AUDIO NEWS RELEASE: Tasmania's Autumn Climate Summary
03/06/2019
Climatologist Ian Barnes-Keoghan from the Bureau of Meteorology Tasmania discusses the following points:
- Autumn in Tasmania was mild, record high temperatures at beginning of the season
- Rainfall was below average for the eastern half of the state during autumn
- Warm May overall, but temperatures dropping near the end
- Cold outbreak in May brought some rainfall to the west, areas of the east still dry
- Hobart's rainfall during May was about half the normal average
- Temperatures will cool for winter, but winter is most likely to be warmer than average.
For the full Tasmania autumn climate summary, please go to: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/season/tas/summary.shtml
For the full Tasmania May climate summary, please go to: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/tas/summary.shtml
