Hobart/tasmania

AMHB · Tasmania, Australia

Climate Hobart/tasmania 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hobart International Airport (YMHB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.5 91 95 75 97 98
February 91.2 96 84 88 88 87
March 93.0 97 94 89 96 95
April 94.4 87 90 100 96
May 94.0 99 90 97 94
June 92.4 100 98 75 86
July 98.0 99 94 99 97
August 95.0 97 88 99 91
September 96.2 99 85 94 99
October 89.2 92 77 76 90
November 91.3 87 88 92 96
December 94.5 99 86 98 92
Average 93.4 94.8 93.8 86.6 92.7 93.5

62nd best VFR conditions of Australia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.5 99 100 99 100 100
February 99.2 100 96 99 100 100
March 99.3 100 100 99 99 99
April 99.6 99 100 100 99
May 99.4 100 100 98 100
June 97.7 100 100 90 95
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 100 98 100 99
September 99.6 100 98 100 100
October 97.1 99 92 94 98
November 98.9 98 98 100 100
December 99.5 100 98 100 99
Average 99.2 99.7 99.2 98.2 98.5 99.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.1 23 23 22 22 24
February 21.8 23 22 22 22 20
March 20.6 21 20 21 20 19
April 18.1 18 18 18 17
May 15.1 15 15 15 15
June 13.1 14 12 13 13
July 12.8 14 12 13 12
August 13.5 15 14 14 13
September 15.4 17 14 15 16
October 17.1 17 16 16 16
November 19.3 18 18 18 21
December 20.5 21 17 20 20
Average 18.1 22.1 17.8 16.7 17.0 17.0

97th highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.7 14 14 14 13 14
February 12.8 13 13 13 13 12
March 12.0 11 11 13 12 12
April 9.9 10 10 10 10
May 7.4 6 7 8 8
June 5.8 6 6 7 6
July 5.5 7 5 5 5
August 5.6 6 6 7 6
September 6.8 7 6 7 7
October 8.7 7 9 9 9
November 10.5 10 10 9 12
December 11.8 11 10 11 11
Average 9.6 12.7 8.8 9.0 9.1 9.2

4th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.2 12 3 7 4 3
February 6.6 1 18 7 7 5
March 8.6 11 10 11 8 12
April 7.5 16 6 9 10
May 10.1 14 15 7 8
June 9.7 7 6 18 14
July 5.6 5 9 8 2
August 12.0 8 16 14 17
September 10.6 8 19 14 6
October 16.1 21 28 24 18
November 12.6 13 18 15 4
December 9.0 6 21 5 12
Average 9.3 8.1 10.9 13.2 11.0 9.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.5 13 12 11 12 13
February 12.2 13 12 12 11 12
March 11.1 13 12 11 11 10
April 10.6 11 9 12 11
May 10.0 11 10 10 9
June 9.2 10 10 8 9
July 9.8 13 8 9 8
August 10.5 10 9 11 10
September 11.9 13 9 12 12
October 11.4 14 11 11 10
November 12.0 12 12 11 11
December 12.6 12 13 12 13
Average 11.4 13.0 11.7 10.5 11.1 10.8

97th highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 198° 132° 143° 179° 224°
February 231° 186° 165° 155° 178°
March 228° 253° 139° 241° 193°
April 279° 290° 292° 295°
May 293° 298° 299° 313°
June 312° 291° 291° 304°
July 315° 312° 326° 301°
August 299° 312° 309° 285°
September 285° 218° 295° 307°
October 241° 117° 182° 174°
November 163° 234° 164° 242°
December 162° 171° 177° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.