General February Weather

[Simon Culling]

Thanks, Nev, I am never going to master this time difference thing!

Not sure if the FC actually made it to a WS. It has been included on the ICWR map, but with the same inconclusive photo.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A partly cloudy day today with a light southerly. 21.7C for today. Nothing much of interest coming up weather wise here.
May get some clagg tomorrow ?

[Bradley]

Not liking the look of the latest EC rain forecast for next Wednesday/Thursday with 160mm forecast in the space of 18 hours for large parts of mid-Canterbury, if that happens there will be major, major problems for Canterbury in general!

[TonyT]

Not liking the look of the latest EC rain forecast for next Wednesday/Thursday with 160mm forecast in the space of 18 hours for large parts of mid-Canterbury, if that happens there will be major, major problems for Canterbury in general!

It’s a wild outlier well outside the bounds of the Ec’s own ensemble. Best disregarded for now.

[tornado]

drought declared in taranaki region.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/27/drou ... -taranaki/

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543 ... conditions

[spwill]

I visited the Coromandel this week and the eastern side was noticeably green, western Waikato /Auckland looking dry however it is the end of February, this is the time of year we expect dryness.
Photo, Hot Water Beach on Tuesday.

[cbm]

Was a warm month for my station, rivalled Jan 2022 and 2018 for my warmest recorded.

average_for_month:21.26 C
average_max_for_month:28.20 C
average_min_for_month:14.32 C

[Richard]

Coolest Feb since living here, only 1 day with 30+, and only just 30.2deg.
Rainfall 22.6mm

[spwill]

The Niwa Summary, a mainly fine month here.
https://niwa.co.nz/sites/default/files/ ... _Final.pdf

[JP.]

A very average summer overall for Christchurch city. Suppose you need a cooler one every now and again to offset the good ones.

[tornado]

The Niwa Summary, a mainly fine month here.
https://niwa.co.nz/sites/default/files/ ... _Final.pdf

on the 12th i had thunder and heavy showers in papakura and then on the 14th (valentines) i had another round of heat showers but without the thunder. otherwise pretty quiet month.

[Razor]

From todays Press:

Summer in Christchurch fell way short of expectations - and now data from the nation’s climate scientists proves it.

Niwa reported Akaroa, Christchurch and Lincoln received about 50% more rainfall than usual this summer.

Christchurch received 203mm of rain during December, January and February, a 56% increase from its usual 130mm, which could explain why the Garden City was not high on the list for sunshine hours this season.

Of the six main centres across the motu, Christchurch saw 651 hours of sunshine, earning the city the title of least sunny city. Dunedin was second last with 675 sunny hours, and Tauranga won sunshine capital this summer with 840 hours.

It was not all gloom for Te Waipounamu, though, as Queenstown and Hokitika enjoyed their sunniest February months on record, with 275 hours and 278 hours of sunshine respectively, Niwa reported.

And this weekend will also be good in Christchurch, with temperatures expected to hit 30C or more.