Monday, 2 June 2014 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC27R0
Tasmania in May 2014: late-season warmth
May was another relatively warm month for Tasmania, with near-average rainfall in most parts, though slightly drier about the northeast.
After a cool start to the month, a high pressure system settled over the Tasman Sea and directed a warm northwesterly flow over Tasmania. This produced a string of warmer than average days during the middle of the month with the 15th being particularly warm about the southeast. Several sites experienced record late-season maximum temperatures, including Hobart with 23.9 °C. Campania reached a maximum temperature of 24.1 °C, which is the highest maximum temperature so late in the season for any Tasmanian site, and broke the previous record of 23.8 °C set at Hobart in 1904. This prolonged warm spell also affected much of Australia (as detailed in Special Climate Statement 49). Although temperatures returned closer to average towards the end of the month, May was a warm month overall.
- A cool start and finish
- Warm during the middle of the month
- Record late-season warm temperatures in the southeast on the 15th
- Near average rainfall in most parts
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Extremes in May 2014 | |
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| Hottest day | 24.1 °C at Campania (Kincora) on the 15th |
| Warmest days on average | 17.7 °C at Flinders Island Airport |
| Coolest days on average | 6.1 °C at Mount Wellington |
| Coldest day | 0.0 °C at Mount Wellington on the 6th |
| Coldest night | -7.4 °C at Liawenee on the 8th |
| Coolest nights on average | 1.0 °C at Mount Wellington |
| Warmest nights on average | 12.4 °C at Hogan Island |
| Warmest night | 16.4 °C at Flinders Island Airport on the 16th |
| Warmest on average overall | 14.7 °C at Hogan Island |
| Coolest on average overall | 3.6 °C at Mount Wellington |
| Wettest overall | 424.8 mm at Mount Read |
| Driest overall | 11.2 mm at Monameta
(Mathinna Rd), Ross
(The Boulevards) and St Helens (Glimpse Hill) |
| Wettest day | 55.0 mm at Mount Read on the 23rd |
| Highest wind gust | 131 km/h at Mount Wellington on the 17th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Mean daily minimum temperatures |
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| Highest May mean daily maximum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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| Mean daily maximum temperature for May 2014 (°C) |
Most recent May at least this warm |
Years since warmer |
Average for May |
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| Flinders Island Airport | 17.7 | =17.7 | in 1980* | 33 | 16.2 |
| Cape Sorell | 15.0 | 15.4 | in 1947* | 26 | 13.7 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
| Record highest May daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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| Highest daily minimum temperature in May 2014 (°C) |
Previous warmest for May |
Years of record |
Average for May |
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| Geeveston (Cemetery Road) | 14.3 | on the 19th | 14.1 | on the 4th in 2005 | 28 | 4.6 |
| Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 15.1 | on the 16th | 15.0 | on the 4th in 2005 | 22 | 10.1 |
| Highest May mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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| Mean daily minimum temperature for May 2014 (°C) |
Most recent May at least this warm |
Years since warmer |
Average for May |
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| Cape Sorell | 10.2 | 11.2 | in 1947* | 26 | 9.1 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
| Highest May mean temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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| Mean daily temperature for May 2014 (°C) |
Most recent May at least this warm |
Years since warmer |
Average for May |
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| Cape Sorell | 12.6 | 13.3 | in 1947* | 26 | 11.4 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for May 2014 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures for May (°C) |
Minimum temperatures for May (°C) |
Rainfall for May (millimetres) |
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| Mean for May 2014 |
Diff from average |
Highest for May 2014 |
Mean for May 2014 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for May 2014 |
Total for May 2014 |
Average for May |
Rank of May 2014 |
Fraction of May average |
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| Northern (district 91) | ||||||||||||
| Bridport (Sea View Villas) | 16.4 | +0.5 | 19.0 | 15th | 7.8 | +0.1 | 2.0 | 12th | 57.0 | 62.9 | average | 91% |
| Burnie (Round Hill) | 16.1 | +0.8 | 18.6 | 15th | 9.3 | +0.9 | 4.9 | 7th | 109.0 | 93.0 | average | 117% |
| Burnie NTC AWS | 15.4 | 17.5 | 11th | 10.2 | 6.4 | 21st | ||||||
| Cape Grim | 15.2 | 18.0 | 17th | 11.2 | 6.3 | 8th | 85.4 | |||||
| Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 15.4 | +0.8 | 18.8 | 15th | 11.1 | +1.0 | 6.5 | 8th | 87.6 | 76.9 | average | 114% |
| Cressy Research Station | 15.2 | +0.4 | 18.7 | 16th | 3.9 | +0.6 | -3.4 | 8th | 33.4 | 44.3 | average | 75% |
| Devonport Airport | 16.1 | +0.8 | 19.0 | 11th | 7.3 | +0.6 | 1.4 | 7th | 67.8 | 73.7 | average | 92% |
| Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 16.1 | +0.3 | 19.2 | 15th | 5.6 | +0.6 | -0.5 | 8th | 50.8 | 61.9 | average | 82% |
| Launceston Airport | 15.2 | 18.4 | 16th | 4.9 | -1.5 | 8th | 36.4 | 48.8 | average | 75% | ||
| Low Head | 16.0 | +0.6 | 18.7 | 15th | 10.0 | +0.7 | 5.5 | 7th | 59.4 | 62.7 | average | 95% |
| Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 13.4 | +0.4 | 18.4 | 15th | 7.9 | +1.0 | 2.6 | 7th | 172.8 | 153.8 | average | 112% |
| Marrawah | 15.3 | +0.6 | 18.5 | 15th | 10.0 | +0.9 | 5.4 | 8th | 126.6 | 105.3 | average | 120% |
| Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 15.1 | +0.2 | 18.0 | 16th | 6.2 | +0.4 | 0.4 | 5th | 78.0 | 96.7 | average | 81% |
| Sheffield School Farm | 13.9 | +0.3 | 16.6 | 16th | 5.9 | +0.5 | 0.5 | 7th | 117.6 | 89.0 | high | 132% |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 16.0 | +0.6 | 20.6 | 15th | 7.2 | +1.1 | -1.2 | 7th | 80.8 | 79.6 | average | 102% |
| Wynyard Airport | 16.1 | +1.0 | 19.4 | 17th | 6.0 | +0.7 | -1.0 | 7th | 102.4 | 97.1 | average | 105% |
| East Coast (district 92) | ||||||||||||
| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 17.4 | +0.9 | 22.0 | 16th | 9.1 | +0.7 | 3.9 | 31st | 33.9 | 56.4 | average | 60% |
| Fingal (Legge Street) | 16.1 | +0.9 | 21.1 | 15th | 3.4 | +0.6 | -4.1 | 31st | 18.2 | 49.8 | low | 37% |
| Friendly Beaches | 17.1 | +1.0 | 22.0 | 17th | 9.0 | +0.9 | 2.3 | 31st | 35.8 | 54.8 | average | 65% |
| Lake Leake (Elizabeth River) | 11.9 | +0.5 | 15.0 | 15th | 3.1 | +1.0 | -3.5 | 9th | 41.0 | 72.7 | average | 56% |
| Larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 17.2 | +1.4 | 20.2 | 15th | 10.4 | +0.7 | 5.8 | 6th | 22.4 | 65.0 | low | 34% |
| Maria Island (Point Lesueur) | 15.5 | +0.2 | 20.8 | 19th | 10.0 | +0.5 | 5.8 | 31st | 27.2 | 35.1 | high | 77% |
| Orford (Aubin Court) | 15.9 | +0.2 | 22.2 | 17th | 7.0 | +0.8 | 0.0 | 9th | 34.2 | 57.6 | average | 59% |
| Spring Bay NTC AWS | 16.1 | 21.1 | 17th | 8.9 | 3.4 | 30th | ||||||
| St Helens Aerodrome | 16.8 | +0.8 | 19.9 | 19th | 7.7 | +0.6 | 2.8 | 5th | 11.6 | 43.4 | low | 27% |
| Swan Island | 16.7 | +0.8 | 19.2 | 26th | 11.5 | +0.8 | 7.2 | 7th | 31.4 | 42.7 | average | 74% |
| Swansea (Francis Street) | 16.8 | 22.0 | 15th | 6.8 | -0.1 | 31st | 20.8 | |||||
| Midlands (district 93) | ||||||||||||
| Ross (The Boulevards) | 14.6 | +0.3 | 19.2 | 11th | 3.7 | +0.5 | -4.3 | 31st | 11.2 | 28.3 | low | 40% |
| Southeast (district 94) | ||||||||||||
| Bull Bay (Lauriston) | 15.7 | +0.6 | 23.5 | 15th | 8.0 | -0.1 | 3.8 | 30th | 55.2 | 41.3 | high | 134% |
| Campania (Kincora) | 16.3 | +0.4 | 24.1 | 15th | 6.1 | +0.4 | -0.6 | 9th | 29.6 | 30.4 | average | 97% |
| Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 14.7 | +0.3 | 21.0 | 15th | 8.8 | +0.2 | 4.6 | 30th | 64.8 | 62.3 | average | 104% |
| Cape Bruny Lighthouse | 14.7 | +1.2 | 21.0 | 15th | 8.9 | +0.6 | 4.4 | 30th | 66.8 | 84.3 | average | 79% |
| Dennes Point | 15.4 | 22.5 | 15th | 8.7 | 3.9 | 30th | 40.6 | |||||
| Dover | 15.2 | +0.5 | 22.6 | 15th | 6.1 | +0.3 | -0.5 | 30th | 63.2 | 70.7 | average | 89% |
| Dunalley (Stroud Point) | 15.8 | 22.0 | 15th | 9.0 | 4.1 | 30th | 47.6 | |||||
| Geeveston (Cemetery Road) | 15.3 | +0.7 | 21.6 | 15th | 5.7 | +1.1 | -0.7 | 9th | 67.6 | 69.7 | average | 97% |
| Grove (Research Station) | 15.3 | 22.7 | 15th | 4.7 | -1.4 | 31st | 57.6 | 50.7 | average | 114% | ||
| Hobart (Ellerslie Road) | 15.6 | +1.1 | 23.9 | 15th | 7.7 | +0.7 | 2.4 | 9th | 30.6 | 46.2 | average | 66% |
| Hobart Airport | 16.0 | +0.8 | 23.7 | 15th | 6.8 | +0.2 | 1.2 | 31st | 43.8 | 35.6 | high | 123% |
| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 13.4 | +0.6 | 17.7 | 16th | 9.3 | +0.9 | 6.6 | 24th | 102.4 | 114.8 | average | 89% |
| Melton Mowbray (North Stockman) | 14.8 | +0.6 | 22.1 | 15th | 4.6 | +0.3 | -4.4 | 9th | 32.8 | 28.5 | average | 115% |
| Mount Wellington | 6.1 | +0.5 | 11.9 | 15th | 1.0 | +0.4 | -2.5 | 8th | 87.0 | 65.4 | high | 133% |
| Tasman Island | 13.8 | +0.6 | 18.8 | 17th | 8.8 | +0.2 | 4.6 | 7th | 78.0 | 73.8 | average | 106% |
| Tunnack Fire Station | 12.7 | +0.3 | 17.0 | 19th | 4.0 | +0.4 | -4.7 | 31st | 48.6 | 45.4 | high | 107% |
| Derwent Valley (district 95) | ||||||||||||
| Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) | 15.1 | +0.7 | 23.9 | 15th | 4.2 | +0.1 | -1.7 | 8th | 37.2 | 45.1 | average | 82% |
| Maydena Post Office | 13.4 | +0.3 | 21.5 | 15th | 5.1 | +0.8 | 0.5 | 8th | 99.1 | 92.3 | average | 107% |
| Ouse Fire Station | 14.8 | -0.1 | 23.0 | 15th | 4.0 | +0.4 | -3.4 | 8th | 45.0 | 29.6 | high | 152% |
| Central Plateau (district 96) | ||||||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | 11.1 | +1.1 | 16.8 | 15th | 3.1 | +1.4 | -4.3 | 13th | 163.2 | 157.6 | average | 104% |
| Lake St Clair National Park | 10.4 | +0.2 | 15.7 | 15th | 3.1 | +1.4 | -3.0 | 30th | 189.4 | 158.1 | high | 120% |
| Liawenee | 9.5 | +0.4 | 14.4 | 15th | 1.3 | +1.2 | -7.4 | 8th | 48.2 | 77.1 | low | 63% |
| West Coast (district 97) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Sorell | 15.0 | +1.3 | 18.1 | 16th | 10.2 | +1.1 | 6.7 | 8th | ||||
| Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 8.7 | +0.1 | 15.1 | 15th | 3.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 29th | 99.4 | 74.4 | high | 134% |
| Low Rocky Point | 14.7 | 18.7 | 16th | 9.2 | 4.2 | 8th | 142.4 | 132.1 | average | 108% | ||
| Mount Read | 6.9 | +0.5 | 10.1 | 15th | 2.6 | +0.4 | -1.9 | 4th | 424.8 | 397.4 | average | 107% |
| Scotts Peak Dam | 11.9 | +0.3 | 17.0 | 15th | 5.8 | +0.2 | -0.4 | 9th | 198.0 | 169.9 | average | 117% |
| Strahan Aerodrome | 14.8 | +0.5 | 18.5 | 14th | 8.1 | +0.7 | 1.8 | 31st | 160.6 | 144.9 | average | 111% |
| Warra | 11.5 | 18.5 | 15th | 4.6 | -1.4 | 8th | 150.0 | |||||
| King Island (district 98) | ||||||||||||
| King Island Airport | 16.3 | +0.8 | 19.4 | 16th | 10.4 | +1.1 | 4.1 | 30th | 79.8 | 87.3 | average | 91% |
| Flinders Island (district 99) | ||||||||||||
| Flinders Island Airport | 17.7 | +1.5 | 21.8 | 16th | 9.9 | +0.9 | 0.2 | 7th | 39.4 | 77.2 | low | 51% |
| Hogan Island | 17.0 | 20.9 | 16th | 12.4 | 9.1 | 8th | 45.8 | 49.1 | average | 93% | ||
| Antarctica and Macquarie Island (district 300) | ||||||||||||
| Macquarie Island | 6.2 | +0.3 | 8.9 | 15th | 2.2 | -0.3 | -3.9 | 25th | 96.6 | 83.5 | high | 116% |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Notes
A Monthly Climate Summary is prepared to list 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. Later information, including data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review, usually published in the fourth week of the month.
A Climate Summary is generally published on the first working day of each month.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 8 am on Monday 2 June 2014. Some checks have been made on the data, but it is possible that results will change as new information becomes available.
Averages 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.
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