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Launceston Forecast

Today 17°C
Tonight 1°C
Mostly sunny

Now

18.2°C steady
Updated at 15:30 EST

Central North for Sunday Partly cloudy. Winds W/NW 20 to 30 km/h tending W/SW 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Daytime maximum temperatures between 14 and 17.

Currently at Launceston

Temperature 18.2°C steady
Dew Point 5.8°C falling
Feels Like 18.2°C
Relative Humidity 44%
Wind icon
WNW 5km/h falling
Wind Gusts 9km/h
Pressure -
Fire Danger 5.7
Rain since 9am/last hr 0.0mm / 0.0mm

Sun on Sunday

Sunrise sunrise
07:23 EST
Sunset sunset
16:54 EST

Nearby Now

Launceston Ap 16.4°C
Cressy 15.3°C
Scottsdale 14.8°C
Low Head 14.7°C

Next 12 hours in Launceston

mostly clear

6pm

Mostly clear
14°C
mostly clear

9pm

Mostly clear
10°C
mostly clear

12am

Mostly clear
8°C
mostly clear

3am

Mostly clear
6°C
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Central North Weather Warnings

Tas - Sun 15:12 EST
Frost Warning for the Midlands, Central North, Upper Derwent Valley and East Coast

Tas - Sun 10:02 EST
Gale Warning for the Lower East, South East & South West coasts. Strong Wind Warning for remaining waters except NE & Far NW coasts

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Launceston 7-day Weather Forecast

Summary Sun
May 26
Mon
May 27
Tue
May 28
Wed
May 29
Thu
May 30
Fri
May 31
Sat
Jun 1
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
frost then sunny
Frost then sunny
mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
rain developing
Rain developing
clearing shower
Clearing shower
mostly sunny
Mostly sunny
Maximum 17°C 13°C 15°C 16°C 16°C 17°C 16°C
Minimum 6°C 1°C 2°C 7°C 8°C 8°C 5°C
Chance of Rain 10% 30% 60% 80% 90% 90% 70%
Rain Amount < 1mm < 1mm 1-5mm 1-5mm 5-10mm 10-20mm 5-10mm
UV Index Low Low Low Low Low Low
Frost Risk Nil High Moderate Nil Nil Nil Slight
  9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm 9am 3pm
Wind Speed 2
km/h
9
km/h
1
km/h
4
km/h
0
km/h
6
km/h
6
km/h
17
km/h
8
km/h
14
km/h
6
km/h
11
km/h
9
km/h
16
km/h
Wind Direction N 2km/h
N
NNW 9km/h
NNW
E 1km/h
E
NNE 4km/h
NNE
Calm
NE
NNE 6km/h
NNE
NNE 6km/h
NNE
N 17km/h
N
N 8km/h
N
N 14km/h
N
N 6km/h
N
N 11km/h
N
N 9km/h
N
NW 16km/h
NW
Relative Humidity 84% 45% 76% 54% 99% 79% 99% 76% 94% 79% 95% 75% 89% 65%
Dew Point 9°C 6°C 4°C 5°C 6°C 11°C 10°C 11°C 10°C 12°C 11°C 12°C 7°C 9°C

Launceston Sun & Moon Times

Sunday Next Occurrence
First Light Sunrise Sunset Last Light Moon Phase moon rise moon set last quarter new moon first quarter last quarter
first light
06:52 EST
sunrise
07:23 EST
sunset
16:54 EST
last light
17:24 EST
moon
rise
Sun 18:05 EST
set
Mon 09:10 EST
moon
Sat
Jun 1
moon
Sun
Jun 9
moon
Mon
Jun 17
moon
Sun
Jun 30

Launceston Past 5 Days

  Minimum Maximum Rainfall
Sun
May 26
5.7°C 19°C 0.0mm
Sat
May 25
3.5°C 18.0°C 0.0mm
Fri
May 24
0.5°C 15.3°C 0.0mm
Thu
May 23
0.8°C 15.7°C 0.0mm
Wed
May 22
3.2°C 16.8°C 0.0mm

Launceston Year To Date

average rainfall to May
228.5mm
40.4 day(s)
total for 2013
175.2mm
38 day(s)
total to this day 2012
244.0mm
41 day(s)
wettest day
43.0mm
Mar 22
lowest temperature
-1.5°C
May 19
highest temperature
33.7°C
Jan 4

Launceston Almanac

May minimum temperature
lowest this month
-1.5°C
19th
lowest on record
-3.0°C
18th 1981
average this month
3.9°C
-1.2°C
long-term average
5.1°C
May maximum temperature
highest this month
21.5°C
9th
highest on record
23.5°C
3rd 1988
average this month
16.3°C
+0.5°C
long-term average
15.8°C
May rainfall
wettest this month
22.8mm
15th
total this month
58.8mm
11 day(s)
long-term average
61.3mm
11.5 day(s)
wettest on record
152.9mm
2007
driest on record
4.0mm
2005

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