:58am CST 6:19am CST 6:44pm CST 7:05pm CST 4:40am CST 5:00pm CST 
Waning crescent
New moon Oct 21 First quarter Oct 30 Full moon Nov 06 Last quarter Nov 12 -
Warnings
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Temperature for next 7 days
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Rain for next 7 days
