General June Weather

[Richard]

Around 38mm so far over the last two weeks, so as Jase pointed out, its starting to help terms of soil moisture levels.

The wee low out off the Canterbury coast is looking quite neat atm

[Kobi]

18.2mm yesterday and 0.8mm so far today, which brings the monthly total up to 60mm of rain for June now
Another 8mm of rain and we reach our June average, though there’s nothing indicating we will reach that in the next week.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

From yesterday :
We had 10mm more rain overnight but it had eased off by dawn. A grey overcast morning but in the afternoon it started to clear with it becoming sunny later this afternoon, however it did cloud up this evening with some drizzle around 10pm. 10.5C for today. Calm day with no wind.

[Kobi]

Bit of rain falling past couple hours, none at the airport interestingly, but a few millimetres in the east so far

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Although it wasn't forecasted as such for today, it was a fine sunny day but cloud moved in later in the afternoon and more so this evening.
12C for today.

[Kobi]

June rainfall in Christchurch is up to 73.8mm at the airport, following hours of consistent rainfall overnight, which is above the average of 68mm (though MetService has 65.7mm as average) for June, making the month the first wetter than average month of the year
Around the east of the city, we have probably seen up to about 80mm so far this month

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Cloudy overcast day with not much wind, if so from the east. 10.3C for today with 1mm of rain recorded overnight this morning.
Becoming much brighter during the afternoon and clearing a bit this evening.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Low cloud or fog overnight but lifting this morning and then gradually clearing around midday to become fine and sunny this afternoon but clouding up this evening for a while. 9.3C for today and calm for much of the day.

[spwill]

Our coldest morning of the month here this morning, the month has been frost free.
I see some cold weather will affect NZ for the start of July.

[Bradley]

GFS has finally come on board with what EC has been forecasting for next Tuesday/Wednesday with 850hp temps of around -5C for Canterbury and some decent precipitation to go along with it, snow level looks to be around 400m at present…

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Don't like the look of next WE. Could be more rain and wind for East Cape Gisborne and Hawkes Bay, at the moment.

[Blowy]

Hmmm, deja vu from a few days ago ...

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After a frosty start, it remained a rather cold day with the cold air trapped under the NW cloud covered sky which developed after the Matariki sunrise.
Weak NW Arch later in the day with a NW sky at sunset. Only 7.6C for today with hardly any wind.

[Kobi]

been a fine day today, frost expected overnight, had a high of 13C today

[Simon Culling]

After a frosty start, it remained a rather cold day with the cold air trapped under the NW cloud covered sky which developed after the Matariki sunrise.
Weak NW Arch later in the day with a NW sky at sunset. Only 7.6C for today with hardly any wind.

John, correct me if I am wrong, but your coldest days generally seem to be around this time of the year - when you have the shortest days + longest nights. What is the coldest day you have recorded in Geraldine in terms of the day maximum?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

. What is the coldest day you have recorded in Geraldine in terms of the day maximum?

This year so far was 6.1C on June the 13th. For other years since we have been here I will have to consult my diaries as all my records are recorded written down in them.
...anyway today was a bright and sunny day with 12.9C recorded. There wasn't quite a frost this morning.

[David]

Photo from Hunua yesterday. Very calm conditions, even a CB on the horizon.

[David]

And a pic of low cloud hugging the ranges on the way there.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

After a frost, a fine day eventuated with increasing high cloud to the west during the afternoon.
Hardly any wind with a maximum of 11.7C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Don't like the look of next WE. Could be more rain and wind for East Cape Gisborne and Hawkes Bay, at the moment.

Not looking likely now, that's why I say "at the moment" as what I get from model predictions, there is a very much a likely change as we forcome to the event actually happening.

[Kobi]

June in Christchurch ended up a wetter than average month in the end with 75mm of rain
Warmest day of the month was the 1st with 21.3C
Coldest day of the month was the 14th with 8.0C, and the morning of the 12th started on -5.5C

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

From here in Raukapuka for June.
Rainfall was 48,6mm over 12 days
Max temp being 22C on Saturday the 1st
Lowest temp was minus 3.7C on Wednesday the 12th
Lowest max 7.6C on Friday the 28th
Highest min 6.2C on Wednesday the 26th
13 frosts recorded.

[Nev]

Unlike the the previous month, a lack of southerlies and more moisture from the north kept overall June temps well above normal and wetter than normal for northern and eastern parts of of both islands, particularly around the North Island's East Coast.

Jun 2024 Climate Anomaly Maps to 27th ℅ NIWA.png

Preliminary stats for the main centres:

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Jun 2024 Average Temps, Rainfall, Sunshine and departures from 1991-2020 normals ℅ NIWA

Site                     T-max °C      T-min °C      T-mean °C     Rain mm      Sun hrs

Auckland Aero *         16.7  +1.2    10.1  +1.4    13.4  +1.3    117   98%
Tauranga Aero           16.5  +1.1     8.0  +0.9    12.3  +1.1    173  144%
Hamilton Aero *         15.4  +1.0     5.3  +0.5    10.4  +0.8     80   62%    129  108%
Wellington, Kelburn     13.2  +0.8     8.2  +0.9    10.7  +0.8     86   61%    108  106%
Christchurch Aero       12.3  +0.6     2.1  +0.9     7.2  +0.8     75  110%    123  107%
Dunedin, Musselburgh    11.5  +0.7     6.2  +2.3     8.9  +1.5     88  151%     67   70%
Greymouth Aero          14.2  +1.9     6.4  +0.9    10.3  +1.4    187   80%    107  116%

* Akld Aero used as Mangere missing several days of data. * Hamilton sunshine from Ruakura.

[Richard]

Rainfall was 47mm
Max temp being 20.3 on the 1st
Lowest temp -6.2 - 12th
Lowest max 4.7 -13th
Highest min 14.7 - 1st
14 frosts

[tich]

According to the NIWA summaries, June's average temp was 9.9C for NZ, while May was 9.8. While only a 0.1C difference, it must still be unusual for June to be warmer than May.