three times the amount of lightning that Perth, Western Australia, experiences on average in an entire year. For an exceedingly lengthy 147-day period during the 2012 dry season, from May 5 to September 29, Darwin recorded no precipitation whatsoever. Prolonged periods of no precipitation are common in the dry season in Northern Australia (particularly in the Northern Territory and northern regions of Western Australia) although a prolonged no-rainfall event of this length is uncommonly lengthy
