Hobart climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Hobart?

Hobart has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 616 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hobart?

The hottest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2013, reaching 37.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Hobart?

The coldest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1945, at -2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Hobart?

Almost never: Hobart sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Hobart warmed?

Yes: Hobart warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Hobart?

The wettest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1960, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Hobart?

The windiest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2009, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Hobart?

The warmest month in Hobart is January (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (7.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Hobart?

Hobart receives on average 616 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Hobart?

Hobart gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Hobart (Australia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 616 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (7.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Hobart averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Hobart has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 4 January 2013) and the coldest -2.0 °C (on 11 June 1945).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

HobartTasmania

coords: -42.88°, 147.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

11.3°C

Average daily high

15.0°C

Average daily low

8.0°C

Annual rainfall

616mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

18.0km/h

Seasonal range

8.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.4 cm

Average feels-like high

12.9 °C

Average feels-like low

5.3 °C

Average peak gust

43.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.8 °C

4 January 2013

Coldest day

-2.0 °C

11 June 1945

Wettest day

80 mm

22 April 1960

Windiest day

43.4 km/h

27 September 2009

Strongest gust

121.7 km/h

24 December 2000

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

20 January 1959

Coldest feels-like

-6.0 °C

25 July 1986

Snowiest day

4.6 cm

29 September 1959

Sunniest day

15.0 h

16 December 1988

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	32.2 °C3 February 2025	1.2 °C17 August 2025	12.0 °C	605 mm	3	0
2024	32.9 °C22 February 2024	1.3 °C7 July 2024	12.5 °C	666 mm	2	0
2023	32.1 °C17 February 2023	1.9 °C15 August 2023	12.4 °C	671 mm	1	0
2022	29.6 °C27 December 2022	0.9 °C8 August 2022	12.0 °C	845 mm	0	0
2021	32.0 °C11 January 2021	1.1 °C7 July 2021	11.9 °C	769 mm	2	0
2020	37.5 °C31 January 2020	1.3 °C4 August 2020	11.8 °C	749 mm	2	0
2019	36.0 °C2 March 2019	0.6 °C24 June 2019	12.2 °C	500 mm	4	0
2018	32.9 °C28 January 2018	0.4 °C30 August 2018	12.3 °C	638 mm	1	0
2017	30.5 °C30 November 2017	0.1 °C3 August 2017	12.2 °C	498 mm	1	0
2016	31.8 °C13 January 2016	1.6 °C3 June 2016	12.5 °C	751 mm	1	0
2015	32.0 °C25 December 2015	-0.2 °C8 July 2015	11.7 °C	548 mm	2	1
2014	35.0 °C28 January 2014	1.7 °C9 June 2014	12.2 °C	573 mm	4	0
2013	37.8 °C4 January 2013	0.5 °C21 August 2013	12.2 °C	701 mm	5	0
2012	35.7 °C25 February 2012	0.7 °C28 June 2012	12.1 °C	568 mm	5	0
2011	28.2 °C8 January 2011	0.5 °C24 July 2011	11.8 °C	734 mm	0	0
2010	33.0 °C11 January 2010	0.5 °C7 September 2010	12.0 °C	535 mm	2	0
2009	34.4 °C31 December 2009	1.3 °C30 April 2009	11.9 °C	849 mm	2	0
2008	33.2 °C14 March 2008	0.2 °C30 July 2008	11.6 °C	453 mm	5	0
2007	33.6 °C18 February 2007	0.4 °C18 June 2007	12.3 °C	597 mm	3	0
2006	35.2 °C22 January 2006	1.0 °C7 August 2006	11.4 °C	415 mm	2	0
2005	33.1 °C26 January 2005	1.7 °C11 August 2005	12.3 °C	656 mm	1	0
2004	28.9 °C20 January 2004	1.1 °C2 August 2004	11.4 °C	612 mm	0	0
2003	32.6 °C25 January 2003	1.2 °C20 August 2003	11.8 °C	642 mm	3	0
2002	29.1 °C15 February 2002	2.0 °C19 June 2002	12.0 °C	438 mm	0	0
2001	32.5 °C8 February 2001	0.8 °C5 July 2001	11.9 °C	643 mm	2	0
2000	31.8 °C2 March 2000	1.5 °C14 July 2000	12.0 °C	511 mm	1	0
1999	30.7 °C1 December 1999	1.3 °C26 July 1999	12.0 °C	527 mm	1	0
1998	33.6 °C11 December 1998	1.1 °C3 June 1998	11.6 °C	605 mm	3	0
1997	33.5 °C21 January 1997	1.7 °C24 August 1997	11.4 °C	527 mm	2	0
1996	28.7 °C14 January 1996	1.5 °C29 June 1996	10.9 °C	826 mm	0	0
1995	33.8 °C25 February 1995	0.7 °C3 August 1995	10.8 °C	702 mm	2	0
1994	34.9 °C26 January 1994	1.1 °C29 June 1994	11.4 °C	485 mm	3	0
1993	30.3 °C7 February 1993	0.5 °C28 June 1993	11.8 °C	651 mm	1	0
1992	27.7 °C10 March 1992	0.4 °C9 September 1992	10.9 °C	553 mm	0	0
1991	35.2 °C3 January 1991	0.4 °C18 July 1991	11.2 °C	613 mm	3	0
1990	30.0 °C24 January 1990	0.7 °C11 July 1990	11.6 °C	598 mm	1	0
1989	31.2 °C1 March 1989	0.6 °C19 July 1989	11.6 °C	577 mm	3	0
1988	31.2 °C7 January 1988	1.7 °C24 July 1988	11.9 °C	554 mm	1	0
1987	31.8 °C7 February 1987	0.6 °C9 August 1987	10.9 °C	476 mm	1	0
1986	27.9 °C8 February 1986	0.2 °C25 July 1986	10.9 °C	745 mm	0	0
1985	30.9 °C14 January 1985	-0.4 °C18 June 1985	11.0 °C	657 mm	1	1
1984	26.5 °C2 January 1984	0.2 °C17 August 1984	11.1 °C	682 mm	0	0
1983	33.5 °C1 February 1983	-1.9 °C30 June 1983	11.1 °C	655 mm	3	2
1982	35.3 °C15 February 1982	0.2 °C22 July 1982	11.3 °C	537 mm	2	0
1981	34.8 °C3 February 1981	0.6 °C11 July 1981	11.5 °C	622 mm	1	0
1980	30.7 °C9 December 1980	1.3 °C12 July 1980	11.5 °C	624 mm	2	0
1979	29.0 °C30 December 1979	0.5 °C25 July 1979	11.2 °C	479 mm	0	0
1978	30.7 °C11 March 1978	-0.6 °C2 July 1978	11.0 °C	672 mm	1	1
1977	32.0 °C12 February 1977	0.4 °C2 August 1977	10.9 °C	618 mm	1	0
1976	34.6 °C4 January 1976	0.5 °C14 June 1976	10.7 °C	853 mm	1	0
1975	32.2 °C7 February 1975	-0.2 °C12 July 1975	11.0 °C	747 mm	1	1
1974	32.3 °C31 January 1974	0.2 °C3 July 1974	11.1 °C	637 mm	1	0
1973	34.8 °C20 January 1973	-0.3 °C12 June 1973	11.3 °C	705 mm	1	1
1972	28.5 °C14 December 1972	-0.1 °C24 June 1972	11.3 °C	563 mm	0	1
1971	29.3 °C19 February 1971	0.5 °C30 July 1971	11.1 °C	758 mm	0	0
1970	28.0 °C8 February 1970	0.2 °C8 September 1970	10.9 °C	839 mm	0	0
1969	31.2 °C20 February 1969	0.7 °C6 June 1969	11.0 °C	752 mm	1	0
1968	31.6 °C18 March 1968	-0.8 °C25 July 1968	10.8 °C	597 mm	2	2
1967	35.5 °C7 February 1967	0.4 °C17 August 1967	11.0 °C	475 mm	1	0
1966	31.3 °C7 March 1966	-0.1 °C21 July 1966	10.9 °C	618 mm	1	1
1965	30.5 °C22 December 1965	0.6 °C18 July 1965	10.8 °C	630 mm	1	0
1964	26.1 °C21 February 1964	-0.2 °C23 July 1964	10.6 °C	733 mm	0	1
1963	30.3 °C12 January 1963	0.5 °C24 June 1963	11.0 °C	456 mm	1	0
1962	31.4 °C1 December 1962	0.1 °C16 July 1962	11.2 °C	667 mm	1	0
1961	29.8 °C9 January 1961	0.7 °C4 August 1961	11.6 °C	561 mm	0	0
1960	36.2 °C16 January 1960	-0.5 °C10 August 1960	11.0 °C	674 mm	2	1
1959	35.0 °C20 January 1959	0.8 °C1 September 1959	11.1 °C	639 mm	3	0
1958	29.7 °C10 February 1958	-0.7 °C11 July 1958	10.7 °C	685 mm	0	2
1957	33.0 °C30 January 1957	1.3 °C24 June 1957	11.2 °C	596 mm	1	0
1956	30.1 °C8 January 1956	1.0 °C13 August 1956	11.3 °C	730 mm	1	0
1955	31.6 °C10 December 1955	0.5 °C24 June 1955	11.3 °C	527 mm	2	0
1954	31.8 °C26 December 1954	0.9 °C13 July 1954	11.3 °C	503 mm	3	0
1953	28.7 °C19 December 1953	0.7 °C26 August 1953	11.0 °C	618 mm	0	0
1952	30.1 °C24 January 1952	1.2 °C28 July 1952	10.8 °C	683 mm	1	0
1951	33.1 °C29 January 1951	-0.1 °C21 June 1951	11.0 °C	577 mm	3	1
1950	34.4 °C5 December 1950	0.1 °C18 June 1950	11.1 °C	457 mm	2	0
1949	28.2 °C5 March 1949	-0.1 °C17 August 1949	10.7 °C	515 mm	0	1
1948	29.8 °C12 February 1948	0.6 °C16 June 1948	10.7 °C	627 mm	0	0
1947	29.0 °C28 February 1947	0.2 °C29 May 1947	10.8 °C	644 mm	0	0
1946	26.0 °C5 March 1946	0.1 °C20 June 1946	9.9 °C	569 mm	0	0
1945	28.9 °C27 November 1945	-2.0 °C11 June 1945	9.7 °C	621 mm	0	4
1944	29.9 °C7 February 1944	-1.5 °C27 June 1944	10.2 °C	491 mm	0	3
1943	25.3 °C1 February 1943	-1.7 °C1 August 1943	9.5 °C	628 mm	0	3
1942	31.1 °C5 March 1942	-0.1 °C29 July 1942	10.0 °C	597 mm	1	1
1941	27.4 °C15 February 1941	-0.4 °C27 July 1941	10.2 °C	450 mm	0	1
1940	36.0 °C14 February 1940	-0.2 °C1 August 1940	10.4 °C	432 mm	3	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

16.0 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

3 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

605 mm

-11 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.2 °C	+1.6 °C	21 mm	-25 mm
Feb	21.3 °C	+1.7 °C	32 mm	-8 mm
Mar	20.7 °C	+2.5 °C	22 mm	-20 mm
Apr	17.0 °C	+1.3 °C	47 mm	+1 mm
May	15.1 °C	+2.0 °C	40 mm	-8 mm
Jun	12.1 °C	+1.1 °C	67 mm	+24 mm
Jul	11.7 °C	+1.1 °C	48 mm	-2 mm
Aug	12.9 °C	+1.5 °C	32 mm	-27 mm
Sep	13.0 °C	+0.1 °C	57 mm	+2 mm
Oct	14.3 °C	-0.2 °C	66 mm	+1 mm
Nov	14.8 °C	-1.2 °C	106 mm	+45 mm
Dec	17.8 °C	0.0 °C	66 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.2 °C

3 Feb 2025

Coldest day

1.2 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

26.4 mm

3 Nov 2025

Windiest day

38.4 km/h

10 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

100.4 km/h

10 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

31.6 °C

3 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.1 °C

17 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

14.8 h

15 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Hobart?

Hobart has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 616 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hobart?

The hottest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2013, reaching 37.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Hobart?

The coldest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1945, at -2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Hobart?

Almost never: Hobart sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Hobart warmed?

Yes: Hobart warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Hobart?

The wettest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1960, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Hobart?

The windiest day measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2009, with winds reaching 43.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Hobart?

The warmest month in Hobart is January (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (7.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Hobart?

Hobart receives on average 616 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Hobart?

Hobart gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hobart?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hobart between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1959, with 4.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Hobart?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hobart.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hobart?

In Hobart, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 20 January 1959, and the lowest was -6.0 °C on 25 July 1986.

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