Climate Design Data: Darwin, Australia

Direct answer

NASA POWER's 2001–2020 climatology at the Darwin reference point reports an annual mean 2 m temperature of 28.1 °C and relative humidity of 68.3%. The highest monthly maximum is 36.3 °C in October, while the lowest monthly minimum is 14.0 °C in June; these are screening statistics, not code design temperatures. The point response uses LST and the 20-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2020); its annual corrected precipitation is 4.53 mm/day and annual 10 m wind speed is 4.18 m/s. For climate design data, use the 36.3 °C and 14.0 °C monthly extrema to screen seasonal exposure, then obtain the adopted percentile design conditions. NASA POWER is gridded climatology: verify elevation, microclimate, urban exposure, station or weather-file suitability, current code edition and the authority's required source before design use.

Content and cited inputs reviewed by Harth team · Published 2026-08-26 · Updated 2026-08-31.

What must be verified for Darwin?

Darwin is represented here at approximately -12.4611, 130.8418 for discovery and workflow planning. A project address, parcel, elevation, exposure, authority, and submission date must replace that city-centre reference before design use.

How should climate design data be established?

1. Fix the surveyed site and local time basis.
2. Select an authoritative weather source or a named solar-position algorithm.
3. Record period, percentile or scenario and units.
4. Test sensitivity to elevation, exposure, urban form and horizon.
5. Save the source file, retrieval date and checker in the model record.

What are the limits of this worksheet?

This climate-design-workflow page is a project-starting worksheet, not a design value or approval. The controlling authority and qualified professionals for the Darwin site remain authoritative.

Which related searches does this primary location record cover?

This primary route consolidates the location evidence needed for Climate Design Data, Weather File Guide, Overheating Weather Data, Building Climate Checklist. A narrower route should be released only when it adds a materially different official source, calculation, process, threshold or worked example.

Darwin NASA POWER monthly climate screening table

Month-by-month climate interpretation

• January: mean temperature 28.78 °C is 0.63 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 8.72 °C. Relative humidity is 81.33% (13.00 points above annual), while corrected precipitation at 12.22 mm/day is 7.69 mm/day wetter than the annual daily rate.
• February: mean temperature 28.63 °C is 0.48 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 9.23 °C. Relative humidity is 81.44% (13.11 points above annual), while corrected precipitation at 12.58 mm/day is 8.05 mm/day wetter than the annual daily rate.
• March: mean temperature 28.65 °C is 0.50 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 10.44 °C. Relative humidity is 79.34% (11.01 points above annual), while corrected precipitation at 9.23 mm/day is 4.70 mm/day wetter than the annual daily rate.
• April: mean temperature 28.34 °C is 0.19 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 15.89 °C. Relative humidity is 73.92% (5.59 points above annual), while corrected precipitation at 3.26 mm/day is 1.27 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• May: mean temperature 26.97 °C is 1.18 °C below the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 17.21 °C. Relative humidity is 67.86% (0.47 points below annual), while corrected precipitation at 0.78 mm/day is 3.75 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• June: mean temperature 25.55 °C is 2.60 °C below the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 19.92 °C. Relative humidity is 59.48% (8.85 points below annual), while corrected precipitation at 0.09 mm/day is 4.44 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• July: mean temperature 25.79 °C is 2.36 °C below the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 18.21 °C. Relative humidity is 55.61% (12.72 points below annual), while corrected precipitation at 0.05 mm/day is 4.48 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• August: mean temperature 26.72 °C is 1.43 °C below the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 17.01 °C. Relative humidity is 54.09% (14.24 points below annual), while corrected precipitation at 0.06 mm/day is 4.47 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• September: mean temperature 28.71 °C is 0.56 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 16.96 °C. Relative humidity is 60.04% (8.29 points below annual), while corrected precipitation at 0.56 mm/day is 3.97 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• October: mean temperature 29.95 °C is 1.80 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 12.98 °C. Relative humidity is 63.01% (5.32 points below annual), while corrected precipitation at 1.86 mm/day is 2.67 mm/day drier than the annual daily rate.
• November: mean temperature 30.15 °C is 2.00 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 13.61 °C. Relative humidity is 68.76% (0.43 points above annual), while corrected precipitation at 4.68 mm/day is 0.15 mm/day wetter than the annual daily rate.
• December: mean temperature 29.63 °C is 1.48 °C above the annual mean; the monthly max–min span is 9.89 °C. Relative humidity is 75.91% (7.58 points above annual), while corrected precipitation at 9.38 mm/day is 4.85 mm/day wetter than the annual daily rate.

Harth retrieved this point climatology from NASA POWER API v2.9.7 for location record 2073124. It is a reproducible screening dataset, not an hourly weather file, forecast, code design condition or substitute for local professional review.

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Sources and method

Location data from the GeoNames AU dump (CC BY 4.0, snapshot 2026-08-31, GeoNames ID 2073124). Regulatory starting point: Australian Building Codes Board and the applicable state or territory authority. Figures are illustrative — verify against the current locally adopted edition for the site. Climate screening data from the NASA POWER Climatology API documentation and exact point response, retrieved 2026-08-31; source period: 20-year Meteorological and Solar Monthly & Annual Climatologies (January 2001 - December 2020). NASA POWER values are gridded screening statistics, not code design conditions or guaranteed local observations.

Source links

• download.geonames.org

• ncc.abcb.gov.au

• power.larc.nasa.gov

• power.larc.nasa.gov