Wednesday, 1 August 2018 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0

Tasmania in July 2018: wet in all but the east, mild for winter

Several rain events associated with cold fronts meant most of Tasmania had a wet July, although the East Coast had another dry month. Temperatures were above average for the time of year, with Hobart having very few especially cold days.

Wet for most areas, dry on the East Coast

• Rainfall totals above average for most of Tasmania, especially the west and northeast, but below average on the East Coast
• A few sites in the west had their wettest July for several decades, which for some with short record made it their wettest July on record
• Tasmania's total rainfall was 47% above average, and the eighth-wettest July on record
• Over 653 mm of rainfall was recorded at Mount Read in the western highlands, whilst Grindstone Point on the East Coast had only 12 mm for the whole month
• Several significant rain events as cold fronts and low pressure systems crossed the State, most notably around the 6th, 17th, 24th and 29th; in several cases these led to flooding in some rivers
• A rain band with embedded thunderstorms that crossed on the 18th and 19th gave a few Central Plateau sites their highest July daily rainfall on record

Mild for winter

• Temperatures were above average across the State
• Overnight temperatures were well above average in the south and the far northwest, but closer to average in the northeast
• A few individual sites in the north had temperatures a little cooler than average
• Tasmania's mean temperature for July was 0.78 °C above average, with the mean maximum temperature 0.49 °C above average and the mean minimum temperature 1.07 °C above average
• This July was considerably warmer than July last year
• Especially in the east, there were fewer particularly cold days than is usual for the time of year

A mild July for Hobart

• Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 55.2 mm, just slightly above the long-term average
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 13.4 °C, which is 1.7 °C above the long-term average of 11.7 °C
• The temperature at Hobart went above 15 °C on 7 days, compared to a July average of about 3 days so mild; the warmest was the 17th with 17.9 °C
• The coldest day was the 8th at 9.2 °C; this was the only day where the temperature did not get above 10 °C in Hobart, far fewer than the July average of about 7 days so cold
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 5.8 °C, which is 1.2 °C above the long-term average of 4.6 °C
• The coldest morning was 2.6 °C on the 13th, and the warmest morning was on the 4th when the minimum temperature was 10.8 °C

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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* 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

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top