Monday, 23 January 2023 - Annual Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC57R0.
Tasmania in 2022: 10th warmest year since 1910; dry in the west, wet in the east, warm overall
Annual rainfall for 2022 was much lower than average for the Western District and much higher than average for the East Coast and Midlands districts. Mean maximum temperatures were very much above average for the western half of Tasmania, and average to above average in the east. Mean minimum temperatures were very much above than average across most of the state.
Persistent east–west rainfall contrast
- There was a persistent pattern of above average monthly rainfall in the east and below average rainfall in the west from the beginning of the year until late autumn, and then returning in spring.
- A small area of the Western District had its lowest annual rainfall on record since 1900.
- Parts of the East Coast District had their highest annual rainfall on record.
- The combination of below average rainfall in the west and above average rainfall in the east resulted in 2022 annual rainfall for Tasmania overall being close to average, at around 3% below the 1961–1990 climatological mean.
- While overall 2022 was much drier than average for western Tasmania, the area had above average rainfall in May, June, August and November.
- The highest daily rainfall recorded in Tasmania during 2022 was 291.2 mm at Gray (Haven of Hope) on 7 January, a new January daily rainfall record for Tasmania, when a low pressure trough and cold front brought very heavy rainfall to eastern Tasmania.
- Some sites had their highest daily rainfall on record on either 6 May, when thunderstorms with heavy rain, lightning, and strong winds hit southern Tasmania, or 14 October, when a slow-moving rain band brought heavy rainfall across northern Tasmania.
- Some sites had their highest total rainfall on record and others their highest total rainfall for at least 20 years.
Higher than average temperatures throughout most of the year
- Mean maximum temperatures were in the warmest 10% of annual records across the western half of Tasmania; maximum temperatures were close to average for parts of the east coast.
- The mean maximum temperature for Tasmania as a whole for 2022 was 0.67 °C above the 1961–1990 average, the equal-10th warmest on record since 1910, and the highest since 2018.
- January, March, April and August all ranked in the top ten warmest mean maximum temperatures for their respective months.
- The mean maximum temperature for June was the lowest since 2007, and daytime temperatures were notably cooler than average in parts of the east and south.
- The mean minimum temperature for Tasmania for 2022 was 0.46 °C above the 1961–1990 average, and the highest since 2018.
- Mean minimum temperatures were in the warmest 10% of all years since 2010 across most of the state.
- For Tasmania overall, January 2022's mean minimum temperature was the warmest on record for January (since 1910) and April's mean minimum temperature was equal tenth warmest.
- A few sites had their highest mean daily maximum temperature on record, including Cape Sorell with 80 years of record.
- Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, with 85 years of data, and Wynyard Airport had their highest mean daily minimum temperature on record.
- A few sites including Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, had their highest mean temperature on record.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)
- Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 700.0 mm, which is 114% of the long-term average of 612.8 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 17.5 °C, which is 0.5 °C above the long-term average of 17.0 °C.
- The warmest day was 31.5 °C on 27 December, and the coolest day was on 18 July when the temperature reached 7.3 °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 0.9 °C on 21 August, and the warmest morning was on 28 January when the minimum temperature was 20.7 °C.
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in 2022 | |
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| Hottest day |
37.9 °C at Scotts Peak Dam on 27 Dec |
| Warmest days on average |
19.3 °C at Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) |
| Coolest days on average |
7.9 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
| Coldest day |
-2.8 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) on 7 Jun |
| Coldest night |
-9.9 °C at Liawenee on 24 May |
| Coolest nights on average |
2.0 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) 2.0 °C at Liawenee |
| Warmest nights on average |
11.9 °C at Hogan Island 11.9 °C at Swan Island |
| Warmest night |
21.4 °C at Hogan Island on 1 Jan |
| Warmest on average overall |
14.6 °C at Swan Island |
| Coolest on average overall |
4.9 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
| Wettest overall |
3109.4 mm at Mount Read |
| Wettest day |
291.2 mm at Gray (Haven of Hope) on 7 Jan |
| Strongest wind gust |
150 km/h at Tasman Island on 11 Jun |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Lilydale Post Office | 108.2 | on 14 Oct | 85.0 | on 16 May 1988 | 119 | |
| Tomahawk (Carisbrooke) | 148.6 | on 1 Mar | 123.2 | on 13 Jan 2011 | 58 | |
| Musselboro (Elverton) | 176.6 | on 14 Oct | 104.0 | on 31 Aug 2005 | 55 | |
| Orielton (East Orielton Road) | 89.0 | on 6 May | 84.1 | on 17 May 1969 | 54 | |
| Tea Tree (The Point) | 99.0 | on 6 May | 91.8 | on 19 Dec 1995 | 37 | |
| Bell Bay (Temco) | 88.4 | on 1 Mar | 65.4 | on 21 Jul 2000 | 33 | |
| Mount Barrow (South Barrow) | 188.8 | on 14 Oct | 149.8 | on 6 Jun 2016 | 30 | |
| Below Craigbourne Dam (Coal River) | 107.8 | on 6 May | 100.8 | on 11 May 2018 | 29 | |
| Nunamara Offtake (St Patricks River) | 156.0 | on 14 Oct | 151.2 | on 6 Jun 2016 | 28 | |
| George Town (South Street) | 92.8 | on 1 Mar | 86.2 | on 28 Jan 2004 | 27 | |
| Woodlea Nursery | 133.5 | on 14 Oct | 110.4 | on 6 Mar 2020 | 26 | |
| Ouse Fire Station | 49.0 | on 6 May | 48.0 | on 10 Aug 2007 | 25 | |
| Tea Tree Point | 92.8 | on 6 May | 75.8 | on 27 Dec 1998 | 25 | |
| Mount Dromedary | 72.2 | on 6 May | 69.4 | on 6 Feb 2021 | 24 | |
| Campania (Kincora) | 96.0 | on 6 May | 70.8 | on 13 Apr 2011 | 23 | |
| Magra (Black Hills Road) | 66.0 | on 6 May | 61.2 | on 30 Sep 2016 | 23 | |
| Hummocky Hills | 58.2 | on 4 Aug | 53.6 | on 24 Mar 2011 | 21 | |
| Tomahawk (Wyambi) | 116.0 | on 14 Oct | 112.0 | on 13 Jan 2011 | 20 | |
| Westerway (Leesons Road) | 45.0 | on 6 May | =45.0 | on 6 Feb 2021 | 20 | |
| Record highest annual total rainfall | |||||
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| Apslawn | 1335.4 | 1259.9 | in 1974 | 97 | 722.3 |
| Coles Bay (Freycinet) | 1268.0 | 1125.3 | in 1974 | 45 | 695.6 |
| Tea Tree (The Point) | 826.4 | 789.0 | in 2009 | 36 | 560.7 |
| Campbell Town (Elizabeth R) | 722.9 | 697.4 | in 2010 | 30 | 517.4 |
| Cornwall | 1937.4 | 1863.2 | in 2011 | 23 | 1031.1 |
| kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 1548.6 | 1494.0 | in 1996 | 20 | 945.9 |
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| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 1207.9 | 1240.0 | in 1934* | 686.6 | |
| Wattle Hill | 963.6 | 998.7 | in 1970 | 663.1 | |
| larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 1062.0 | 1084.4 | in 1970* | 756.0 | |
| Cranbrook (Cranbrook House) | 1031.6 | 1127.4 | in 1970* | 634.9 | |
| Orielton (East Orielton Road) | 746.0 | 800.4 | in 1975* | 569.1 | |
| Kellevie | 1191.2 | 1355.7 | in 1975* | 877.3 | |
| Richmond (Brookbank) | 688.6 | 794.4 | in 1975* | 530.3 | |
| Orford South | 1034.2 | 1175.2 | in 1974* | 704.7 | |
| Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road) | 1134.6 | 1175.2 | in 1995* | 884.7 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
| Record highest annual mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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| Cape Sorell | 16.8 | 16.5 | in 2014 | 80 | 15.1 |
| Strahan Aerodrome | 17.4 | 17.3 | in 2017 | 29 | 16.6 |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 17.8 | = 17.8 | in 2014 | 26 | 17.3 |
| Low Head | 17.2 | = 17.2 | in 2014 | 25 | 16.7 |
| Scotts Peak Dam | 16.0 | 15.9 | in 2014 | 23 | 15.1 |
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| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 14.5 | 14.6 | in 1989 | 13.9 | |
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| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 17.2 | 17.0 | in 1996* | 17.9 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a lower value has gone unreported
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| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 9.6 | 9.5 | in 2014 | 85 | 8.7 |
| Wynyard Airport | 8.1 | 8.0 | in 2016 | 33 | 7.2 |
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| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 12.1 | = 12.1 | in 1961 | 85 | 11.3 |
| Cape Sorell | 13.6 | 13.5 | in 2016 | 79 | 12.3 |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 13.0 | 12.9 | in 2016 | 26 | 12.5 |
| Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 12.2 | 12.0 | in 2009 | 23 | 11.6 |
| Scotts Peak Dam | 11.3 | 11.2 | in 2014 | 23 | 10.7 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Diff from average |
Highest for 2022 |
Mean for 2022 |
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Lowest for 2022 |
Total for 2022 |
Average annual total |
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Fraction of annual average |
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| Northern (district 91) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Grim | 15.9 | +0.3 | 24.6 | 25 Jan | 10.9 | +0.2 | 2.7 | 19 Jul | 901.0 | 900.0 | average | 100% |
| Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 16.2 | +0.5 | 24.8 | 25 Jan | 11.0 | +0.4 | 2.5 | 19 Jul | 825.4 | 803.7 | average | 103% |
| Devonport Airport | 17.6 | +0.5 | 26.7 | 28 Feb | 8.9 | +0.5 | -1.0 | 14 Jun | 844.8 | 763.8 | high | 111% |
| Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 19.3 | +0.7 | 32.4 | 1 Jan | 7.8 | +0.4 | -3.9 | 14 Jun | 695.0 | 684.4 | average | 102% |
| Launceston Airport | 18.0 | -0.1 | 32.8 | 1 Jan | 6.7 | +0.4 | -4.0 | 20 Jul | 632.6 | 626.8 | average | 101% |
| Low Head | 17.2 | +0.5 | 25.8 | 28 Feb | 10.7 | +0.1 | 0.8 | 14 Jun | 830.4 | 685.6 | high | 121% |
| Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 16.4 | +0.8 | 30.2 | 26 Dec | 8.0 | +0.4 | -0.1 | 19 Jul | 1408.8 | 1497.2 | low | 94% |
| Marrawah | 26.8 | 27 Dec | 9.9 | +0.5 | 1.5 | 19 Jul | 1155.8 | 1078.6 | high | 107% | ||
| Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 17.3 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 27 Dec | 8.0 | +0.8 | -2.0 | 30 Jul | 1120.4 | 971.4 | high | 115% |
| Sheffield School Farm | 16.1 | -0.1 | 28.8 | 27 Dec | 7.1 | +0.3 | -3.0 | 19 Jul | 1540.2 | 1061.3 | v high | 145% |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 17.8 | +0.5 | 29.2 | 14 Feb | 8.2 | +0.5 | -2.0 | 3 Jul | 870.6 | 914.8 | low | 95% |
| Wynyard Airport | 17.4 | +0.3 | 28.3 | 2 Jan | 8.1 | +0.9 | -2.6 | 19 Jul | ||||
| East Coast (district 92) | ||||||||||||
| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 17.2 | -0.7 | 30.2 | 1 Feb | 10.3 | +0.7 | 1.0 | 21 Aug | 1207.9 | 686.6 | v high | 176% |
| Friendly Beaches | 18.0 | -0.5 | 32.4 | 1 Jan | 9.4 | 0.0 | -0.9 | 21 Aug | 1393.6 | 726.0 | v high | 192% |
| larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 17.7 | +0.7 | 27.6 | 1 Jan | 11.2 | +1.0 | 2.8 | 13 Jun | 1062.0 | 756.0 | v high | 140% |
| Maria Island (Point Lesueur) | 16.2 | -0.8 | 26.3 | 28 Jan | 10.7 | +0.2 | 3.0 | 18 Jul | 796.4 | 545.8 | v high | 146% |
| St Helens Aerodrome | 17.6 | -0.5 | 33.8 | 1 Jan | 9.5 | +0.5 | -0.4 | 13 Jun | 1094.2 | 706.1 | v high | 155% |
| Swan Island | 17.3 | +0.1 | 29.5 | 1 Jan | 11.9 | +0.3 | 3.2 | 13 Sep | 590.8 | 628.5 | average | 94% |
| Swansea (Francis Street) | 33.3 | 1 Jan | 8.1 | -0.1 | -2.1 | 14 Jun | 953.0 | 568.9 | high | 168% | ||
| Southeast (district 94) | ||||||||||||
| Campania (Kincora) | 18.1 | -0.6 | 34.7 | 27 Dec | 7.1 | -0.2 | -2.3 | 21 Jul | 660.8 | 498.5 | high | 133% |
| Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 16.4 | +0.3 | 33.3 | 27 Dec | 9.6 | +0.3 | 1.9 | 18 Jul | 816.8 | 771.5 | high | 106% |
| Dennes Point | 16.7 | -0.4 | 29.4 | 1 Feb | 9.8 | +0.1 | 1.8 | 21 Aug | 623.0 | |||
| Dover | 16.7 | +0.1 | 28.6 | 10 Nov | 6.8 | 0.0 | -1.2 | 21 Aug | 946.6 | 878.4 | average | 108% |
| Dunalley (Stroud Point) | 16.9 | -0.5 | 28.5 | 28 Jan | 9.9 | -0.1 | 1.4 | 21 Aug | 784.6 | |||
| Grove (Research Station) | 17.6 | 0.0 | 34.1 | 27 Dec | 5.9 | +0.1 | -4.0 | 9 Aug | 865.4 | 740.9 | high | 117% |
| Hobart (Ellerslie Road) | 17.5 | +0.5 | 31.5 | 27 Dec | 9.2 | +0.8 | 0.9 | 21 Aug | 700.0 | 612.8 | high | 114% |
| Hobart Airport | 17.5 | 34.1 | 27 Dec | 8.3 | -0.4 | 21 Jul | 604.4 | |||||
| kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 7.9 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 27 Dec | 2.0 | +0.5 | -6.5 | 18 Jul | 1548.6 | 945.9 | highest | 164% |
| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 14.5 | +0.6 | 30.0 | 27 Dec | 9.6 | +0.9 | 1.9 | 18 Jul | 948.6 | 1220.5 | low | 78% |
| Tasman Island | 14.2 | -0.3 | 27.3 | 28 Jan | 9.4 | +0.4 | 0.6 | 18 Jul | ||||
| Tunnack Fire Station | 14.8 | -0.6 | 30.6 | 1 Jan | 5.0 | -0.1 | -5.4 | 21 Jul | 866.2 | 634.3 | high | 137% |
| Derwent Valley (district 95) | ||||||||||||
| Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) | 18.6 | +0.8 | 37.6 | 27 Dec | 5.9 | 0.0 | -4.7 | 21 Jul | 424.2 | 569.7 | v low | 74% |
| Ouse Fire Station | 18.1 | -0.3 | 36.9 | 27 Dec | 5.6 | 0.0 | -5.0 | 10 Aug | 449.2 | 522.6 | low | 86% |
| Central Plateau (district 96) | ||||||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | 13.8 | +0.9 | 32.9 | 27 Dec | 3.1 | +0.1 | -6.2 | 22 Jul | 1297.0 | 1668.8 | v low | 78% |
| Liawenee | 12.0 | -0.1 | 28.8 | 27 Dec | 2.0 | +0.3 | -9.9 | 24 May | 880.4 | 925.6 | average | 95% |
| West Coast (district 97) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Sorell | 16.8 | +1.7 | 30.3 | 27 Dec | 10.4 | +0.9 | 3.0 | 20 Jul | 1092.8 | 1309.3 | low | 83% |
| Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 11.5 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 27 Dec | 4.2 | +0.2 | -3.7 | 18 Jul | 1243.6 | 1097.4 | high | 113% |
| Low Rocky Point | 16.3 | +0.4 | 29.2 | 27 Dec | 9.6 | +0.2 | 1.6 | 20 Jul | 1088.8 | 1327.2 | v low | 82% |
| Mount Read | 9.2 | +0.5 | 28.0 | 27 Dec | 3.2 | +0.4 | -4.2 | 18 Jul | 3109.4 | |||
| Scotts Peak Dam | 16.0 | +0.9 | 37.9 | 27 Dec | 6.5 | +0.3 | -0.9 | 22 Jul | 1739.0 | 1916.6 | low | 91% |
| Strahan Aerodrome | 17.4 | +0.8 | 36.0 | 27 Dec | 8.2 | +0.2 | -2.0 | 19 Jul | 1333.8 | 1554.6 | low | 86% |
| King Island (district 98) | ||||||||||||
| King Island Airport | 17.5 | +0.5 | 29.7 | 27 Jan | 10.3 | +0.3 | 1.1 | 9 Aug | 878.0 | 858.7 | average | 102% |
| Flinders Island (district 99) | ||||||||||||
| Flinders Island Airport | 18.2 | +0.4 | 34.9 | 1 Jan | 10.5 | +0.6 | -2.7 | 19 Jul | 714.0 | 740.2 | average | 96% |
| Hogan Island | 17.2 | -0.1 | 32.5 | 1 Jan | 11.9 | +0.1 | 3.9 | 22 Nov | 674.4 | 640.9 | average | 105% |
| Note: From 2017, information about Macquarie Island can be found in the climate summary for the Remote Islands and Antarctica | ||||||||||||
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
The Annual climate summary, lists the main features of the weather in Tasmania using the most timely and accurate information available on the date of publication; it will generally not be updated.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 11 am on Monday 23 January 2023. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
In some situations, some or all of the rainfall is in the form of hail or snow. In these cases the totals given are for the water equivalent: the depth of liquid water that results from melting any frozen precipitation. There can be significant 'undercatch' of snow in strong winds, meaning the true precipitation can be higher than that reported.
Averages for individual sites are long-term means based on observations from
all available years of record, which vary widely from site to site.
They are not shown for sites with less than 10 years of record, as they cannot then be calculated reliably.
The median
is sometimes more representative than the
mean
of long-term average rain.
The Rank indicates how rainfall this time compares with the climate record for the site,
based on the
decile ranking
(very low rainfall is in decile 1, low in decile 2 or 3,
average in decile 4 to 7, high in decile 8 or 9
and very high is in decile 10).
The Fraction of average shows how much rain has fallen this time as a
percentage of the long-term mean.
Where temperature area averages are mentioned, they are derived from the ACORN-SAT dataset.
Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.
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