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Frosts

Annual Number of Frosts

The annual number of frosts recorded in dairy areas in Tasmania varies from less than 10 to around 100. Lower altitude areas close to the coast tend to have the lowest number of frosts. Cold air drainage is another important factor.

There is no figure recorded for Deloraine in the table below, but it is likely to be similar to Cressy, which has an average 99 frosts a year.

Number of Frosts

Region Area Altitude (m) Average annual frosts
North West King Island 24 1
Redpa 82 9
Smithton 7 38
Elliott 155 26
North Deloraine 237 n/a
Cressy 150 99
Scottsdale 198 49
Waterhouse 40 14
South Bushy Park 35 80
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Frosts are defined here as the number of days with minimum temperature less than 2 deg.C.

This page was last updated on Thursday 1 November 2007.

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