General October Weather
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Re: General October Weather
62mm here so far today.
Other notable rainfalls (mm) to 4pm today from MS:
65 .. Whangaparaoa
63 .. Whangarei Aero
62 .. Kerikeri Aero
60 .. Auckland Aero
Other notable rainfalls (mm) to 4pm today from MS:
65 .. Whangaparaoa
63 .. Whangarei Aero
62 .. Kerikeri Aero
60 .. Auckland Aero
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Re: General October Weather
A fine day here but with more cloud this afternoon, straggly Cu types associated with a warm westerly flow above.
Light winds here mainly from the south.
Today's maximum was 26.2C.
Light winds here mainly from the south.
Today's maximum was 26.2C.
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Re: General October Weather
22.9C here for the final day of the month which is the second warmest October day in my records (23.2 last October being the only other warmer day)
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Re: General October Weather
A mainly fine day here with high cloud and interesting cloud forms from a ULT passing overhead resulting in those thunderstorms betwixt ChCh and Ashburton moving SE ward. Nothing here but a few weak pathetic distant rumbles of thunder were heard around 6pm, west of here.
A bit of rain this evening. light winds from the south.
Today' s maximum was 20.4C.
Here's photo i took today looking towards Mt. Peel
A bit of rain this evening. light winds from the south.
Today' s maximum was 20.4C.
Here's photo i took today looking towards Mt. Peel
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Re: General October Weather
stats for the month
4 sub zero mornings.
16.2mm of rain total.
max temp - 23.7 deg on the 23rd
lowest max 9.2deg on the 5th and 6th
min temp - -2.3deg on the morning of 8th
highest min -14.6 deg on the night of 28/29th
4 sub zero mornings.
16.2mm of rain total.
max temp - 23.7 deg on the 23rd
lowest max 9.2deg on the 5th and 6th
min temp - -2.3deg on the morning of 8th
highest min -14.6 deg on the night of 28/29th
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Re: General October Weather
Gosh here in Halswell we had 8 days warmer than your Max there, including 28 degrees yesterday
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Re: General October Weather
Yes the NW wind here is a cool wind compared to what you guys get, does keep temps a bit more steady. Come summer time when the NE is the main player, its the other way around.
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Re: General October Weather
Another interesting observation comparing the two plains ( Amuri and Canterbury) are the differences between plant species, most springs the weeping and crack willows are normally a week or so earlier here, but cabbage tree flowering is always way earlier on the Canterbury plains to here
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Re: General October Weather
A cooler start to the month, including an unseasonal 'polar blast', kept the overall national average temp to near normal.
Preliminary stats for the main centres:
MetService October 2022 Brief Summary – Under the yoke of La Nina
High pressure was never too far away in October, especially for South Island. La Nina conditions in the tropical Pacific likely nudged our weather maps in this direction. High pressure brings mainly fine and settled weather, and we certainly saw plenty of that. Notable exceptions bookended the month. A low barrelled across North Island early in the month with widespread rain followed by a very cold southerly blast which brought snow to low levels across South Island and the lower North Island. A Southern Ocean low late in the month drove a spell of rain-laden northwesterlies across the country.
This pattern brought a much wetter than average month north of Taupo, with Bay of Plenty and Waikato the relatively wettest spots. Further south many places ran drier than average, particularly the upper and eastern South Island. Nelson saw just 20% of normal October rainfall whilst parts of Canterbury saw less than half what could normally be expected.
Temperatures varied wildly across the country thanks to high pressure mainly sitting to our west exposing eastern regions to cool southerlies.
Preliminary stats for the main centres:
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Oct 2022 Average Temps, Rainfall, Sunshine and departures from 1981-2010 normals ℅ NIWA
Site T-max °C T-min °C T-mean °C Rain mm Sun hrs
Auckland, Mangere 18.7 +1.1 11.1 +0.6 15.2 +0.8 109 120% 174 99%
Tauranga Aero 18.4 +0.3 11.1 +1.0 14.8 +0.7 135 151%
Hamilton Aero * 18.7 +0.7 8.7 +0.7 13.7 +0.7 174 178% 171 96%
Wellington, Kelburn 14.9 0.0 8.9 -0.1 11.9 -0.1 70 60% 195 101%
Christchurch Aero 16.8 -0.1 4.4 -1.6 10.6 -0.8 36 74% 236 116%
Dunedin, Musselburgh 14.7 0.0 6.3 -0.8 10.5 -0.4 58 93% 225 134%
Greymouth Aero 16.5 +1.4 8.2 +0.2 12.4 +0.8 216 96% 201 128%
* Hamilton sunshine from Ruakura with 1 day missing
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Re: General October Weather
For October we had in Geraldine:
Minimum temperature - minus 0.7C, the morning of Saturday the 8th.
Maximum temperature - 28.3C (Monday the 23th)
Lowest maximum - 11.3C (Thusday the 27th)
Highest minimum - 10.0C (Monday the 31st)
Rainfall - 51.6mm over 11 days.
5 frosts were recorded and one day of snow (Monday the 3rd).
Distant thunder heard along the foothills on Monday the 31st.
Minimum temperature - minus 0.7C, the morning of Saturday the 8th.
Maximum temperature - 28.3C (Monday the 23th)
Lowest maximum - 11.3C (Thusday the 27th)
Highest minimum - 10.0C (Monday the 31st)
Rainfall - 51.6mm over 11 days.
5 frosts were recorded and one day of snow (Monday the 3rd).
Distant thunder heard along the foothills on Monday the 31st.
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Re: General October Weather
Stats for Alex
10 sub zero mornings.
50.6mm of rain total.
max temp - 25.1 deg on the 23rd
lowest max 8.3deg on the 5th
min temp - -2.7deg on the morning of 7th
highest min -11.3 deg 27th
10 sub zero mornings.
50.6mm of rain total.
max temp - 25.1 deg on the 23rd
lowest max 8.3deg on the 5th
min temp - -2.7deg on the morning of 7th
highest min -11.3 deg 27th