Rum Island Weather Forecast
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Showers increasing
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Showers. Windy
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Showers. Windy
- 9
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Shower or two. Windy
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Mostly sunny
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Possible shower
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Possible shower
Today 9 Apr Furneaux Islands
Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm late this afternoon and evening. Winds north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h tending north to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning and early afternoon. Daytime maximum temperatures in the low 20s.
Banks Strait and Franklin
- Wind
- Northerly 15 to 20 knots turning northwesterly in the early afternoon. Winds reaching up to 25 knots near Eddystone Point in the late afternoon.
- Seas
- Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres about Banks Strait around midday.
- 1st Swell
- Easterly below 1 metre.
- Weather
- Cloudy. 80% chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm late this afternoon and evening.
- Weather Situation
- A northerly stream extends over Tasmania, strengthening during the day as a cold front builds to the south of the Bight. The cold front will cross Tasmania on Friday morning and bring a cold westerly stream that is expected to shift southwesterly during Saturday when a trough crosses the state. The southwesterly stream will slowly ease through Sunday as a high builds over the Bight.
Rum Island Temperature Statistics View More
April Temperature
Swan Island (26km)
Lowest 8 April, 2026
12.6 °CAverage April
16.5 °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