1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2006  
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Mean daily maximum temperatures are above 20°C in summer but below 12°C in winter. There are about 6 days each year when the temperature exceeds 30°C. The highest temperature recorded, 40.8°C in January 1976, is also the highest for the state. On some winter days, the temperature has not exceeded 5°C. Mean daily minimum temperatures are about 12°C in summer and 5°C in winter. Temperatures below 0°C normally occur only once or twice each year. The lowest temperature recorded in Hobart City was -2.8°C in June 1972 and again in July 1981.

TEMPERATURE, Hobart(a)
Mean maximum
Mean minimum
Extreme highest
Extreme lowest

°C
°C
°C
°C
January
21.6
11.8
40.8
3.3
February
21.6
12.0
40.1
3.4
March
20.1
10.8
37.3
1.8
April
17.3
8.9
30.6
0.7
May
14.4
6.9
25.7
-1.6
June
11.9
5.2
20.6
-2.8
July
11.6
4.5
22.1
-2.8
August
13.0
5.1
26.1
-1.8
September
15.0
6.4
31.0
-0.8
October
16.9
7.7
34.6
0.0
November
18.6
9.2
36.8
-0.8
December
20.2
10.7
40.6
2.8
Annual
16.9
8.3
40.8
-2.8
(a) These means and extremes are based on all available data. Mean temperatures start in 1881 and extreme temperatures in 1912. Both are still being recorded.

Source: Bureau of Meteorology.



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