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Tue 17:51 EDT
Current Warnings
 

Tasmania Forecast

  • Tuesday Very warm, dry, gusty winds ahead of cooler change. Cloud increasing. Showers later in west.

  • Wednesday Brisk winds easing later. Showes in west, centre and south, mainly south.

  • Thursday Possible light early shower in south. Dry elsewhere. Wind becoming gentle.

  • Friday Cloud increasing. Showers developing in the north. Light winds.

  • Saturday Cloudy with showers over central and east. Very windy.

Tas Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Sat 10/12 Sun 11/12 Mon 12/12

29.6°C

Friendly Beach
Hottest

23.3°C

St Helens Ap

23.2°C

Ross

28.4°C

Ouse

30.9°C

Friendly Beach

12.1°C

Mt Read
Coldest

0.9°C

Liawenee

0.0°C

Butlers Gorge

6.8°C

Scottsdale

-2.0°C

Mt Wellington

WNW 50km/h

Flinders Island
Windiest

90km/h

Maatsuyker Is

57km/h

Mt Read

98km/h

Mt Wellington
-
no rain last hr Wettest

15.0mm

Mt Read

0.4mm

Mt Wellington

0.2mm

Cape Grim

0.8mm

Maatsuyker Is
Tasmania's Records for December
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.6°C at
Hobart in 1897
Lowest -0.1°C at
Mt Wellington in 1964
Highest 23.9°C at
Hobart in 1920
Lowest -5.0°C at
Mount Barrow in 1969
Highest 202.0mm at
Mt Wellington in 1995

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 %
Windy
10 17 10% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Windy with showers
9 16 80% 1-5mm Nil WSW 42 62 WSW 44 52
Windy with showers
11 16 30% < 1mm Nil W 39 44 W 43 38
Mostly sunny
13 20 10% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Windy
12 18 30% < 1mm Nil - - - -
Mostly sunny
12 18 10% < 1mm Nil W 29 50 W 32 40
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Weather News

Weather: High temperatures, fire warnings signal concerning season ahead, BOM says

16:48 EDT

Fire danger warnings are in place across a large part of Australia, with hot temperatures and windy weather expected, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) says.

Is Sydney having a 'heatwave' in December?

12:15 EDT

Apparently, the heat is on and we should all brace ourselves for temperature Armageddon.

Storms soak southern WA

11:23 EDT

Thunderstorms broke records over Western Australia's Goldfields last night after bringing welcome rain to the state's parched South West Land Division on Monday.