THE Bureau of Meteorology has concluded that June was an unusually cold start to winter, which saw the presence of multiple cold-front systems and forced snowfall to as low as 200 metres in some areas.
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The bureau’s June climate summary reported Liawenee in the Central Highlands recorded the state’s coldest June temperature at minus 9.2 degrees – just 3.8 degrees off the coldest Tasmanian temperature record.
The rest of the state’s minimums were also below average for most of the month.
Maatsuyker Island, off the state’s south-west coast, recorded a new strongest Australian wind gust record at 185kilometres an hour on June 8.
‘‘Most sites had mean maximum temperatures between half and one degree below the June average,’’ the report stated.
‘‘Mean minimum temperatures were a little below average for most of the North, but a little above average for most of the South.
‘‘Rainfall was below the June average in Northern Tasmania, and particularly low in the far North-West and on Flinders Island. Totals were close to average in the South and on the Western Highlands.’’
Snowfall is expected in central and southern districts throughout the first week of July.
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