Climate thumb|Snow in Hobart, 2015. While sleet is not rare in Hobart during the colder months, and many outer suburbs receive snow frequently, snow is rare in the inner suburbs. Hobart has a cool to mild oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Cflk). The highest temperature recorded was on 4 January 2013 and the lowest was on 25 June 1972 and 11 July 1981. Annually, Hobart receives only 40.8 clear days. Compared to other major Australian cities, Hobart has the fewest daily average hours of sunshine, with only 5.9 hours per day. However, during the summer it has the most hours of daylight of any Australian city, with 15.3 hours on the summer solstice. Hobart is nonetheless very sunny by southern Tasmanian standards, with Strathgordon at the same latitude having only 1,478 hours of sunshine.
Climate thumb|Snow in Hobart, 2015. While sleet is not rare in Hobart during the colder months, and many outer suburbs receive snow frequently, snow is rare in the inner suburbs. Hobart has a cool to mild oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Cflk). The highest temperature recorded was on 4 January 2013 and the lowest was on 25 June 1972 and 11 July 1981. Annually, Hobart receives only 40.8 clear days. Compared to other major Australian cities, Hobart has the fewest daily average hours of sunshine, with only 5.9 hours per day However, during the summer it has the most hours of daylight of any Australian city, with 15.3 hours on the summer solstice. Hobart is nonetheless very sunny by southern Tasmanian standards, with Strathgordon at the same latitude having only 1,478 hours of sunshine.