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Tue 05:00 EDT
Current Warnings
 

Tasmania Forecast

  • Tuesday Cool westerly breezes. Light isolated showers in the west.

  • Wednesday Winds easing. Cool and dry throughout.

  • Thursday Possible light shower in the southwest. Cool in the west, mild east of the ranges.

  • Friday Light isolated showers in south. Mild conditions throughout.

Tas Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 05/11 Sun 06/11 Mon 07/11

13.9°C

Bushy Park
Hottest

21.2°C

St Helens Ap

19.8°C

Launceston

20.0°C

Flinders Island

24.5°C

Hobart

0.9°C

Mt Wellington
Coldest

-2.0°C

Mt Wellington

0.7°C

Mt Wellington

3.0°C

Lake Leake

-2.0°C

Mt Wellington

NW 79km/h

Maatsuyker Is
Windiest

120km/h

Mt Wellington

112km/h

Scotts Peak Dam

116km/h

Maatsuyker Is
-
no rain last hr Wettest

69.0mm

Mt Read

27.0mm

Low Rocky Point

0.6mm

Lake Leake

0.6mm

Lake Leake
Tasmania's Records for November
Max Min Rain
Highest 38.5°C at
Hobart Ap in 1966
Lowest -1.7°C at
Mt Wellington in 1963
Highest 20.6°C at
Maydena in 1969
Lowest -6.8°C at
Liawenee in 2008
Highest 125.0mm at
Hastings in 1953

Tasmania Weather Forecasts

Station
(ungroup by district)
Forecast Min Max Chance of rain Rain amount Frost risk 9am 3pm
Wind RH Wind RH
°C °C km/h % km/h %
Possible shower
7 16 40% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Showers
8 15 90% 1-5mm Nil WNW 33 77 W 20 60
Clearing shower
8 18 70% < 1mm Nil NW 28 54 W 23 35
Mostly sunny
6 20 60% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Mostly sunny
6 19 70% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Mostly sunny
6 18 60% < 1mm Nil NW 19 69 WNW 20 53
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Weather News

Psychology and cyclones: Why we don't prepare, and what we can learn from other cultures

17:41 EDT

After a weekend of wild weather and with the cyclone season upon us, it is a good time to ask �?? why do we fail to prepare for the worst? Psychologist and disaster researcher Douglas Paton came to the Top End chasing storms and the answer to that question.

NSW fire update

16:35 EDT

Almost 50 fires are bringing across New South Wales this afternoon according to the state's Rural Fire Service.

West Australian grain crop downgraded 18 per cent thanks to frost damage

13:18 EDT

Western Australia's total grain harvest has again been downgraded, with the Grains Industry Association of WA wiping 1.5 million tonnes from expected yields.