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An extraordinary month - Tasmania in October 2006

Tasmania had some quite extraordinary weather during October, Bureau of Meteorology figures released today confirm. All sorts of records were broken at different sites: hottest day, coldest night, warmest night and lowest rainfall.

October will be remembered for some of the extreme weather that occurred:

• Two very warm days on the 11th and 12th separated by an exceptionally warm night created ideal conditions for bushfires to spread rapidly.
  
• Cold mornings in various parts of the state, especially on the 16th and 28th, saw late-season frost devastating parts of the fruit crop.
  
• A sharp cold change on the 27th brought snow to sea level in the south and west.
  
• Fierce winds, particularly in the south and especially on the 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th.
  
• Low rainfall in the north added to the long-term rainfall deficit there.
  

October's Tasmanian Monthly Climate Summary contains much more detail on the weather across Tasmania during the month.

These climate summaries will replace media releases as the Bureau of Meteorology's main collation of such information. The summaries will be issued on the first working day of each month, once all the relevant observations are received (for example, maximum temperatures for the last day of the month are not available before the thermometers are checked at 9 am on the 1st). The summaries will cover what has happened across the whole state. An archive of earlier months will be kept at www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/tas/archive/.

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