Tasmania has a diverseclimatethat reflects its landforms and location, it's located between forty and fifty degrees south latitude and has a temperate oceanic climate.
Tasmania has a cool temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Tasmania has a cool temperate climate, with most areas under an oceanic climate (Cfb), with four distinct seasons. Summer lasts from December to February when the average maximum sea temperature is 21 C (70 F) and inland areas around Launceston reach 24 C (75 F). Other inland areas are much cooler; Liawenee, located on the Central Plateau, is one of the coldest places in Australia with February temperatures ranging between 4 to 17 C (39 to 63 F). It is the predominant climate type across much of Western Europe, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and Canada, far southwestern South America, a narrow zone of southeastern Australia including Tasmania, and isolated locations elsewhere. Rainfall in Tasmania is highly differentiated for a relatively compact island. Sunshine is also highly differentiated, with average quotients ranging from around 4 hours a day (under 1500 hours a year) in the South West of the island, up to around 7 hours daily (2550 hours annually) in the North East around the Launceston area. Elevation also has an important influence on rainfall, with the mountain areas of western Tasmania receiving higher rainfall totals. For its latitude however, snowfall is still unusually scarce in Hobart, whereas other cities on the same latitude in the northern hemisphere (such as Boston, Detroit, Plovdiv, Bishkek and Chongjin) would generally feature snowy winters. 
