Rum Island Weather Forecast

    • 17
    • 30

    Late showers

    • 14
    • 22

    Shower or two. Windy

    • 15
    • 23

    Possible shower. Windy

    • 14
    • 24

    Sunny

    • 15
    • 24

    Sunny

    • 14
    • 29

    Shower or two developing

    • 15
    • 24

    Shower or two

Today 17 Feb Furneaux Islands

Sunny day. Very high chance of showers this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm this evening. Winds northeasterly 25 to 35 km/h shifting west to northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h in the late evening. Daytime maximum temperatures around 30.

Banks Strait and Franklin

Wind
Northeasterly 15 to 20 knots increasing to 25 knots before turning northwesterly 15 to 20 knots in the late evening.
Seas
Around 1 metre, increasing to 1 to 2 metres about Banks Strait during the afternoon.
1st Swell
Northeasterly below 1 metre.
Weather
Sunny day. 90% chance of showers this evening. The chance of a thunderstorm this evening.
Weather Situation
A high pressure centre is to the east of Tasmania over the Tasman Sea ahead of a cold front forecast to approach from the west today, crossing the state during the afternoon. A ridge of high pressure is expected to develop over southeastern parts of the mainland on Wednesday, maintaining a westerly flow over Tasmania, until the ridge moves over Tasmania on Thursday, forecast to move eastwards over the Tasman Sea by Friday.
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February Temperature

Swan Island (26km)

  • Lowest 2 February, 2026

    9.3 °C

  • Average February

    17.9 °C

  • Highest 14 February, 2026

    23.4 °C

Climate (2021–Present)

Swan Island (26km)

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  • Average Low 2021–2026

    11.9 °C

  • Average 2021–2026

    14.3 °C

  • Average High 2021–2026

    17.5 °C
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