Friday, 3 June 2022 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC27R0
Tasmania in autumn 2022: drier than average in the west, wetter in the east; much warmer than average
Autumn days and nights were much warmer than average for most of Tasmania. Rainfall was below average for western and central parts, but above average along the east and north-east coast.
Record dry March to April for the west / south-west
- Average to above average rainfall during May provided some relief following the driest March to April period on record for much of the south-west and parts of the west.
- Autumn (March to May) rainfall was below average for western and central Tasmania increasing to above average along the east and north-east coast.
- Parts of the south-west had rainfall totals in the lowest 10% of records (since 1910).
- Autumn rainfall was 16% below average for Tasmania overall and the lowest since 2017.
- Some sites had their highest autumn daily rainfall on record on either the first day of the season, when a trough over the east of the mainland fed moisture down over Tasmania, or, 6 May, when thunderstorms with heavy rain hit southern Tasmania.
- kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) had its highest total autumn rainfall on record, which included its wettest March on record.
Seventh warmest Autumn on record
- Averaged across the state, the mean temperature was 0.79 °C higher than average, making it the seventh-warmest on record since 1910.
- Both days and nights were much warmer than usual; Tasmania's mean maximum temperature was 0.95 °C higher than average (eighth-highest on record) and the mean minimum was 0.63 °C higher than average.
- Tasmania had its seventh-warmest March mean temperature on record (since 1910), followed by its fifth-warmest April mean temperature on record.
- Several sites in the north and west had their highest autumn mean daily maximum temperature on record.
- Some sites in the north and east had their highest autumn mean daily minimum temperature on record, and a couple of others their highest autumn mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years.
- A number of sites had their highest autumn mean temperature on record.
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)
- Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 186.2 mm, which is 131% of the long-term average of 142.1 mm.
- The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 18.5 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term average of 17.4 °C.
- The warmest day was 29.2 °C on 17 March, and the coolest day was on 31 May when the temperature reached 10.2 °C.
- The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 10.0 °C, which is 1.0 °C above the long-term average of 9.0 °C.
- The coldest morning was 3.0 °C on 25 May, and the warmest morning was on 5 March when the minimum temperature was 18.3 °C.
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Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Extremes in autumn 2022 | |
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| Hottest day |
29.9 °C at Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) on 3 Mar |
| Warmest days on average |
20.2 °C at Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) |
| Coolest days on average |
9.0 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
| Coldest day |
-0.1 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) on 16 May |
| Coldest night |
-9.9 °C at Liawenee on 24 May |
| Coolest nights on average |
2.5 °C at Liawenee |
| Warmest nights on average |
13.6 °C at Swan Island |
| Warmest night |
20.3 °C at Flinders Island Airport on 1 Mar |
| Warmest on average overall |
16.1 °C at Swan Island |
| Coolest on average overall |
6.1 °C at kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) |
| Wettest overall |
684.4 mm at Mount Read |
| Wettest day |
148.6 mm at Tomahawk (Carisbrooke) on 1 Mar |
| Strongest wind gust |
137 km/h at Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse on 17 May |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
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| Record highest autumn daily rainfall | ||||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
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| Northdown (Hamley) | 88.0 | on 1 Mar | 85.9 | on 5 Apr 1929 | 114 | |
| Devonport Airport | 66.2 | on 6 Apr | 66.0 | on 19 Mar 1975 | 59 | |
| Mauriceton (Jordan River) | 58.0 | on 6 May | 53.6 | on 21 Mar 1970 | 59 | |
| Tomahawk (Carisbrooke) | 148.6 | on 1 Mar | 85.6 | on 19 May 2007 | 58 | |
| Tea Tree (The Point) | 99.0 | on 6 May | 74.4 | on 13 Apr 2011 | 37 | |
| Richmond (Strathayr) | 88.2 | on 6 May | 74.2 | on 11 May 2018 | 34 | |
| Bell Bay (Temco) | 88.4 | on 1 Mar | 53.0 | on 24 Mar 2011 | 33 | |
| Friendly Beaches | 122.0 | on 28 Apr | 105.8 | on 16 May 2003 | 26 | |
| George Town (South Street) | 92.8 | on 1 Mar | 63.6 | on 24 Mar 2011 | 26 | |
| Below Craigbourne Dam (Coal River) | 107.8 | on 6 May | 100.8 | on 11 May 2018 | 25 | |
| Low Head | 84.4 | on 1 Mar | 66.2 | on 24 Mar 2011 | 25 | |
| Ouse Fire Station | 49.0 | on 6 May | 30.4 | on 11 May 2018 | 24 | |
| Tea Tree Point | 92.8 | on 6 May | 66.6 | on 11 May 2018 | 24 | |
| Wayatinah (Saltas) | 58.8 | on 9 May | 41.0 | on 11 May 2016 | 24 | |
| Campania (Kincora) | 96.0 | on 6 May | 70.8 | on 13 Apr 2011 | 23 | |
| Mount Dromedary | 72.2 | on 6 May | 59.0 | on 11 May 2018 | 23 | |
| Record highest autumn total rainfall | |||||
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New record (mm) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
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| kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 485.8 | 467.0 | in 2003 | 34 | 240.9 |
| Highest autumn total rainfall for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (mm) |
Most recent higher |
Average for autumn |
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| Coles Bay (Freycinet) | 313.6 | 433.9 | in 1974* | 160.6 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
| Record lowest autumn daily maximum temperature | ||||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
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| Friendly Beaches | 9.8 | on 31 May | = 9.8 | on 27 May 2016 | 26 | 18.9 |
| Record highest autumn mean daily maximum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
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| Cape Sorell | 17.9 | 17.6 | in 2017 | 80 | 15.7 |
| Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 20.2 | = 20.2 | in 2013 | 38 | 19.1 |
| Devonport Airport | 18.9 | 18.8 | in 2010 | 30 | 17.9 |
| Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 17.8 | = 17.8 | in 2017 | 29 | 16.7 |
| Strahan Aerodrome | 18.2 | = 18.2 | in 2017 | 29 | 16.9 |
| Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 17.3 | 17.2 | in 2003 | 26 | 15.8 |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 19.2 | 18.9 | in 2007 | 25 | 17.9 |
| Record highest autumn mean daily minimum temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
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| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 11.6 | = 11.6 | in 1971 | 46 | 10.3 |
| Wynyard Airport | 9.0 | 8.8 | in 2010 | 36 | 7.5 |
| Lake Leake (Elizabeth River) | 5.2 | = 5.2 | in 2016 | 32 | 4.2 |
| Devonport Airport | 10.3 | 10.2 | in 2007 | 30 | 8.9 |
| Cressy Research Station | 7.3 | 7.2 | in 2016 | 22 | 5.9 |
| St Helens Aerodrome | 10.8 | 10.6 | in 2016 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Tasman Island | 10.9 | = 10.9 | in 2016 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Highest autumn mean daily minimum temperature for at least 20 years | |||||
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Observed (°C) |
Most recent higher |
Average for autumn |
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| Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 9.4 | 9.5 | in 1989 | 7.9 | |
| larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 12.8 | 13.1 | in 1989* | 11.2 | |
* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported
| Record highest autumn mean temperature | |||||
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New record (°C) |
Old record |
Years of record |
Average for autumn |
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| Cape Sorell | 14.7 | 14.6 | in 2017 | 80 | 13.0 |
| Wynyard Airport | 13.8 | = 13.8 | in 2010 | 36 | 12.6 |
| Devonport Airport | 14.6 | 14.5 | in 2010 | 30 | 13.4 |
| Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 15.1 | = 15.1 | in 2017 | 29 | 14.1 |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 14.1 | 14.0 | in 2007 | 25 | 12.9 |
Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top
| Summary statistics for autumn 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| Maximum temperatures (°C) |
Minimum temperatures (°C) |
Rainfall (millimetres) |
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| Mean for autumn 2022 |
Diff from average |
Highest for autumn 2022 |
Mean for autumn 2022 |
Diff from average |
Lowest for autumn 2022 |
Total for autumn 2022 |
Average for autumn |
Rank of autumn 2022 |
Fraction of autumn average |
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| Northern (district 91) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Grim | 17.5 | +0.9 | 23.7 | 1 Mar | 12.3 | +0.6 | 5.9 | 30 May | 201.2 | 223.8 | average | 90% |
| Cape Grim BAPS (Comparison) | 17.8 | +1.1 | 23.7 | 3 Mar | 12.4 | +0.8 | 6.9 | 5 May | 200.6 | 197.6 | average | 102% |
| Cressy Research Station | 18.9 | +0.4 | 26.9 | 5 Mar | 7.3 | +1.4 | -1.7 | 20 May | 83.4 | 133.1 | low | 63% |
| Devonport Airport | 18.9 | +1.0 | 25.3 | 2 Mar | 10.3 | +1.4 | 2.5 | 20 May | 263.2 | 183.7 | high | 143% |
| Launceston (Ti Tree Bend) | 20.2 | +1.1 | 27.8 | 3 Mar | 8.7 | +1.1 | -0.4 | 23 May | 165.6 | 157.5 | average | 105% |
| Launceston Airport | 18.8 | +0.4 | 26.4 | 4 Mar | 7.8 | +1.0 | -0.6 | 20 May | 136.2 | 155.3 | low | 88% |
| Low Head | 18.6 | +0.9 | 25.3 | 5 Mar | 11.9 | +0.6 | 4.4 | 30 May | 236.2 | 171.9 | high | 137% |
| Luncheon Hill (Forestry) | 17.3 | +1.5 | 26.4 | 13 Mar | 9.3 | +1.0 | 3.0 | 5 May | 269.2 | 352.6 | low | 76% |
| Marrawah | 11.2 | +0.8 | 5.0 | 30 May | 240.5 | 260.4 | average | 92% | ||||
| Scottsdale (West Minstone Road) | 18.5 | +0.5 | 25.7 | 5 Mar | 9.4 | +1.5 | 1.1 | 30 May | 258.8 | 230.2 | average | 112% |
| Sheffield School Farm | 16.9 | +0.3 | 25.0 | 5 Mar | 8.0 | +0.7 | -0.3 | 23 May | 318.2 | 241.4 | high | 132% |
| Smithton Aerodrome | 19.2 | +1.3 | 25.8 | 17 Mar | 9.0 | +1.1 | 0.8 | 30 May | 177.8 | 204.6 | low | 87% |
| Wynyard Airport | 18.5 | +0.8 | 24.3 | 5 Mar | 9.0 | +1.5 | 1.1 | 30 May | 189.0 | 217.3 | average | 87% |
| East Coast (district 92) | ||||||||||||
| Bicheno (Council Depot) | 18.4 | -0.3 | 23.5 | 10 Apr | 11.6 | +1.3 | 4.8 | 20 May | 285.2 | 171.7 | high | 166% |
| Friendly Beaches | 18.6 | -0.3 | 25.6 | 5 Mar | 10.5 | +0.5 | 3.5 | 25 May | 369.0 | 169.1 | v high | 218% |
| Lake Leake (Elizabeth River) | 14.4 | 0.0 | 22.6 | 13 Mar | 5.2 | +1.0 | -2.9 | 22 Apr | 175.8 | 202.5 | average | 87% |
| larapuna (Eddystone Point) | 18.8 | +0.9 | 24.4 | 4 Mar | 12.8 | +1.6 | 6.7 | 30 May | 301.6 | 188.0 | v high | 160% |
| Maria Island (Point Lesueur) | 17.5 | -0.1 | 22.9 | 13 Mar | 12.0 | +0.6 | 7.0 | 31 May | 209.0 | 119.0 | high | 176% |
| St Helens Aerodrome | 18.4 | -0.2 | 25.5 | 5 Mar | 10.8 | +1.3 | 2.4 | 20 May | 228.4 | 168.8 | high | 135% |
| Swan Island | 18.7 | +0.5 | 25.1 | 13 Mar | 13.6 | +0.9 | 7.1 | 30 May | 144.8 | 158.4 | average | 91% |
| Swansea (Francis Street) | 18.0 | -0.8 | 25.0 | 5 Mar | 8.5 | -0.2 | 1.1 | 20 May | 128.4 | 122.8 | average | 105% |
| Southeast (district 94) | ||||||||||||
| Campania (Kincora) | 19.1 | 0.0 | 28.8 | 17 Mar | 7.9 | +0.1 | 0.4 | 25 May | 186.4 | 105.3 | v high | 177% |
| Cape Bruny (Cape Bruny) | 17.6 | +1.0 | 27.9 | 17 Mar | 10.8 | +0.7 | 5.6 | 31 May | 177.6 | 181.7 | average | 98% |
| Dennes Point | 17.9 | 25.7 | 17 Mar | 10.8 | 4.0 | 25 May | 168.8 | 132.3 | high | 128% | ||
| Dover | 17.6 | +0.6 | 27.6 | 17 Mar | 7.5 | +0.2 | 1.5 | 21 May | 231.0 | 203.1 | high | 114% |
| Dunalley (Stroud Point) | 18.1 | +0.1 | 27.0 | 10 Apr | 11.1 | +0.3 | 4.3 | 31 May | 156.6 | 130.7 | high | 120% |
| Grove (Research Station) | 18.5 | +0.5 | 28.7 | 17 Mar | 6.6 | +0.5 | -1.4 | 9 May | 233.4 | 161.1 | high | 145% |
| Hobart (Ellerslie Road) | 18.5 | +1.1 | 29.2 | 17 Mar | 10.0 | +1.0 | 3.0 | 25 May | 186.2 | 142.1 | high | 131% |
| Hobart Airport | 18.7 | +0.6 | 28.7 | 17 Mar | 9.6 | +0.8 | 2.9 | 25 May | 176.4 | 113.8 | v high | 155% |
| kunanyi (Mount Wellington Pinnacle) | 9.0 | +0.5 | 17.1 | 13 Mar | 3.3 | +1.0 | -2.6 | 17 May | 485.8 | 240.9 | highest | 202% |
| Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse | 15.6 | +1.1 | 23.7 | 3 Mar | 10.9 | +1.3 | 6.1 | 17 May | 199.8 | 307.3 | v low | 65% |
| Tasman Island | 15.5 | +0.3 | 23.0 | 5 Mar | 10.9 | +0.9 | 5.7 | 17 May | 218.2 | 212.2 | average | 103% |
| Tunnack Fire Station | 15.6 | -0.1 | 24.0 | 13 Mar | 5.7 | +0.2 | -2.0 | 21 May | 188.6 | 136.5 | high | 138% |
| Derwent Valley (district 95) | ||||||||||||
| Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates) | 18.9 | +0.8 | 29.9 | 3 Mar | 6.5 | +0.3 | -1.9 | 22 May | 138.2 | 130.4 | average | 106% |
| Ouse Fire Station | 18.5 | 0.0 | 28.7 | 3 Mar | 5.9 | +0.3 | -2.2 | 25 May | 133.8 | 102.1 | high | 131% |
| Central Plateau (district 96) | ||||||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | 14.3 | +1.1 | 24.2 | 3 Mar | 3.6 | +0.1 | -5.0 | 25 May | 285.0 | 404.2 | low | 71% |
| Liawenee | 12.7 | +0.3 | 20.9 | 19 Mar | 2.5 | +0.5 | -9.9 | 24 May | 156.4 | 216.7 | low | 72% |
| West Coast (district 97) | ||||||||||||
| Cape Sorell | 17.9 | +2.2 | 27.5 | 3 Mar | 11.5 | +1.1 | 6.3 | 21 May | 249.4 | 320.0 | low | 78% |
| Hartz Mountain (Keoghs Pimple) | 12.1 | +0.7 | 22.5 | 3 Mar | 5.4 | +0.6 | 0.6 | 18 May | 295.2 | 242.3 | high | 122% |
| Low Rocky Point | 17.4 | +1.0 | 28.8 | 2 Mar | 10.7 | +0.2 | 4.3 | 5 May | 240.6 | 331.4 | low | 73% |
| Mount Read | 10.0 | +1.0 | 19.1 | 13 Mar | 4.6 | +1.1 | -0.3 | 18 May | 684.4 | 998.1 | low | 69% |
| Scotts Peak Dam | 16.4 | +1.4 | 29.1 | 3 Mar | 7.5 | +0.6 | 1.5 | 31 May | 327.2 | 438.5 | low | 75% |
| Strahan Aerodrome | 18.2 | +1.3 | 28.1 | 3 Mar | 8.8 | +0.1 | 0.7 | 22 May | 328.6 | 380.1 | average | 86% |
| King Island (district 98) | ||||||||||||
| King Island Airport | 18.9 | +1.0 | 25.3 | 3 Mar | 11.6 | +0.8 | 1.4 | 6 May | 178.2 | 195.7 | average | 91% |
| Flinders Island (district 99) | ||||||||||||
| Flinders Island Airport | 19.7 | +0.9 | 27.7 | 28 Mar | 11.5 | +0.7 | 1.7 | 23 May | 170.2 | 186.2 | average | 91% |
| Hogan Island | 18.6 | +0.5 | 26.6 | 17 Mar | 13.5 | +0.6 | 8.1 | 31 May | 184.0 | 160.2 | high | 115% |
| 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 Seasonal 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. 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 2 pm on Thursday 2 June 2022. 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.
Further information
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