How far north has it snowed?

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How far north has it snowed?

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hi guys

Just been doing a bit of hunting round trying to find how far north snow has been recorded in NZ. I have heared it has snowed up 90 mile beach in the early 1900's but not sure about how true that is. Does anyone know of a web site that states how far north snow has been recorded?

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Re: How far north has it snowed?

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SNOWSTORMS IN NZ ARTICLE
"Probably the worst storms of this kind in the
last hundred years occurred during the winter of
1939 when snow fell the length and breadth of the
country during frequent southerly outbreaks from June
through to August.
On 31 July the lighthouse keeper at Cape Maria
van Dieman, at the top of the North Island, reported
snow falling at the lighthouse. A few days earlier it
snowed in Dargaville and Ruapekapeka and snow
lasted on the hills behind Kaikohe for several hours.
In Auckland, snow fell in many suburbs just
before dawn on 27 July sticking to the clothes of
people who were out and about such as milkmen and
policemen. Five centimetres of snow were reported
lying on the summit of Mt Eden while the Bombay
Hills shone white for most of the morning. In the hills
around Clevedon, just south of Auckland, snow lasted
into the afternoon and numerous snowball fights took
place between people who had never seen snow before.
Although snow threatened stock in some
North Island hill country areas, over the low-lying
areas it was largely treated with joy and amazement.
In Gisborne snow fell for nearly three hours covering
lawns and gardens, and those people who ventured
outdoors enjoyed the novelty of being covered in
snowflakes."

From: http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/memwebs ... storms.pdf (pdf document, page 3)
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Cheers for that David :)
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