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Alice Springs weather, year by year

In Alice Springs, the year averages 21.9 °C, from 5.3 °C on July nights to 36.3 °C on January afternoons. 2013 still holds the title of warmest year since 1940.

YearYear 2025

Mean tempMean temp 22.2 °C

vs normalvs normal +0.3 °C

RankRank 19/86

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The climate of Alice Springs

January is the warmest month (highs around 36.3 °C) and July the coldest (lows around 5.3 °C). About 233 mm of precipitation falls each year.

Average low → highPrecipitation (mm)Normal 1991–2020

Every year in Alice Springs since 1940, ranked

Pick a measure and line up all 86 years against the 1991–2020 normal. 2025 ranks 19 of 86 (+0.3 °C).

194019832025

2025 · 22.2 °C · +0.3 °C vs normal · rank 19 of 86

Warmest years

1201323.0 °C
2201922.8 °C
3200522.7 °C
4202422.7 °C
5194022.6 °C

Coldest years

1197619.2 °C
2197419.3 °C
3201019.9 °C
4197520.1 °C
5200120.3 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Rainy days
2025	22.2 °C	29.4 °C	14.7 °C	202 mm	173 days	0 days	26 days
2024	22.7 °C	29.6 °C	15.7 °C	289 mm	188 days	5 days	37 days
2023	22.0 °C	29.2 °C	14.5 °C	242 mm	177 days	0 days	32 days
2022	21.3 °C	28.3 °C	14.0 °C	293 mm	166 days	9 days	41 days
2021	21.3 °C	28.4 °C	13.9 °C	204 mm	160 days	2 days	28 days
2020	22.2 °C	29.1 °C	14.8 °C	406 mm	188 days	2 days	27 days
2019	22.8 °C	30.1 °C	14.3 °C	31 mm	199 days	6 days	8 days
2018	22.5 °C	29.9 °C	14.4 °C	108 mm	194 days	11 days	21 days
2017	22.4 °C	29.9 °C	14.4 °C	139 mm	188 days	4 days	19 days
2016	21.8 °C	28.4 °C	15.0 °C	353 mm	164 days	2 days	52 days
2015	21.7 °C	28.6 °C	14.4 °C	256 mm	179 days	3 days	20 days
2014	22.2 °C	29.1 °C	14.8 °C	171 mm	179 days	5 days	27 days
2013	23.0 °C	29.9 °C	15.3 °C	94 mm	201 days	0 days	24 days
2012	21.3 °C	28.5 °C	13.6 °C	166 mm	165 days	10 days	24 days
2011	20.8 °C	27.8 °C	13.5 °C	313 mm	144 days	5 days	51 days
2010	19.9 °C	26.1 °C	13.6 °C	693 mm	134 days	0 days	57 days
2009	22.6 °C	29.4 °C	15.3 °C	82 mm	191 days	0 days	12 days
2008	22.0 °C	28.9 °C	14.7 °C	210 mm	180 days	1 day	25 days
2007	22.0 °C	29.1 °C	14.5 °C	204 mm	189 days	8 days	28 days
2006	22.3 °C	29.2 °C	15.0 °C	133 mm	189 days	4 days	12 days
2005	22.7 °C	29.7 °C	15.2 °C	197 mm	203 days	0 days	29 days
2004	22.3 °C	29.2 °C	15.2 °C	115 mm	186 days	3 days	19 days
2003	22.1 °C	29.2 °C	14.5 °C	156 mm	181 days	3 days	31 days
2002	21.8 °C	29.8 °C	13.5 °C	144 mm	199 days	15 days	20 days
2001	20.3 °C	27.3 °C	13.4 °C	479 mm	129 days	1 day	50 days
2000	20.6 °C	27.3 °C	14.1 °C	593 mm	154 days	1 day	60 days
1999	22.1 °C	29.0 °C	14.8 °C	159 mm	176 days	0 days	23 days
1998	22.4 °C	29.0 °C	15.5 °C	257 mm	177 days	1 day	34 days
1997	21.6 °C	28.4 °C	14.6 °C	296 mm	179 days	10 days	49 days
1996	22.6 °C	29.6 °C	15.1 °C	89 mm	185 days	0 days	18 days
1995	21.4 °C	28.2 °C	14.4 °C	324 mm	168 days	0 days	36 days
1994	21.4 °C	28.9 °C	13.3 °C	89 mm	165 days	3 days	15 days
1993	21.7 °C	28.2 °C	15.1 °C	293 mm	170 days	1 day	52 days
1992	21.8 °C	28.6 °C	14.7 °C	136 mm	180 days	0 days	32 days
1991	22.2 °C	29.2 °C	14.9 °C	306 mm	186 days	0 days	21 days
1990	22.1 °C	29.0 °C	14.9 °C	199 mm	178 days	4 days	19 days
1989	20.7 °C	27.3 °C	13.8 °C	200 mm	146 days	8 days	35 days
1988	21.8 °C	28.5 °C	15.2 °C	235 mm	159 days	0 days	31 days
1987	21.4 °C	28.1 °C	14.7 °C	244 mm	163 days	2 days	31 days
1986	21.7 °C	28.2 °C	15.1 °C	271 mm	174 days	0 days	33 days
1985	21.5 °C	28.5 °C	14.8 °C	180 mm	164 days	0 days	22 days
1984	20.8 °C	27.6 °C	14.2 °C	282 mm	148 days	2 days	37 days
1983	21.3 °C	28.0 °C	14.8 °C	330 mm	161 days	1 day	38 days
1982	20.8 °C	27.7 °C	14.2 °C	292 mm	142 days	0 days	36 days
1981	21.6 °C	28.2 °C	14.8 °C	364 mm	159 days	1 day	35 days
1980	22.5 °C	29.5 °C	15.4 °C	151 mm	199 days	0 days	32 days
1979	21.7 °C	28.4 °C	15.1 °C	304 mm	177 days	0 days	42 days
1978	20.4 °C	26.9 °C	14.0 °C	390 mm	155 days	1 day	47 days
1977	20.3 °C	27.3 °C	13.6 °C	400 mm	146 days	6 days	44 days
1976	19.2 °C	26.0 °C	12.7 °C	469 mm	112 days	4 days	32 days
1975	20.1 °C	26.6 °C	13.7 °C	530 mm	118 days	0 days	50 days
1974	19.3 °C	25.2 °C	13.8 °C	797 mm	104 days	0 days	78 days
1973	22.1 °C	28.5 °C	15.6 °C	376 mm	167 days	0 days	40 days
1972	21.3 °C	28.2 °C	14.3 °C	260 mm	161 days	0 days	20 days
1971	21.8 °C	28.5 °C	14.8 °C	114 mm	177 days	6 days	24 days
1970	21.2 °C	28.3 °C	14.1 °C	116 mm	170 days	3 days	17 days
1969	21.4 °C	28.2 °C	14.4 °C	179 mm	167 days	0 days	30 days
1968	21.0 °C	27.4 °C	14.9 °C	406 mm	167 days	1 day	48 days
1967	21.1 °C	27.9 °C	14.1 °C	262 mm	155 days	1 day	26 days
1966	20.7 °C	27.5 °C	14.0 °C	342 mm	161 days	1 day	35 days
1965	22.5 °C	29.6 °C	15.0 °C	98 mm	192 days	6 days	16 days
1964	22.0 °C	29.1 °C	15.0 °C	127 mm	175 days	0 days	28 days
1963	22.3 °C	29.1 °C	15.1 °C	98 mm	166 days	2 days	27 days
1962	21.7 °C	28.6 °C	14.6 °C	206 mm	168 days	0 days	28 days
1961	22.2 °C	29.4 °C	14.7 °C	54 mm	198 days	4 days	15 days
1960	21.5 °C	28.3 °C	14.7 °C	231 mm	181 days	0 days	29 days
1959	22.2 °C	29.1 °C	15.3 °C	127 mm	189 days	0 days	20 days
1958	22.3 °C	29.1 °C	15.3 °C	99 mm	180 days	2 days	16 days
1957	22.3 °C	28.9 °C	15.4 °C	237 mm	184 days	0 days	38 days
1956	20.9 °C	27.3 °C	14.4 °C	315 mm	155 days	0 days	34 days
1955	22.0 °C	28.1 °C	15.6 °C	246 mm	161 days	0 days	43 days
1954	21.3 °C	27.9 °C	14.5 °C	162 mm	172 days	3 days	36 days
1953	21.5 °C	28.2 °C	14.6 °C	343 mm	174 days	0 days	47 days
1952	21.0 °C	27.7 °C	14.3 °C	279 mm	156 days	3 days	38 days
1951	21.9 °C	28.7 °C	14.8 °C	142 mm	178 days	2 days	18 days
1950	21.1 °C	27.6 °C	14.5 °C	460 mm	138 days	2 days	43 days
1949	20.5 °C	27.0 °C	13.8 °C	227 mm	140 days	1 day	31 days
1948	21.4 °C	28.2 °C	14.0 °C	139 mm	163 days	4 days	29 days
1947	21.7 °C	28.3 °C	14.6 °C	130 mm	161 days	0 days	25 days
1946	21.3 °C	28.3 °C	13.9 °C	166 mm	151 days	1 day	14 days
1945	21.3 °C	28.1 °C	14.4 °C	226 mm	153 days	5 days	36 days
1944	21.5 °C	28.1 °C	14.9 °C	348 mm	165 days	2 days	41 days
1943	20.6 °C	27.3 °C	13.9 °C	278 mm	152 days	2 days	44 days
1942	22.3 °C	28.7 °C	15.5 °C	224 mm	201 days	0 days	40 days
1941	21.8 °C	28.4 °C	14.9 °C	185 mm	170 days	0 days	26 days
1940	22.6 °C	29.3 °C	15.6 °C	208 mm	181 days	0 days	39 days

Year vs year

Pick two years and let them fight it out in Alice Springs: month by month, point by point.

First year2025

Second year2013

In Alice Springs, 2013 beats 2025 by 0.8 °C on mean temperature.

20252013Normal 1991–2020

2points2

22.2 °CWarmer23.0 °C
173 daysHot days201 days
202 mmWetter94 mm
2,246 kWh/m²Sunnier2,228 kWh/m²

Records in Alice Springs

The most extreme days and years since 1940, with the readings of a nearby station when they go further.

Hottest day

45.1 °C

December 25, 2019 estimate

Nearby station: 46.0 °C on January 20, 2015 measured

Coldest night

-2.9 °C

June 27, 1989 estimate

Nearby station: -7.5 °C on July 17, 1976 measured

Wettest day

159 mm

February 6, 1991 estimate

Nearby station: 205 mm on March 31, 1988 measured

Strongest gust

93 km/h

November 20, 1992 estimate

Year records

Warmest201323.0 °C
Coldest197619.2 °C
Wettest1974797 mm
Driest201931 mm

The weather on your birthday in Alice Springs

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Alice Springs vs another city

Compare with

Alice Springs is cooler than Dubai by 6.4 °C on average over the year. Alice Springs gets 168 mm more precipitation per year. In Alice Springs, 5 months out of 12 are warmer.

Alice SpringsDubaiBand: average low to average high

Questions & answers

What is the climate like in Alice Springs?

Alice Springs averages 21.9 °C over the year. The warmest month is January, with highs around 36.3 °C; the coldest is July, with lows around 5.3 °C. About 233 mm of precipitation falls each year, over some 30 rainy days.

What was the warmest year in Alice Springs?

2013, at +1.1 °C compared with the 1991–2020 normal. The coldest was 1976. Out of 86 years since 1940, 2025 ranks 19.

What is the wettest month in Alice Springs?

January gets the most precipitation and August the least. The wettest year was 1974, the driest 2019.

Is Alice Springs getting warmer?

Compared with its first thirty years on record (from 1940), the last ten years in Alice Springs show a gap of +0.5 °C in mean temperature.