While it does resemble the weather you sometimes get in temperate climates, it is different. Television weather reports lie. They do not do so intentionally, but the symbols they use were all designed for other climates. Looking at the TV weather reports, many people get the impression that it rains all day, every day. It would be closer to the truth to say that it doesn't rain at all.
The photo at right was taken on one of our Build Up walks in Kakadu in late October. We could see the storm building. Later that night, we could see lightning in the distance. We did not get a single drop of rain. While it is likely to rain somewhere nearly every day in the later part of the build Up, the rain comes as short, sharp, isolated storms. A given location is likely to get rain on only a few days. On average, the weather station in Jabiru in northern Kakadu gets rain only 3 days in October and 12 in November. Further south, it is drier.
You may feel that there are far too many photos on this page but we believe it is important to give people as good a picture as possible so that those who do come will come prepared for the conditions that they encounter and leave with wonderful memories that will last a lifetime — or at least until their next Build Up trip.
