Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory
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Heatwave Warning
Issued at 01:56 PM CST on Friday 17 October 2025
Valid for Friday 17 October 2025 to Monday 20 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, Batchelor, Berry Springs, Humpty Doo, Milikapiti, Nauiyu, Palmerston, Pirlangimpi, Wurrumiyanga and Litchfield National Park.
The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Saturday 18 October 2025
Forecast
Tindal (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) set as my default location ›
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7 day forecast
Today: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the early morning. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning and afternoon. Light winds becoming E/NE 15 to 25 km/h in the morning then tending N/NE in the late afternoon.
Forecast for Tindal (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Summary 
Minimum 25° 26° 25° 25° 25° 26° 26° Maximum 39° 40° 40° 40° 40° 41° 41° Chance of rain 30% 5% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% Likely amount < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm < 1mm UV index Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Extreme Fire Danger Rating High High Moderate Moderate - - - 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 10
(km/h)22
(km/h)8
(km/h)20
(km/h)7
(km/h)21
(km/h)10
(km/h)18
(km/h)11
(km/h)16
(km/h)14
(km/h)14
(km/h)10
(km/h)18
(km/h)Wind direction E ESE E E NNW E NE E NNW E NW ESE NW E Relative humidity 55% 28% 51% 23% 58% 18% 58% 19% 56% 21% 56% 23% 59% 25% Dew point 21°C 18°C 21°C 16°C 22°C 12°C 22°C 13°C 21°C 14°C 22°C 16°C 23°C 18°C -
Sunrise and sunset times
Sunrise / Sunset for Tindal (14.517°S, 132.3881°E, 134m AMSL) First light Sunrise Sunset Last light Moon rise Moon set Moon phase New moon First quarter Full moon Last quarter 5:51am CST 6:13am CST 6:39pm CST 7:01pm CST 4:00am CST 4:07pm 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
