Daily Weather Bulletin - Tasmania
Bureau of Meteorology - Tasmania/Antarctica Regional Office
0900 (9am) on Thursday, 20 August 2026
(Produced 10:00 on Thursday, 20 August 2026)
| STATIONS | C L D 8 ths |
WIND | WEATHER | TEMP (C) | RAIN mm |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dir spd km/h |
d r y |
d e w |
m a x |
m i n |
24hr /days | |||
| NORTHERN | ||||||||
| Kennaook/Cape Grim | 6 | WNW 35 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | |
| Cressy | NNW 26 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Devonport | 8 | WNW 20 | Recent precip. | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 17 |
| Launceston | N 20 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Launceston AP | 8 | NNW 33 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 10 | |
| Low Head | NW 32 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Luncheon Hill | WNW 30 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Marrawah | ||||||||
| Scottsdale | NW 19 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 16 | ||
| Sheffield | NNW 15 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 35 | ||
| Smithton | NW 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Wynyard AP | 8 | NW 19 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 15 | |
| EAST COAST | ||||||||
| Bicheno | 6 | CALM | Cloudy | 15 | 10 | 17 | 13 | |
| Eddystone | NW 32 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Fingal Forestry | NNW 19 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 0.6 | ||
| Friendly Beach | WNW 4 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 12 | |||
| Maria Island | N 39 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 13 | |||
| St Helens AP | 7 | W 17 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 4 | |
| Swan Island | NW 30 | Recent precip. | 14 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 1 | |
| Swansea | 8 | NW 15 | Overcast | 15 | 11 | 18 | 8 | |
| MIDLANDS | ||||||||
| Ross | 7 | NNW 19 | Cloudy | 12 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 4 |
| Tunnack | N 24 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0.4 | ||
| SOUTH EAST | ||||||||
| Campania | N 20 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 7 | |||
| Cape Bruny AWS | N 11 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 0.4 | ||
| Dover | 5 | SSW 9 | Distant precip. | 10 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0.8 |
| Grove | SW 7 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 7 | |||
| Hartz Mountains | NW 30 | Recent precip. | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | |
| Hobart | NNW 19 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 9 | |||
| Hobart AP | N 15 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 8 | |||
| Mt Wellington | WNW 46 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0.4 | ||
| Tasman Island | NW 22 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 0.6 | ||
| Warra | NW 19 | Recent precip. | 10 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | |
| DERWENT VALLEY | ||||||||
| Bushy Park | N 6 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0.6 | ||
| Ouse | CALM | 9 | 9 | 17 | 3 | |||
| CENTRAL PLATEAU | ||||||||
| Butlers Gorge | WNW 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Liawenee | WNW 28 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 43 | ||
| WEST COAST | ||||||||
| Maatsuyker Is | NNW 44 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Mount Read | NNW 20 | Rain | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | |
| Scotts Peak | NNW 35 | Rain | 9 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 19 | |
| Strahan AP | 8 | N 26 | Showers | 12 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 12 |
| BASS STRAIT ISLANDS | ||||||||
| Flinders Island | 8 | NW 20 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 4 | |
| King Is AP | 8 | W 22 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 11 | |
| MACQUARIE ISLAND | ||||||||
| Macquarie Is | # | W 19 | Fog | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0.2 |
The observed parameters are, in order:
CLOUD - cloud amount in Octas, 0 octas indicating clear sky conditions and
8 octas overcast conditions. '#' indicates sky obscured.
WIND - wind direction at 10 metres is reported in 16 points of the compass,
indicating the direction from which the wind is blowing. Wind speed is given
in kilometres per hour.
DRY - Screen temperature at 1.2 metres in degrees Celsius.
DEW - Dewpoint temperature at 1.2 metres in degrees Celsius.
MAX - Maximum temperature over the previous 24 hours.
MIN - Minimum temperature for the previous 24 hours (reported at 9am only).
RAIN - Rainfall in millimetres (mm) over the previous 24 hours. Rainfall above
1mm is reported in whole millimetres, while rainfall below 1mm is reported to
the nearest 0.2mm. Rainfall amounts below 0.1mm are indicated by "Trace".
Rainfall totals for periods greater than 24 hours are indicated with a "/n"
where 'n' is the period in days.
In station names 'AWS' means 'Automatic Weather Station', and 'AP' means 'Airport'.
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