1,344
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Burnie · Council (LGA)
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
A wet and cool climate shapes daily life in Burnie, where annual rainfall reaches 1,344mm. This is much higher than most other areas and far above the Tasmanian average.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Burnie — higher than 88% of areas.
| Burnie | 1,344 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 894 |
| Tasmania | 805 |
Average rainfall and temperature.
Summer highs average 15.2°C and winter lows average 7.9°C, both of which are among the lowest for similar areas. These temperatures are higher than the state figures, with the typical minimum sitting 4.1°C above the Tasmanian average.
1,344
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
15.2
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
7.9
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60610/burnie/topic/environment-climate