Tuesday, 8 February 2022 - Annual Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC57R0

Tasmania in 2021: warmer than average statewide, typical rainfall totals for most areas

Days and nights were warmer than average across most of the state during 2021. Rainfall was near-average for most areas, with wetter than average patches in the east and Bass Strait, and below average rainfall in the west.

Near-average rainfall overall

• Tasmania's total rainfall for the year was only 1% above the 1961–1990 average, but it was still the wettest year since 2016.
• Parts of the east coast and Bass Strait were wetter than average; in contrast, parts of the north-west and south-west were drier than average.
• July was very dry along the east coast, with a patch of driest on record, but wetter than average across the west and north.
• October was wettest on record for parts of the east and eighth-wettest on record for the state.
• December was the sixth-driest on record for Tasmania.
• The highest daily rainfall total during the year, 295.4 mm, was recorded at Gray (Haven of Hope) on 25 March; this was the fifth-highest daily rainfall total on record for Tasmania for any month and the third-highest for March.
• With 3595.6 mm for the year, Mount Read was the wettest site in Tasmania.
• A couple of sites had their highest daily rainfall on record on 6 February when a complex low pressure system, cold front and pre-frontal trough tracked over Tasmania, resulting in flash flooding and more than 70 calls for assistance to the State Emergency Service (SES).

Another warmer year

• The state's annual mean temperature was 0.39 °C warmer than average, the highest since 2019.
• It has been 15 years since Tasmania has had an annual mean temperature below the 1961–90 average.
• For Tasmania as a whole, the annual mean maximum temperature was 0.42 °C warmer than average and the highest since 2019.
• In June, July, and August, days were warmer than average across Tasmania; winter 2021 was the ninth-warmest on record for maximum temperatures. December days were also warmer than average across the state.
• Tasmania's annual mean minimum temperature was 0.34 °C warmer than average and the highest since 2018.
• Mean minimum temperatures were in the warmest 10% of historical records along the east coast and the Furneaux Group in Bass Strait.
• Nights were much warmer than average during June (fifth-warmest on record), August, and October (equal sixth-warmest on record).

Hobart (Ellerslie Road)

• The estimated total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 666.0 mm, which is 109% of the long-term average of 612.2 mm.
• Hobart Airport had its wettest October on record, while Hobart (Ellerslie Road) had its third-wettest on record and its wettest October since 1947.
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 17.7 °C, which is 0.7 °C above the long-term average of 17.0 °C.
• The warmest day was 37.5 °C on 25 January, and the coolest day was on 22 June when the temperature reached 8.7 °C.
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 9.2 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average of 8.4 °C.
• The coldest morning was 0.2 °C on 7 July, and the warmest morning was on 25 January when the minimum temperature was 18.4 °C.
• In June, Hobart had 5 consecutive nights from the 11th to the 15th when the temperature did not fall below 10 °C; a new record for June and an equal record for winter.

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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Monthly maps
	Rainfall rank	Maximum temperature rank	Minimum temperature rank
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top