Warnings

Heatwave Warning Northern Territory Wed 22 Oct 2025

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Northern Territory

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Heatwave Warning 

Issued at 01:22 PM CST on Wednesday 22 October 2025
Valid for Wednesday 22 October 2025 to Saturday 25 October 2025

Warning for the following areas:
Daly, Arnhem, Carpentaria, Gregory and Barkly

Safety Advice:
 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 high thirties to the low forties with overnight minimum temperatures in the low to high twenties.     

Severe heatwave conditions are building over northern and central parts of the NT, and are expected to persist over the weekend before beginning to ease from the south next week as a milder southerly change extends northwards over the region.  Locations likely to be impacted include Berry Springs, Humpty Doo, Mataranka, Nauiyu, Timber Creek and Litchfield National Park. 

The next heatwave warning will be issued by 3:00pm CST on Thursday 23 October 2025