Saturday, 1 July 2023 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0
Tasmania in June 2023
Rainfall
- Rainfall in June was very much above average across parts of the north-west and north-east, and was above average in most other areas, tending to near average in the south-west and south-east.
- The rainfall total for Tasmania as a whole was 45% above the June average (based on 1961–1990) and the highest since 2016.
- A few sites had their highest June daily rainfall on record and a couple their highest total June rainfall on record.
- The wettest day was the 30th when Mount Read had 100.8 mm, as a low pressure system passed to the south of Tasmania and enhanced the west to south-westerly airstream.
- There was snow at times throughout the month across elevated regions of Tasmania.
Temperature
- Both mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures were higher than average across the whole state, but were still mostly within 1 °C of the 1961 to 1990 average.
- The mean maximum temperature for Tasmania as a whole was 0.46 °C higher than average.
- The mean minimum temperature for Tasmania as a whole was 0.87 °C higher than average.
- Minimum temperatures were more than 8 °C higher than average for parts of the north-east on the 8th.
- A couple of sites had their highest June temperature on record and a couple of others their highest daily minimum temperature on record on the 17th due to a prevailing and warm north to north-westerly airstream.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)
- Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 62.8 mm, which is 117% of the long-term average of 53.9 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 13.6 °C, which is 1.6 °C above the long-term average of 12.0 °C.
- The warmest day was 18.6 °C on the 16th, and the coolest day was on the 19th when the temperature reached 9.9 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 6.2 °C, which is 1.0 °C above the long-term average of 5.2 °C.
- The coldest morning was 1.6 °C on the 5th, and the warmest morning was on the 8th when the minimum temperature was 11.6 °C.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Extremes in June 2023 | |
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Hottest day |
20.0 °C at Flinders Island Airport on the 7th |
Warmest days on average |
15.2 °C at Bicheno (Council Depot) |
Coolest days on average |
4.2 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
Coldest day |
-2.0 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) on the 19th |
Coldest night |
-8.1 °C at Liawenee on the 4th |
Coolest nights on average |
-0.3 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
Warmest nights on average |
9.8 °C at Hogan Island |
Warmest night |
14.5 °C at larapuna (Eddystone Point) on the 8th |
Warmest on average overall |
11.9 °C at Hogan Island |
Coolest on average overall |
1.9 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
Wettest overall |
514.6 mm at Mount Read |
Wettest day |
100.8 mm at Mount Read on the 30th |
Strongest wind gust |
154 km/h at Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse on the 1st |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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Observed | Anomaly | Decile rank | |
Total rainfall |
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Mean daily maximum temperatures |
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Mean daily minimum temperatures |
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Record highest June daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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Friendly Beaches | 91.8 | on the 23rd | 53.0 | on the 21st in 2016 | 27 | |
Mount Read | 100.8 | on the 30th | 99.0 | on the 6th in 2016 | 27 | |
St Helens Aerodrome | 83.6 | on the 23rd | 45.0 | on the 6th in 2016 | 23 |
Record highest June total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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Marrawah | 205.0 | 203.8 | in 1980 | 53 | 121.5 |
Smithton Aerodrome | 227.8 | 177.8 | in 2003 | 25 | 96.4 |
Highest June total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent higher |
Average for June |
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City of Melbourne Bay | 210.0 | 270.7 | in 1952 | 117.5 |
Record highest June temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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Dover | 19.2 | on the 17th | 18.9 | on the 8th in 1995 | 34 | 12.6 |
Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 18.2 | on the 17th | = 18.2 | on the 7th in 2015 | 27 | 12.5 |
Record highest June daily minimum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for June |
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Wynyard Airport | 13.9 | on the 17th | 13.8 | on the 2nd in 2014 | 37 | 4.1 |
Devonport Airport | 14.1 | on the 17th | 13.9 | on the 1st in 1992 | 32 | 5.1 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
Summary statistics for June 2023 | ||||||||||||
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Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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Mean for June 2023 |
Diff from average |
Highest for June 2023 |
Mean for June 2023 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for June 2023 |
Total for June 2023 |
Average for June |
Rank of June 2023 |
Fraction of June average |
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Northern (district 91) | ||||||||||||
Cape Grim | 13.2 | +0.2 | 15.7 | 6th | 9.2 | +0.3 | 5.5 | 21st | 238.6 | 103.4 | v high | 231% |
Cressy (Brumbys Creek) | 12.5 | 16.6 | 7th | 2.3 | -3.8 | 21st | 89.4 | |||||
Devonport Airport | 14.0 | +0.5 | 16.2 | 7th | 5.9 | +0.8 | -0.1 | 20th | 116.8 | 78.5 | high | 149% |
Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 13.8 | +0.6 | 17.8 | 7th | 4.0 | +1.1 | -2.5 | 29th | 119.0 | 68.7 | v high | 173% |
Launceston Airport | 12.7 | +0.5 | 16.7 | 7th | 3.1 | +0.6 | -2.9 | 21st | 90.2 | 55.3 | high | 163% |
Low Head | 13.6 | +0.1 | 15.8 | 7th | 8.5 | +1.0 | 3.3 | 21st | 99.8 | 75.9 | high | 131% |
Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 11.1 | -0.1 | 13.5 | 16th | 6.0 | +0.3 | 1.9 | 20th | 258.0 | 151.7 | v high | 170% |
Marrawah | 13.2 | +0.3 | 16.2 | 16th | 7.7 | +0.2 | 3.0 | 30th | 205.0 | 121.5 | highest | 169% |
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 12.7 | +0.1 | 17.4 | 7th | 4.9 | +0.6 | -1.1 | 20th | 158.2 | 102.8 | high | 154% |
Sheffield School Farm | 11.5 | -0.2 | 14.5 | 7th | 4.3 | +0.4 | -1.4 | 21st | 197.2 | 116.5 | high | 169% |
Smithton Aerodrome | 13.8 | 0.0 | 16.8 | 16th | 6.2 | +1.3 | 0.6 | 21st | 227.8 | 96.4 | highest | 236% |
Wynyard Airport | 13.6 | +0.1 | 16.0 | 16th | 5.0 | +0.9 | -1.8 | 21st | 172.4 | 108.4 | high | 159% |
East Coast (district 92) | ||||||||||||
Bicheno (Council Depot) | 15.2 | +0.6 | 18.2 | 16th | 7.2 | +0.5 | 2.5 | 20th | 99.6 | 62.0 | high | 161% |
Fingal (Fleming St) | 13.0 | 16.2 | 15th | 1.1 | -6.0 | 21st | 66.4 | |||||
Friendly Beaches | 14.6 | +0.5 | 18.3 | 7th | 6.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4th | 128.0 | 55.5 | high | 231% |
larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 14.6 | +1.0 | 17.7 | 7th | 8.3 | +0.5 | 3.4 | 29th | 86.4 | 73.8 | high | 117% |
Maria Island (Point Lesueur) | 13.7 | +0.6 | 17.0 | 7th | 8.5 | +0.4 | 5.2 | 22nd | 98.0 | 52.3 | high | 187% |
St Helens Aerodrome | 14.5 | +0.4 | 17.1 | 11th | 5.9 | +0.4 | -0.3 | 20th | 127.0 | 65.9 | high | 193% |
Swan Island | 14.2 | +0.1 | 17.7 | 6th | 9.4 | +0.1 | 4.3 | 21st | 103.6 | 58.5 | v high | 177% |
Swansea (Francis Street) | 14.7 | +0.8 | 19.0 | 17th | 4.6 | -0.3 | -0.5 | 21st | 103.8 | 62.0 | high | 167% |
Midlands (district 93) | ||||||||||||
Ross (The Boulevards) | 12.5 | +0.7 | 17.6 | 6th | 0.6 | -1.1 | -5.9 | 21st | 59.2 | 40.8 | high | 145% |
Southeast (district 94) | ||||||||||||
Campania (Kincora) | 14.2 | +0.6 | 19.2 | 16th | 4.0 | +0.1 | -2.5 | 21st | 43.4 | 43.8 | average | 99% |
Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 13.0 | +0.5 | 18.2 | 17th | 7.4 | +0.1 | 4.3 | 19th | 82.8 | 75.7 | average | 109% |
Dennes Point | 13.5 | +0.5 | 17.5 | 16th | 7.1 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5th | 55.2 | 51.5 | average | 107% |
Dover | 12.5 | -0.1 | 19.2 | 17th | 3.9 | 0.0 | -0.8 | 5th | 101.8 | 79.2 | high | 129% |
Dunalley (Stroud Point) | 13.8 | +0.9 | 18.8 | 16th | 7.2 | +0.2 | 3.1 | 22nd | 48.6 | 56.2 | average | 86% |
Grove (Research Station) | 13.3 | +0.7 | 18.6 | 17th | 2.4 | +0.2 | -3.6 | 21st | 72.2 | 69.0 | average | 105% |
Hobart (Ellerslie Road) | 13.6 | +1.6 | 18.6 | 16th | 6.2 | +1.0 | 1.6 | 5th | 62.8 | 53.9 | high | 117% |
Hobart Airport | 14.3 | 19.3 | 16th | 4.6 | -0.6 | 5th | 35.8 | |||||
kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 4.2 | +0.5 | 10.0 | 5th | -0.3 | +0.3 | -4.0 | 29th | 76.0 | 84.1 | average | 90% |
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 12.4 | +0.9 | 17.7 | 7th | 8.0 | +0.7 | 4.7 | 19th | 130.0 | 116.3 | average | 112% |
Tasman Island | 11.9 | +0.4 | 16.1 | 7th | 7.9 | +0.5 | 4.6 | 29th | 58.4 | 61.7 | average | 95% |
Tunnack Fire Station | 10.6 | +0.6 | 14.6 | 7th | 2.0 | -0.1 | -5.2 | 4th | 62.2 | 66.5 | average | 94% |
Derwent Valley (district 95) | ||||||||||||
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) | 12.2 | +0.8 | 19.0 | 17th | 2.3 | +0.2 | -3.6 | 4th | 53.8 | 48.0 | average | 112% |
Ouse Fire Station | 11.8 | -0.1 | 18.0 | 17th | 1.7 | +0.2 | -4.7 | 5th | 60.2 | 43.3 | average | 139% |
Central Plateau (district 96) | ||||||||||||
Butlers Gorge | 8.3 | +0.5 | 12.3 | 16th | 1.2 | +0.9 | -5.7 | 5th | 220.4 | 151.1 | high | 146% |
Liawenee | 6.3 | -0.3 | 11.3 | 4th | -0.2 | +0.8 | -8.1 | 4th | 99.8 | 100.4 | average | 99% |
West Coast (district 97) | ||||||||||||
Cape Sorell | 13.5 | +1.2 | 17.5 | 7th | 8.8 | +1.1 | 5.0 | 4th | 156.8 | 139.4 | average | 112% |
Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 6.9 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 7th | 2.3 | 0.0 | -1.1 | 19th | 146.4 | 101.9 | high | 144% |
Low Rocky Point | 13.4 | +0.5 | 19.4 | 6th | 7.7 | -0.1 | 2.3 | 4th | 164.4 | 130.0 | high | 126% |
Mount Read | 4.3 | -0.3 | 9.0 | 7th | 1.0 | 0.0 | -2.7 | 20th | 514.6 | 356.2 | high | 144% |
Scotts Peak Dam | 10.1 | +0.3 | 15.3 | 17th | 4.2 | +0.2 | 0.5 | 4th | 217.8 | 183.0 | high | 119% |
Strahan Aerodrome | 13.3 | +0.6 | 19.5 | 6th | 6.9 | +1.3 | 0.1 | 4th | 173.6 | 155.6 | average | 112% |
Warra | 9.5 | +0.3 | 14.7 | 17th | 3.5 | +0.3 | -1.3 | 4th | 237.4 | 136.8 | high | 174% |
King Island (district 98) | ||||||||||||
King Island Airport | 14.4 | +0.4 | 17.7 | 6th | 8.9 | +0.8 | 2.5 | 4th | 112.2 | 98.6 | average | 114% |
Flinders Island (district 99) | ||||||||||||
Flinders Island Airport | 14.5 | +0.4 | 20.0 | 7th | 8.8 | +1.8 | -0.6 | 21st | 132.8 | 72.5 | v high | 183% |
Hogan Island | 13.9 | +0.1 | 17.0 | 7th | 9.8 | -0.1 | 6.0 | 20th | 105.4 | 63.2 | v high | 167% |
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, usually published in the first week of the following 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.
This statement has been prepared based on information available at 4 pm on Saturday 1 July 2023. 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.
Information about Australian Indigenous seasonal calendars is available at the Indigenous Weather Knowledge website.
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