Monday, 3 December 2018 - Monthly Climate Summary for Tasmania - Product code IDCKGC17R0

Tasmania in November 2018: wet in the east, warm nights

November was wet for much of Tasmania, especially in the east. Overnight temperatures were well above average, whilst days were mostly a little above average.

Wet in the east

• A slow-moving cloud band with embedded thunderstorms brought intense rain to parts of the west on the 20th, giving a November 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
• Despite the localised intense rain, November rainfall totals were close to average for most of the western half of Tasmania
• A low pressure system to the east of Tasmania from the 22nd to the 25th brought moderate falls across the State, with locally heavy falls on the central East Coast
• November rainfall was above average in the east and northeast, with some areas well above average
• Tasmania's total November rainfall was about 9% above average

Warm nights

• Minimum temperatures were well above average across Tasmania, although no records were broken
• Tasmania's mean minimum temperature for November was the eighth-warmest at 0.90 °C above average
• Maximum temperatures were mixed, with some sites reporting below-average mean maximum temperatures but most areas coming in a little above average
• The warmest weather occurred around the middle of the month, with several sites reaching into the 30s on the 13th
• The State's mean maximum temperature was 0.35 °C above average
• Tasmania's overall mean temperature for November was 0.63 °C above average, cooler than the record-breaking November 2017 but much warmer than November 2016

A mild November for Hobart

• Total rainfall for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 61.6 mm, which is 114% of the long-term average of 54.2 mm
• Along with much of the southeast, Hobart registered rain on every day from the 21st to the 28th
• The mean daily maximum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 19.5 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the long-term average of 18.7 °C
• Hobart's warmest day was 31.0 °C on the 13th (the warmest day since February), whilst it coolest day was on the 15th when the temperature reached 13.2 °C
• The mean daily minimum temperature for Hobart (Ellerslie Road) was 10.6 °C, which is 1.3 °C above the long-term average of 9.3 °C. The coldest morning was 5.3 °C on the 3rd, and the warmest morning was on the 21st when the minimum temperature was 15.5 °C

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Maps
	Observed	Anomaly	Decile rank
Total rainfall
Mean daily maximum temperatures
Mean daily minimum temperatures

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* note: there are gaps in the historical record at this site, so it is possible a higher value has gone unreported

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top

Extremes Maps Records Summaries Important notes the top