Thursday, 1 June 2017 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0

Tasmania in May 2017: a cold end to a mild month

Temperatures in Tasmania were above average for most of May. There was some unseasonably warm weather interspersed with some cool days and cold nights, and some particularly cold temperatures at the end of the month. A few days of heavy rain in the north and northeast ensured totals near the East Coast were above average, but much of the State had close to average rainfall.

Mostly above average temperatures, but some cool weather

• The month brought a mix of cool and mild weather, with temperatures above average overall in most areas
• An approaching cold front brought a warm day on the 1st, but there was cold weather for the 2nd and 3rd and a cold morning on the 4th
• Temperatures were unseasonably warm on the 22nd, with 21.1°C at Hobart Airport the warmest temperature ever recorded there so late in the autumn
• It was a cold day on the 30th, with 8.8 °C at Hobart Airport the coldest May day there since 1989
• There were several cold mornings scattered through the month, with the 4th, 29th and 31st especially cold
• The Tasmanian mean temperature for May was 0.14 °C above average, with the mean maximum temperature 0.09 °C above average and the mean minimum temperature 0.18 °C above average

Wet days in the north and east

• A trough brought localised moderate to heavy falls to the north and the northeast from the 20th to the 21st, with several sites recording over 100 mm and a few sites (notably Fingal and Gladstone) having their highest May daily rainfall on record
• Total rainfall for the month was close to or a bit below average for much of Tasmania, but above average near the East Coast
• Cold fronts brought rain and some strong and gusty winds several times through the month, but there were also periods of settled weather dominated by high pressure systems close to the State
• Averaged across the State, rainfall was 3% below the May average and less than half the total received in the very wet May 2016

Hobart: below average rain, temperatures just above average

• Hobart received 28.4 mm of rain in May, compared to a long-term average of 46.7 mm
• Daytime temperatures were a little above the long-term average, with the warmest day 20.7 °C on the 22nd
• The 30th was a cold day, with Hobart's maximum temperature of 9.0 °C the coldest May day there in 17 years
• Despite some cold mornings (including 4.1 °C on the 27th), Hobart's mean overnight temperature was more than half a degree above the long-term average

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

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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top