It's not often in winter, or in any season, that Hobart has a warmer maximum temperature than Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and even Brisbane, but that's what has happened on this unseasonably warm winter Tuesday.

Just after 1:30 pm, our southernmost capital city reached 21 degrees, in what was by far its warmest day of winter 2024, and the warmest winter day since August 29, 2022.

That was warmer than the maximums in:

• Melbourne (20.5°C)
• Canberra (17.6°C)
• Sydney (18.9°C), where temps were kept down by cloud and showers despite a relatively mild airmass.
• Brisbane (20.9°C) where, like Sydney, temps were kept down by cloud and showers despite a relatively mild airmass.

Of the eastern capitals, only Adelaide was warmer than Hobart with a top of 22.8°C.

It was warm up on the mountain too, with the mercury on kunanyi/Mt Wellington reaching 10.6°C just before 1:30 pm.

As you might imagine, there’s no snow up there at present, nor is there any snow at the tiny club-run skifield of Mt Mawson, which sits at a similar elevation about 90 minutes northwest of Hobart.

Source: Mt Mawson.

Meanwhile temps of 20°C or slightly higher were recorded in several Tasmanian Forecast Districts, including the Upper Derwent Valley, and on both King and Flinders Islands.

But Hobart appears to have been the state’s warmest location this Tuesday with its 21°C maximum. And as mentioned, it was warmer than all other capital cities in the eastern half of Australia, thanks to mild winds streaming across the state from the northwest.

Another relatively mild day with a high of 18°C is expected in Hobart on Wednesday before top temps drop to the mid-teens for the rest of the week. While conditions will be slightly cooler, it won't be bitingly cold, with no snow likely on kunanyi/Mt Wellington until later next week.