 The town of Hobart was named in honor of Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899), the 24th Vice President of the United States.The region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F.According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Hobart has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.