Liawenee and surrounding Miena Dam experience annual mean maximum temperatures of and , respectively, and are thus amongst the coldest permanently inhabited places in Australia; irrespective of Miena Dam, Liawenee is colder on this metric than notable mainland sites of a similar elevation such as Nimmitabel () and Cooma () as well as Thredbo village () - a station of considerably greater elevation (1380m AMSL). Within Tasmania, only the uninhabited summits of Mount Wellington (Kunanyi) and Mount Read record lower annual mean maximum temperatures ( and , respectively) although other mountains of Tasmania that currently lack weather stations are very likely to also experience similar or colder conditions.