Tasmania was treated to a warm summer, despite a few unseasonably cold days, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
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Snowy weather hit parts of Tasmania at least twice during summer, including a heavy snow dump on the third day of summer.
The data is part of the Bureau’s seasonal and February climate summaries, which were released on Thursday.
The warm weather in December and January more than made up for the “unseasonably cold days” that particularly hit February, the Bureau said.
“Temperatures for all of the state were above average for summer as a whole, with many areas well above average.”
Tasmania had its fifth warmest summer with a mean temperature about 1.24 degrees above average, the Bureau confirmed.
Tasmania’s total summer rainfall was split between below average in the north-west and above average rainfall in the East, North and on Flinders Island.
“Thunderstorms and heavy showers gave some locally high falls, notably at the start of December, the end of January, and in late February.”
Flinders Island Airport had its highest total summer rainfall for many years, observing 230.4 millimetres, the Bureau said. The last record was set in 1985.
December 3 broke records as the coldest summer day in different parts of the state.
Snow fell below 900 metres in some areas, with Friendly Beaches, Melton Mowbray and Ross recording their lowest December daily maximum average temperatures in more than 20 years.
Launceston’s Ti Tree Bend weather station recorded the warmest days on average overall, hitting 18.8 degrees.
Although the mean summer temperature for Cressy Research Centre peaked at 25 degrees, which was .7 degrees higher than the average mean seasonal temperature.
St Helens Aerodrome recorded Tasmania’s summer hottest day, reaching 39.7 degrees on January 19.
Bicheno broke its 44 year record for the highest summer daily minimum temperature by .1 degrees to hit 19.5 degrees.
The North of the state had a generally mild February compared to the cooler weather in the South.
There was record breaking rain for several regions, with more than 66 millimetres observed at Quamby Bluff, Meander and Golden Valley on February 24. Each record was previously held for more than 22 years.