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On land, maximum temperatures average 20 °C (68 °F) to 24 °C (75 °F) along the coast and in the lowlands, such as around Launceston. The hottest areas of the state are in the valleys west of Hobart, where summer temperatures regularly exceed 25 °C (77 °F). During heatwaves, temperatures in this region can rise above 40 °C (104 °F).
The coldest month is July, with an average temperature range of 2.2 °C (36 °F) to 12.5 °C (55 °F). The lowest recorded minimum at Launceston's current weather station, Ti Tree Bend, was −5.2 °C (22.6 °F), and unlike many other areas of Tasmania, Launceston rarely receives snowfall.
The highest recorded maximum temperature in Tasmania was 42.2 °C (108.0 °F) at Scamander on 30 January 2009, during the 2009 south-eastern Australia heat wave. Tasmania's lowest recorded minimum temperature was −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) on 7 August 2020, at Liawenee. [49] Map of Tasmania with the locations shown in the table labelled
Lying on Tasmania's West Coast, Strahan is frequently buffeted by low pressure systems off the Southern Ocean, causing heavy rain and gusty winds. Strahan receives 15.7 days, on average, of clear weather annually. Temperatures vary little between summer and winter, with minimums below 3 °C (37 °F) having been recorded in every month.
It is much rarer on the east coast of Tasmania due to being leeward of the snow-bearing westerlies (save for the far south). [48] Launceston in the north-east receives snowfall on the rare occasion, with snow falling in 1951, 1986, 2015 and 2020. [49] [50] Dover, a coastal town in the southern fringe of Tasmania, features 2.3 snow days per year ...
Dover has a marine climate with consistently cool, cloudy winters and relatively sunny summers.Due to its far-southern latitude and location more exposed than Hobart, snow occurs to beach level on an average of 2.3 days per year, with temperatures notably cooler than those of the capital and a pronounced winter rainfall peak. [9]
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Liawenee (/ l aɪ. ə ˈ w iː n i /) is a small town in Tasmania, Australia built near Great Lake and the River Ouse, and was established on 11 June 1920. The town is an ex-Hydro village and now a residence for Inland Fisheries Services (IFS) and a Tasmania Police station.