Thursday, 1 August 2019 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0
Tasmania in July 2019: very wet in the west, dry in the east, warm for July
Westerly winds and cold fronts brought plenty of rain to western Tasmania, but the east had a relatively dry July. Temperatures were above average, despite several cold days and nights.
Very wet in the west, but dry in the east
- Westerly winds and cold fronts were dominant during July, bringing frequent rain to western Tasmania
- Some fronts were particularly active or had embedded thunderstorms, giving a few sites their highest July daily rainfall on record
- Rainfall totals were above average over the western half and the northeast highlands, and very much above average in the western highlands
- Zeehan and Lake Margaret Dam had their wettest July since 1970, and a few other sites in the west with shorter records had their wettest July on record
- The East Coast had below average rain, with some areas very much below average
- Friendly Beaches, Swansea and Point Lesueur on Maria Island reported less than 20 mm for the whole month, about one-third their July average
- Tasmania's total rainfall for the month was 36% above average, but not as wet as July 2018 (which was wet across Tasmania apart from the East Coast)
- For the year so far, rainfall has been very much below average near the East Coast, but close to average over the western half of Tasmania
Mild for winter, but some cold days and nights
- As is typical for winter, there were several cold days with snow or persistent fog, and cold nights with frost
- Overall, temperatures were above average for the time of year, with several days well above average
- With wind and cloud a frequent occurrence during the month, relatively mild nights were common, especially near the coast
- Tasmania's mean minimum temperature was 1.39 °C above the July average, warmer than July 2018 but not as warm as July 2016
- Tasmania's mean maximum temperature was 0.57 °C above average, a little warmer than last July
- Tasmania's overall mean temperature for July was 0.98 °C above average
- It has been a warm year so far, with some areas in the southeast having their warmest January to July mean maximum temperature on record
A mostly mild month for Hobart
- Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 46.6 mm, which is 89% of the long-term average of 52.3 mm
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 13.5 °C, which is 1.8 °C above the long-term average of 11.7 °C
- Hobart had two days over 17 °C (the 1st and the 22nd) and seven days over 15 °C; the long-term July average is about three days over 15 °C
- There were only two days that did not reach 10 °C (the 12th and the 13th), compared to a long-term average of about seven days that cold each July
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 6.0 °C, which is 1.4 °C above the long-term average of 4.6 °C
- The coldest morning was 1.9 °C on the 27th; on average there are four or five mornings below 2 °C each July
- The warmest morning was on the 1st when the minimum temperature was 10.0 °C
- Hobart has had a warm and dry year so far, with the mean daily maximum temperature two degrees above average, the mean minimum temperature more than a degree above average, and rainfall only about 53% of the January to July average
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in July 2019 | |
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Hottest day | 18.5 °C at Campania (Kincora) on the 1st |
Warmest days on average | 14.7 °C at Friendly Beaches |
Coolest days on average | 3.2 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
Coldest day | -1.6 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) on the 12th |
Coldest night | -7.0 °C at Liawenee on the 31st |
Coolest nights on average | -1.0 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
Warmest nights on average | 8.9 °C at Hogan Island |
Warmest night | 12.5 °C at Flinders Island Airport on the 26th |
Warmest on average overall | 11.2 °C at King Island Airport |
Coolest on average overall | 1.1 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
Wettest overall | 677.0 mm at Lake Margaret Dam |
Driest overall | 9.6 mm at Grindstone Point |
Wettest day | 62.4 mm at Mount Read on the 2nd |
Strongest wind gust | 150 km/h at Hogan Island on the 14th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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Total rainfall |
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Mean daily maximum temperatures |
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Mean daily minimum temperatures |
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Record highest July daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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Strahan Aerodrome | 47.6 | on the 11th | 47.4 | on the 9th in 1989 | 34 | |
Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 45.0 | on the 16th | 39.2 | on the 6th in 2014 | 22 | |
Ouse Fire Station | 26.4 | on the 12th | 25.6 | on the 31st in 2014 | 22 |
Record highest July total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for July |
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Savage River Mine | 385.8 | 381.7 | in 1970 | 53 | 240.9 |
Lake St Clair National Park | 428.8 | 405.0 | in 2016 | 30 | 222.2 |
Queenstown (South Queenstown) | 592.4 | 504.0 | in 2016 | 23 | 299.3 |
Ouse Fire Station | 113.2 | 108.6 | in 2018 | 22 | 55.7 |
Highest July total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent higher |
Average for July |
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Lake Margaret Dam | 677.0 | 769.2 | in 1917* | 357.6 | |
Lake Margaret Power Station | 589.8 | 595.1 | in 1970* | 318.0 | |
Zeehan (West Coast Pioneers Museum) | 495.7 | 544.1 | in 1970* | 283.7 |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
Record highest July mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for July |
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Fingal (Legge Street) | 2.4 | 2.2 | in 1996 | 33 | 0.5 |
Record highest July mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for July |
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Fingal (Legge Street) | 7.7 | 7.5 | in 2013 | 33 | 6.4 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for July 2019 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for July 2019 |
Diff from average |
Highest for July 2019 |
Mean for July 2019 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for July 2019 |
Total for July 2019 |
Average for July |
Rank of July 2019 |
Fraction of July average |
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Northern (district 91) | ||||||||||||
Cape Grim | 12.4 | 14.1 | 22nd | 8.6 | 4.8 | 13th | 146.2 | |||||
Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 12.5 | -0.1 | 14.8 | 6th | 8.6 | +0.4 | 5.0 | 13th | 142.8 | 111.8 | high | 128% |
Cressy Research Station | 12.3 | +0.5 | 15.4 | 26th | 3.2 | +1.6 | -2.8 | 31st | 89.0 | 65.4 | high | 136% |
Devonport Airport | 13.3 | +0.5 | 16.1 | 6th | 6.0 | +1.3 | 0.1 | 30th | 66.2 | 96.8 | low | 68% |
Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 13.4 | +0.7 | 17.4 | 6th | 3.5 | +1.2 | -2.2 | 31st | 87.4 | 80.4 | average | 109% |
Launceston Airport | 11.9 | +0.1 | 15.9 | 6th | 2.8 | +0.7 | -2.2 | 27th | 83.4 | 70.2 | average | 119% |
Low Head | 12.9 | +0.1 | 14.7 | 6th | 8.2 | +1.3 | 2.8 | 31st | 69.8 | 76.9 | average | 91% |
Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 10.1 | -0.4 | 14.5 | 6th | 5.3 | +0.3 | 0.4 | 30th | 262.0 | 206.7 | high | 127% |
Marrawah | 12.6 | +0.3 | 15.2 | 6th | 7.1 | +0.3 | 0.0 | 13th | 172.6 | 143.3 | high | 120% |
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 12.0 | 0.0 | 15.6 | 6th | 4.2 | +0.5 | -1.0 | 27th | 143.8 | 119.9 | average | 120% |
Sheffield School Farm | 10.8 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 8th | 4.0 | +0.7 | -1.3 | 30th | 176.8 | 139.2 | high | 127% |
Smithton Aerodrome | 13.0 | -0.1 | 15.3 | 6th | 6.2 | +1.5 | -1.4 | 30th | 175.0 | 124.7 | high | 140% |
Wynyard Airport | 13.1 | +0.4 | 15.0 | 25th | 4.7 | +1.2 | -2.0 | 31st | 158.4 | 133.6 | average | 119% |
East Coast (district 92) | ||||||||||||
Fingal (Legge Street) | 13.1 | +0.9 | 16.6 | 25th | 2.4 | +1.9 | -4.9 | 31st | 28.4 | 55.1 | low | 52% |
Friendly Beaches | 14.7 | +0.9 | 18.2 | 22nd | 6.4 | +0.7 | 0.7 | 31st | 12.8 | 41.7 | low | 31% |
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River) | 9.2 | +0.6 | 11.9 | 6th | 1.2 | +1.0 | -4.7 | 31st | 57.0 | 76.6 | average | 74% |
larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 13.9 | +0.9 | 16.1 | 26th | 7.6 | +0.7 | 3.7 | 31st | 59.8 | 74.8 | average | 80% |
Maria Island (Point Lesueur) | 13.2 | +0.5 | 15.8 | 21st | 7.9 | +0.5 | 5.1 | 31st | 9.8 | 31.0 | v low | 32% |
Orford (Aubin Court) | 13.7 | +0.6 | 16.6 | 21st | 4.8 | +1.3 | 0.0 | 27th | 22.4 | 55.0 | low | 41% |
St Helens Aerodrome | 13.9 | +0.3 | 16.9 | 16th | 6.1 | +1.3 | 0.9 | 31st | 37.6 | 46.6 | average | 81% |
Swan Island | 13.3 | +0.1 | 14.4 | 21st | 8.7 | +0.3 | 4.2 | 30th | 61.8 | 69.5 | average | 89% |
Swansea (Francis Street) | 14.4 | 17.6 | 22nd | 5.3 | -0.9 | 31st | 11.8 | |||||
Midlands (district 93) | ||||||||||||
Ross (The Boulevards) | 11.7 | +0.4 | 14.4 | 16th | 2.2 | +0.8 | -4.4 | 31st | 42.8 | 41.7 | average | 103% |
Southeast (district 94) | ||||||||||||
Campania (Kincora) | 13.9 | +0.8 | 18.5 | 1st | 4.9 | +1.6 | -0.5 | 31st | 33.4 | 37.4 | average | 89% |
Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 12.4 | +0.3 | 16.9 | 22nd | 6.8 | +0.2 | 4.3 | 15th | 87.0 | 76.4 | average | 114% |
Cape Bruny Lighthouse | 12.2 | +0.9 | 16.4 | 1st | 7.1 | +0.9 | 5.0 | 13th | 100.1 | 95.2 | average | 105% |
Dennes Point | 13.0 | 17.5 | 22nd | 6.8 | 2.7 | 27th | 39.4 | |||||
Dover | 12.6 | +0.3 | 18.1 | 22nd | 4.1 | +0.6 | 0.2 | 27th | 113.6 | 88.2 | high | 129% |
Dunalley (Stroud Point) | 13.0 | 17.1 | 25th | 6.8 | 2.9 | 27th | 26.4 | |||||
Grove (Research Station) | 12.8 | +0.6 | 17.2 | 22nd | 3.5 | +1.6 | -2.8 | 31st | 77.8 | 70.7 | average | 110% |
Hobart (Ellerslie Road) | 13.5 | +1.8 | 17.9 | 1st | 6.0 | +1.4 | 1.8 | 31st | 46.6 | 52.3 | average | 89% |
Hobart Airport | 13.8 | +1.3 | 17.9 | 1st | 5.4 | +1.3 | 0.9 | 27th | 21.4 | 42.7 | low | 50% |
kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 3.2 | +0.8 | 7.5 | 7th | -1.0 | +0.6 | -4.5 | 30th | 67.5 | |||
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 11.2 | +0.2 | 15.4 | 6th | 7.1 | +0.4 | 4.3 | 13th | 152.0 | 129.2 | high | 118% |
Melton Mowbray (North Stockman) | 12.1 | +0.7 | 16.5 | 25th | 3.0 | +1.0 | -2.2 | 31st | 47.4 | 35.2 | high | 135% |
Tasman Island | 11.2 | +0.3 | 14.8 | 22nd | 6.5 | -0.1 | 3.7 | 15th | 70.6 | 70.3 | average | 100% |
Tunnack Fire Station | 10.4 | +0.9 | 13.0 | 7th | 1.9 | +0.4 | -3.4 | 27th | 38.0 | 42.0 | average | 90% |
Derwent Valley (district 95) | ||||||||||||
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) | 12.3 | +1.1 | 18.2 | 1st | 2.3 | +0.9 | -3.2 | 31st | 77.4 | 50.4 | high | 154% |
Maydena Post Office | 10.5 | -0.1 | 16.8 | 22nd | 3.0 | +0.7 | -1.4 | 27th | 242.6 | 124.8 | v high | 194% |
Ouse Fire Station | 11.9 | +0.2 | 17.3 | 25th | 2.8 | +1.7 | -2.9 | 31st | 113.2 | 55.7 | highest | 203% |
Central Plateau (district 96) | ||||||||||||
Butlers Gorge | 7.9 | +0.8 | 12.7 | 6th | 1.2 | +1.5 | -3.9 | 27th | 329.2 | 180.0 | v high | 183% |
Lake St Clair National Park | 7.2 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 6th | 0.6 | +0.7 | -3.4 | 31st | 428.8 | 222.2 | highest | 193% |
Liawenee | 5.6 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 31st | -0.9 | +0.7 | -7.0 | 31st | 119.8 | 119.7 | average | 100% |
West Coast (district 97) | ||||||||||||
Cape Sorell | 12.7 | +0.9 | 16.4 | 7th | 8.2 | +1.1 | 4.8 | 30th | 223.4 | 155.5 | high | 144% |
Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 5.6 | -0.3 | 11.8 | 7th | 1.3 | -0.1 | -1.2 | 30th | 161.6 | 110.1 | high | 147% |
Low Rocky Point | 12.5 | 17.8 | 7th | 7.8 | 5.2 | 5th | ||||||
Mount Read | 3.7 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 6th | 0.3 | +0.1 | -3.4 | 30th | ||||
Scotts Peak Dam | 8.8 | -0.4 | 13.6 | 20th | 3.6 | +0.3 | 0.0 | 5th | 379.6 | 217.3 | v high | 175% |
Strahan Aerodrome | 12.9 | +0.7 | 18.2 | 6th | 6.7 | +1.5 | 1.2 | 5th | 321.6 | 181.6 | v high | 177% |
Warra | 8.7 | +0.1 | 13.2 | 22nd | 3.4 | +0.9 | 0.6 | 13th | 313.2 | 198.7 | high | 158% |
King Island (district 98) | ||||||||||||
King Island Airport | 13.7 | +0.4 | 16.6 | 6th | 8.7 | +1.1 | 3.5 | 27th | 108.2 | 117.3 | average | 92% |
Flinders Island (district 99) | ||||||||||||
Flinders Island Airport | 13.7 | +0.3 | 17.0 | 6th | 7.6 | +1.3 | -1.3 | 31st | 50.4 | 81.9 | low | 62% |
Hogan Island | 13.1 | +0.2 | 14.7 | 20th | 8.9 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 13th | 79.6 | 76.8 | average | 104% |
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 Monthly climate summary, generally published on the first working day of each month, 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. More extensive discussion of significant weather events, along with later information and data that has had greater opportunity for quality control, will be presented in the Monthly Weather Review.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 9 am on Thursday 1 August 2019. 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.
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