Friday, 1 March 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0

Tasmania in February 2019: cool days in the west; rain in many areas

Several periods of westerly winds and cold fronts brought cool weather to Tasmania, especially in the west. Rainfall was above average in many areas, especially the west and the northeast , but below average in much of the southeast

Cool days, especially in the west

• Relatively cool days were common during February (in stark contrast to January), although both the very start and very end of the month brought warm to locally hot conditions
• The middle of the month was particularly cool, especially in the west; Mount Read reached only 3.5 °C on the 12th, the coldest February day in its 22 years of record
• Cool nights were also common: on the 1st Liawenee dipped to -2.6 °C and Devonport Airport dropped to a February record low temperature of 4.2 °C, and there were more cold mornings around the middle of the month
• Tasmania's mean temperature for February was 0.08 °C below average, with the mean maximum 0.48 °C below average but the mean minimum 0.30 °C above average
• Despite being a relatively cool month, it was generally warmer than February 2017

Westerly winds and thunderstorms bring rain

• Westerly winds and cold fronts were prevalent during February, especially from the 7th to the 14th, ensuring rainfall totals in the western half of the State were above average
• Several sites in the west had their wettest February since 1999
• Thunderstorms in the northeast early on the 7th brought some moderate to locally heavy falls, including a February daily record of 75.0 mm at Pyengana
• Much of the southest and the southern Midlands had a relatively dry February
• Tasmania's total rainfall was 18% above average, just a little drier than February 2018

Hobart: warm overall, with a wet day

• The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 22.8 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term average
• Hobart's hottest day was 35.2 °C on the 25th, the only day over 30 °C during February 2019
• There were a number of cool days scattered through the month, with the coolest the 23rd when the temperature reached 16.8 °C; this compares to an average of about 3 days below 17 °C each February
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 13.0 °C, which is 0.9 °C above the long-term average
• The coldest morning was 8.0 °C on the 13th, whilst Hobart's warmest morning was on the 18th when the minimum temperature was 17.8 °C
• Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 35.4 mm, which is 90% of the long-term average
• All but 4.6 mm of the monthly total fell in the 17 hours between 8 pm on the 6th and 1 pm on the 7th, including 20 mm in less than 2 hours on the morning of the 7th

Further information

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

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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