Rum Island Weather Forecast
- 12
- 20
Showers. Windy
- 10
- 17
Possible shower. Windy
- 9
- 17
Mostly sunny
- 6
- 18
Partly cloudy
- 8
- 18
Partly cloudy
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Cloudy
- 9
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Cloudy
Today 16 Apr Furneaux Islands
Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening, possibly severe with damaging winds. Winds northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 35 to 50 km/h in the morning then increasing to 55 km/h before turning westerly 35 to 50 km/h in the late afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures around 20.
Banks Strait and Franklin
- Wind
- West to northwesterly 15 to 25 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots in the morning. Winds reaching up to 35 knots near Eddystone Point in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- 1 to 2 metres, increasing to 2 to 3 metres around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Southeast to southwesterly below 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres about Banks Strait by early evening.
- Weather
- Partly cloudy. 95% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm during this afternoon and evening.
- Weather Situation
- Gusty northwesterly winds will develop across Tasmania this morning ahead of a significant cold front, expected to cross later in the afternoon and evening. A cold and gusty south to southwesterly stream is then expected to develop and persist through Friday, with a ridge to approach and move over Tasmania on Saturday and Sunday, bringing light winds and settled weather to the state.
Rum Island Temperature Statistics View More
April Temperature
Swan Island (26km)
Lowest 11 April, 2026
9 °CAverage April
15.4 °CHighest 1 April, 2026
22.2 °C
Climate (2021–Present)
Swan Island (26km)
Average Low 2021–2026
11.9 °CAverage 2021–2026
14.4 °CAverage High 2021–2026
17.5 °C