February Weather Summary

jrj · Unread post by **jrj** » Mon 01/03/2004 08:18

Summary of the February rainfall and temperature readings, as recorded at my weather station in Havelock North:

Total rainfall: 106.7mm (on 14 days)
Average February rainfall: 55mm
Maximum 24hr total: 46.0mm (on the 15th)
Total from 1 January: 187.4mm (on 24 days)
Average from 1 January: 100mm

Maximum temperature: 30.8ÂºC (on the 11th)
Minimum temperature: 6.5ÂºC (on the 26th)

Manukau heads obs · Mon 01/03/2004 12:35

if anyones interested my readings are here
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/February2004.htm

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Mon 01/03/2004 17:19

Summary for my station:

Total rainfall: 65.8 mm (on 11 days)
Maximum 24hr total: 13.8 mm (on the 20th)
Total from 1 January: 86.6 mm

Maximum temperature: 27.8ÂºC (on the 3rd)
Minimum temperature: 6.2ÂºC (on the 25th)
Average temperature: 15.3ÂºC (1.4ÂºC below normal)

Cooler and wetter (!) than average - similar to Feb 2002.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Mon 01/03/2004 18:28

Total Rainfall: 218mm (Year to date 286mm)
Highest 24 hour total: 71mm (28 Feb)

Lowest Temperature: 11.5ÂºC (13 Feb)
Highest Temperature: 29.5ÂºC (23 Feb)

Lowest Pressure: 989mb (15 Feb)
Highest Pressure: 1018mb (26 Feb)

The wettest month for a long time!

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Mon 01/03/2004 18:54

Just a crap month

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Tue 02/03/2004 22:08

Apparently there was so much extreme weather last month, that NIWA had to put out an extra pdf document to go with its monthly climate summary. Probably the most extreme month for weather events (as opposed to months with individual massive events, eg Cyclone Bola) that I can recall. I though January 2002 was a particularly extreme summer month for NZ, but not as bad as Feb 2004.

Gary Roberts · Unread post by **Gary Roberts** » Tue 02/03/2004 22:54

Michael wrote:Just a crap month

Try Blenheim, Michael! A lovely climate there.

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 04/03/2004 22:09

I've heard comments in the media that last month was an example of what our weather will become like under global warming. Well February 2004 (according to NIWA) was 1.1C colder than normal nationally, and some inland areas reported record or near record mean tempertaures for the month.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Fri 05/03/2004 12:58

Alexandra

Total Rainfall: 47mm (Year to date 100mm)
Highest 24 hour total: 13mm (20 Feb)

Lowest Temperature: 2.3ÂºC (26 Feb)
Highest Temperature: 30.0ÂºC (2 Feb)

Average mean temperature: 15.6ÂºC (1.5ÂºC below normal)
Average max temperature: 21.9ÂºC (1.9ÂºC below normal)
Average min temperature: 9.2ÂºC (0.9ÂºC below normal)

Lowest Pressure: 970mb (21 Feb)
Highest Pressure: 1018mb (8 Feb)

A cool month

FrenchNemlod · Unread post by **FrenchNemlod** » Fri 05/03/2004 19:00

Hello
I'm French. I live near Paris.
If in NZ february has been rainy, in France February has been very dry.
Total rainfall: 3,5mm !
Max /24h: 1.5mm
Rainfall >1mm: 2

Hier it's winter in February, and I had been 6 days of snow in lastest week.
Hight Temperature: 18.5Â°C (near record for first week of February).

February is equivalent at august in French.
And August (last summer month) 2003 war very hot, with record: 40Â°C at Paris, 15 000 people dead !
The average of maximum temperature: 30.3Â°C !! (23.8Â°C it's the normal !)