Friday, 3 May 2024 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0
Tasmania in April 2024
Rainfall
- Rainfall was lower than average for much of the Western and South East districts, and patches of the Central Plateau and North West Coast districts, and was close to average for most other parts.
- The area-averaged rainfall total for Tasmania was 25% below the 1961-1990 average for April.
- Some sites in the south had less than half of their average April rainfall.
- The wettest day was the 2nd when a low pressure system crossed the state and some sites had their highest April daily rainfall on record.
Temperature
- Maximum temperatures were warmer than average across the north and close to average elsewhere.
- The mean maximum temperature for Tasmania was just 0.02 °C warmer than 1961-1990 average.
- Minimum temperatures were warmer than average across the Bass Strait Islands and parts of the west and south, and close to average for most other parts.
- The mean minimum temperature for Tasmania was 0.26 °C warmer than 1961-1990 average.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)
- Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 36.8 mm, which is 74% of the long-term average of 49.5 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 18.9 °C, which is 1.5 °C above the long-term average of 17.4 °C.
- The warmest day was 24.2 °C on the 14th, and the coolest day was on the 30th when the temperature reached 14.6 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 9.8 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average of 9.0 °C.
- The coldest morning was 6.4 °C on the 17th, and the warmest morning was on the 15th when the minimum temperature was 14.8 °C.
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in April 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Hottest day | 24.5 °C at Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) on the 1st |
| Warmest days on average | 19.7 °C at Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) |
| Coolest days on average | 8.2 °C at Mount Read |
| Coldest day | 2.7 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) on the 24th |
| Coldest night | -3.5 °C at Liawenee on the 27th |
| Coolest nights on average | 1.4 °C at Liawenee |
| Warmest nights on average | 12.7 °C at Swan Island |
| Warmest night | 16.3 °C at Maria Island (Point Lesueur) on the 2nd |
| Warmest on average overall | 15.7 °C at Swan Island |
| Coolest on average overall | 5.3 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
| Wettest overall | 359.6 mm at Lake Margaret Dam |
| Wettest day | 69.2 mm at Dunorlan (Sharmans Road) on the 2nd |
| Strongest wind gust | 117 km/h at Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse on the 29th |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Maps | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Observed | Anomaly | Decile rank | |
| Total rainfall |
|
|
|
| Mean daily maximum temperatures |
|
|
|
| Mean daily minimum temperatures |
|
|
|
Click on a map to show it full size in a pop-up window
| Record highest April daily rainfall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
||||
| Deviot Jetty | 56.6 | on the 2nd | 46.4 | on the 30th in 2022 | 36 | |
| Sheffield School Farm | 65.4 | on the 2nd | 47.8 | on the 25th in 2009 | 28 | |
| Kimberley (Mersey River) | 56.4 | on the 2nd | 53.0 | on the 14th in 2003 | 27 | |
| Low Head | 39.4 | on the 2nd | 39.0 | on the 13th in 1998 | 27 | |
| Fortescue Bay | 47.0 | on the 2nd | 33.4 | on the 11th in 2023 | 21 | |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for April 2024 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
||||||||||
| Mean for April 2024 |
Diff from average |
Highest for April 2024 |
Mean for April 2024 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for April 2024 |
Total for April 2024 |
Average for April |
Rank of April 2024 |
Fraction of April average |
|||
| Northern (district 91) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Grim | 16.0 | -0.6 | 20.1 | 6th | 11.7 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 24th | 56.8 | 56.4 | average | 101% |
| Cressy (Brumbys Creek) | 18.3 | 21.8 | 14th | 4.9 | -0.2 | 30th | 58.0 | |||||
| Devonport Airport | 18.6 | +0.8 | 21.6 | 15th | 8.1 | -0.7 | 3.4 | 30th | 64.4 | 60.4 | average | 107% |
| Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 19.7 | +0.7 | 24.5 | 1st | 7.0 | -0.6 | 0.6 | 30th | 52.0 | 51.7 | average | 101% |
| Launceston Airport | 18.6 | +0.4 | 22.6 | 1st | 6.0 | -0.7 | 0.4 | 30th | 56.0 | 48.0 | average | 117% |
| Low Head | 18.2 | +0.4 | 20.0 | 23rd | 11.1 | -0.2 | 6.3 | 30th | 83.0 | 55.9 | high | 148% |
| Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 15.2 | -0.5 | 21.0 | 5th | 7.9 | -0.4 | 4.6 | 9th | 74.4 | 98.6 | average | 75% |
| Marrawah | 16.7 | -0.2 | 19.8 | 7th | 10.5 | +0.2 | 7.5 | 9th | 95.0 | 83.1 | average | 114% |
| Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 18.4 | +0.5 | 22.7 | 1st | 7.6 | -0.4 | 3.3 | 30th | 65.2 | 77.5 | average | 84% |
| Sheffield School Farm | 17.2 | +0.7 | 20.7 | 21st | 6.6 | -0.5 | 2.9 | 30th | 74.6 | 68.3 | average | 109% |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 17.8 | -0.1 | 22.3 | 7th | 7.6 | -0.2 | 2.8 | 9th | 51.4 | 60.2 | average | 85% |
| Wynyard Airport | 18.4 | +0.7 | 22.3 | 7th | 6.2 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 30th | 59.2 | 69.6 | average | 85% |
| East Coast (district 92) | ||||||||||||
| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 18.6 | -0.3 | 22.0 | 15th | 10.4 | +0.1 | 7.0 | 20th | 66.7 | 57.9 | average | 115% |
| Fingal (Fleming St) | 18.2 | 23.0 | 1st | 3.9 | -1.7 | 20th | 59.0 | |||||
| Friendly Beaches | 18.9 | +0.1 | 22.8 | 22nd | 9.1 | -0.7 | 4.5 | 20th | 72.8 | 53.2 | high | 137% |
| larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 19.4 | +1.5 | 23.1 | 13th | 10.9 | -0.2 | 5.3 | 30th | 68.0 | 63.6 | average | 107% |
| Maria Island (Point Lesueur) | 17.6 | -0.1 | 21.2 | 1st | 11.4 | +0.1 | 8.5 | 20th | 32.2 | 35.9 | average | 90% |
| St Helens Aerodrome | 19.0 | +0.4 | 23.1 | 14th | 9.0 | -0.6 | 3.6 | 30th | 64.0 | 53.8 | average | 119% |
| Swan Island | 18.6 | +0.3 | 21.6 | 1st | 12.7 | -0.1 | 7.6 | 30th | 50.6 | 45.7 | average | 111% |
| Swansea (Francis Street) | 18.3 | -0.5 | 23.1 | 15th | 7.6 | -0.8 | 3.1 | 20th | 50.0 | 38.1 | high | 131% |
| Midlands (district 93) | ||||||||||||
| Ross (The Boulevards) | 17.7 | 0.0 | 22.1 | 1st | 4.0 | -1.5 | -1.6 | 30th | 47.4 | 36.2 | high | 131% |
| Southeast (district 94) | ||||||||||||
| Campania (Kincora) | 18.9 | -0.1 | 23.1 | 22nd | 7.3 | -0.2 | 2.0 | 20th | 43.4 | 31.9 | high | 136% |
| Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 16.8 | +0.1 | 22.4 | 6th | 10.5 | +0.4 | 7.8 | 24th | 40.8 | 55.9 | low | 73% |
| Dennes Point | 18.3 | +0.5 | 22.6 | 14th | 10.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 28th | 25.0 | 33.1 | average | 76% |
| Dover | 17.8 | +0.8 | 22.3 | 14th | 7.4 | +0.2 | 3.4 | 17th | 26.6 | 65.7 | low | 40% |
| Dunalley (Stroud Point) | 18.0 | -0.2 | 21.6 | 14th | 10.5 | -0.3 | 6.7 | 20th | 30.6 | 37.1 | average | 82% |
| Grove (Research Station) | 18.0 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 6th | 5.7 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 17th | 44.6 | 45.3 | average | 98% |
| Hobart (Ellerslie Road) | 18.9 | +1.5 | 24.2 | 14th | 9.8 | +0.8 | 6.4 | 17th | 36.8 | 49.5 | average | 74% |
| Hobart Airport | 18.7 | 23.7 | 14th | 8.4 | 3.5 | 20th | 35.6 | |||||
| kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 8.3 | -0.2 | 14.2 | 1st | 2.3 | 0.0 | -2.2 | 24th | 66.8 | 80.4 | average | 83% |
| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 13.6 | -0.9 | 18.1 | 6th | 10.0 | +0.4 | 7.7 | 30th | 77.8 | 106.8 | low | 73% |
| Tasman Island | 15.1 | -0.1 | 18.2 | 14th | 10.4 | +0.4 | 7.7 | 3rd | 69.8 | 65.9 | average | 106% |
| Tunnack Fire Station | 15.7 | +0.2 | 20.0 | 14th | 4.7 | -0.6 | -0.3 | 4th | 18.0 | 40.2 | low | 45% |
| Derwent Valley (district 95) | ||||||||||||
| Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) | 19.0 | +0.9 | 24.2 | 6th | 6.5 | +0.3 | 0.4 | 23rd | 31.4 | 45.3 | low | 69% |
| Ouse Fire Station | 18.7 | +0.3 | 23.3 | 6th | 6.3 | +1.1 | 0.2 | 23rd | 26.4 | 31.5 | average | 84% |
| Central Plateau (district 96) | ||||||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | 12.7 | -0.4 | 19.2 | 6th | 4.5 | +1.1 | 0.0 | 23rd | 89.0 | 138.3 | low | 64% |
| Liawenee | 12.5 | +0.2 | 19.9 | 1st | 1.4 | -0.5 | -3.5 | 27th | 53.8 | 65.2 | average | 83% |
| West Coast (district 97) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Sorell | 16.6 | +1.0 | 20.2 | 6th | 11.0 | +0.6 | 7.8 | 3rd | 62.8 | 105.6 | low | 59% |
| Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 10.0 | -1.1 | 17.4 | 1st | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 24th | 50.2 | 73.0 | low | 69% |
| Low Rocky Point | 15.5 | -0.9 | 20.8 | 6th | 10.6 | +0.2 | 8.5 | 9th | 85.8 | 104.4 | average | 82% |
| Mount Read | 8.2 | -0.6 | 16.1 | 1st | 3.1 | -0.4 | -0.6 | 24th | 334.4 | 292.8 | average | 114% |
| Scotts Peak Dam | 14.5 | -0.4 | 21.6 | 6th | 7.5 | +0.6 | 3.9 | 9th | 109.8 | 130.6 | average | 84% |
| Strahan Aerodrome | 16.4 | -0.5 | 21.9 | 6th | 9.2 | +0.6 | 4.9 | 19th | ||||
| Warra | 13.1 | -0.5 | 18.3 | 6th | 6.5 | +0.5 | 3.5 | 9th | 77.8 | 118.5 | average | 66% |
| King Island (district 98) | ||||||||||||
| King Island Airport | 17.7 | -0.1 | 22.7 | 6th | 11.3 | +0.7 | 7.1 | 23rd | 46.4 | 55.5 | average | 84% |
| Flinders Island (district 99) | ||||||||||||
| Flinders Island Airport | 18.6 | -0.2 | 23.8 | 1st | 11.6 | +0.8 | 4.2 | 20th | 65.4 | 57.8 | average | 113% |
| Hogan Island | 17.4 | -0.8 | 19.5 | 5th | 12.6 | -0.4 | 11.1 | 30th | 42.2 | 51.6 | average | 82% |
| 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 10 am on Wednesday 1 May 2024. 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.
Unless otherwise noted, all maps, graphs and diagrams in this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
