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. |
This page last updated 21 November 2006
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