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Tasmanian Weather

Current Warnings
 

Tasmania Forecast

  • Sunday Showers, mainly in the west and south. Late cool change arriving.

  • Monday A few showers in the north, mostly dry elsehwere. Warm.

  • Tuesday Possible showers in the east. Dry elsewhere. Warm to mild with light winds.

  • Wednesday Cloud and winds increasing throughout the day. Warm throughout.

  • Thursday Cool change in the west, spreading east. A few showers, mostly in the west and central.

Tas Extremes and Records

Extremes and Records
Current Extremes   Last 3 Days Extremes Extremes This Month
Thu 02/02 Fri 03/02 Sat 04/02

26.4°C

St Helens Ap
Hottest

25.2°C

Swansea

27.1°C

Swansea

30.6°C

Friendly Beach

30.6°C

Friendly Beach

8.4°C

Mt Read
Coldest

3.4°C

Mt Wellington

5.3°C

Mt Wellington

6.0°C

Mt Wellington

-0.6°C

Liawenee

NW 46km/h

Low Rocky Point
Windiest

112km/h

Maatsuyker Is

101km/h

Maatsuyker Is

101km/h

Maatsuyker Is
-
no rain last hr Wettest

16.2mm

Mt Read

11.4mm

Mt Read

3.0mm

Lake St Clair

3.6mm

Maatsuyker Is
Tasmania's Records for February
Max Min Rain
Highest 40.1°C at
Hobart in 1899
Lowest -2.7°C at
Mt Wellington in 1994
Highest 27.3°C at
Strahan in 1982
Lowest -7.4°C at
Mt Wellington in 1994
Highest 162.6mm at
Mt Read in 2014

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 %
Clearing shower
14 22 60% 1-5mm Nil - - - -
Showers
13 21 90% 1-5mm Nil N 18 84 NW 25 80
Possible shower
13 26 90% 1-5mm Nil NNW 17 54 WNW 17 51
Possible shower
15 27 60% 1-5mm Nil - - - -
Possible shower
14 27 90% 1-5mm Nil - - - -
Clearing shower
14 24 60% 1-5mm Nil NNW 7 68 NNW 20 64
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It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.

Darwin gets soaked within monsoon trough

11:34 EDT

An active monsoon trough continues to intersect the northern Kimberley and Top End, leading to thunderstorms and heavy rainfall over large parts of northern Australia, including Darwin.

Sydney weather: City sizzles with mercury expected to pass 40C in some areas

11:30 EDT

Sydney's sweaty summer is expected to continue on Sunday with the mercury tipped to pass 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the city.