Monday, 3 December 2018 - Seasonal Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC27R0

Tasmania in spring 2018: a warm season with rain mostly below average

Tasmania was warmer than average during spring. Rain was below average for much of the season, and spring totals were well below average in the west, but some moderate to heavy falls in November ensured the east had near-average rainfall overall

Rain well below average in the west but near average in the east

• Rainfall was below average in September, well below average in October (Tasmania's third-driest October on record), but above average in the east during November
• Total rainfall for spring was well below average for the western half of Tasmania, but totals in the east were close to average
• With a relatively low rainfall in the usually wet west, Tasmania's total spring rainfall was 30% below average and the eighth-driest spring on record
• A slow-moving cloud band with embedded thunderstorms brought intense rain to parts of the west on 20 November, giving a spring record 63.4 mm of rain to Strahan in the 24 hours to 9 am on 21 November, with most of that falling in the 3 hours between 10 pm on the 20th and 1 am on the 21st
• A low pressure system to the east of Tasmania from 22 to 25 November brought moderate falls across the State, with locally heavy falls on the central East Coast; enough to ensure spring total rainfall was close to average in the east

A warm spring overall

• Daytime maximum temperatures were above average in September (especially in the east), well above average in October, and above average in during November (especially in the west)
• Minimum temperatures were below average for much of the State in September (especially in the north), but well above average in October and November
• Overall, temperatures were above average across Tasmania during spring
• Temperatures reached into the low 30s at some locations (including Hobart) on 13 November, the warmest day since March, but no temperature records were broken during spring 2018
• There was some marked cold weather, especially during September including Liawenee's minimum of -7.5 °C on the morning of 3 September and a generally cold day on the 29 September
• The State's mean maximum temperature was 0.80 °C above average, the mean minimum temperature 0.54 °C above average
• Tasmania's overall mean temperature was the eighth-warmest for spring at 0.67 °C above average, generally cooler than the record-breaking spring 2017 but warmer than spring 2016

Dry and mild for much of the time at Hobart

• Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 109.2 mm, which is 65% of the long-term average of 168.7 mm
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 18.0 °C, which is 1.0 °C above the long-term average of 17.0 °C.
• Hobart's warmest day was 31.0 °C on 13 November (the warmest day since February), whilst it coolest day was on 10 October when the temperature reached 11.4 °C
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 8.9 °C, which is 1.0 °C above the long-term average of 7.9 °C
• The coldest morning was 2.3 °C on 3 September, and the warmest morning was on 16 October when the minimum temperature was 15.9 °C

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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

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