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Manukau heads obs · Thu 12/02/2009 17:35

you should be saying Whenuapai's hottest day on record

other locations around auckland have had hotter days than today (i.e 31C)

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 12/02/2009 17:36

philip duncan wrote:Nev - hottest on record, according to NIWA - our hottest day in 137 years!

Auckland. Long time comming!

But auckland is rather large so its not fair to claim Auckland had its hottest day in 137 years. But Whenuapai and parts of auckland did.

Peter · Unread post by **Peter** » Thu 12/02/2009 17:39

Manukau heads observer wrote:DP is alot lower in the NW air stream ahead of the approaching front...only 17DP here now...interesting...

Is drier air mixing out ahead of what is a slow moving front, and undercutting the warmer moister airmass that was over us, and providing the lifting mechanism for the current set of clouds streaming in from the northwest?

Philip Duncan · Unread post by **Philip Duncan** » Thu 12/02/2009 17:43

I knew this would cause a debate! Depends on how you describe "Auckland"... can Auckland only say it has it's hottest summer ever if ALL weather stations in the Auckland region break a record?? Our site explains it was West Auckland and says where it was recorded and what it was compared to.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 12/02/2009 17:53

Look at debates as a good thing. there is nothing wrong with a debate.

All im saying is that, for example, people in south auckland that see hotest day in how ever long might scratch their heads and say huh, it wasnt even as hot as yesturday. Its just because Auckland is a provance and a city that this is a debate. Maybe say West auckland had its hottest day. If a place like Morronsville had its hottest day you wouldnt say Hamilton did. Same thing applies in auckland. Just because its all urban doesnt mean its one place.

just my view... please dont see this as an attack.

EDIT: sorry just saw your site Phill. Explains it all well. cheers

CHCH Weather Chaser · Thu 12/02/2009 17:53

If NIWA is saying its the hottest official temp in Auckland in over 100 years then it must be. All suburbs vary somewhat for different reasons. Some parts of the city have slightly greater wind speeds than others, clearer skies than other deciding factors. Its like saying last week Christchurch's 34 degrees was the official temperature but the weather station down the road from me got to 36.7 degrees. The official station that takes the recording had the greatest reading for Auckland that it has before. There is always going to be variations around the city but we cant say 6 different temperatures for one city.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:00

Guys, your thread hijaking!
There's an appropriate topic for you chat about this.
It has nothing to do with how wet the weather is..
Sorry to burst a bubble but.. please make another topic if you want to discuss it further.

ScottyD · Unread post by **ScottyD** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:02

I live in Whenuapai and i can tell you it certainly feels hot. Still hot now. Am i looking at the correct whenuapai reading when i click on this link http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/tmcgav ... ather.html

Philip Duncan · Unread post by **Philip Duncan** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:04

j-me-h, I said 'debate' with a smile! I know what you mean

West Auckland is part of Auckland...so in theory it's Auckland. But we've been told off for talking about this here!!!

Rain clouds moving in (to keep me in this thread!)...should arrive tonight in Auckland...can't wait for the southerly! (Never thought Id say that!).

ScottyD · Unread post by **ScottyD** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:09

Back to talking about the rain. It's getting darker by the minute. Hopefully the rain brings a change to cooler air!

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:10

hmmmm beginning to think we wont get much out of this. Looks like its dieing quickly

Peter · Unread post by **Peter** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:15

Tornado Tim wrote:Guys, your thread hijaking!
There's an appropriate topic for you chat about this.
It has nothing to do with how wet the weather is..
Sorry to burst a bubble but.. please make another topic if you want to discuss it further.

Absolutely agree!!

- surely we can do without pedantic discussions about whether a record temperature qualifies if it's only at one location or several?

Manukau heads obs · Thu 12/02/2009 18:27

interestingly Ricky's station has got warmer in the last hour with the NNW wind change, peaking at 29..2C and an easing of the DP...as the pre frontal clouds move over...

the front has fragmented a bit....
looking black out to my west!

the current warm temperatures around the auckland area at 6:30pm must be some sort of record maybe for the time of day?

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:35

Still NE here, 27C/DP 22C. Not looking like even 20m m from that front now.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:39

Auckland regions hottest recorded temperature is 33.1C and occurred at Henderson feb 3 1998. And on that particular day most of the Auckland metropolitan area topped 30C. Owairaka recorded 30.5C, Ardmore Airfield 31C .....

Peter · Unread post by **Peter** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:40

Frontal band on radar looks like it's starting to make a move towards the NE now - approaching Auckland much more quickly

Manukau heads obs · Thu 12/02/2009 18:42

yes, thats what I was thinking, on that day, in a NE wind, all the whole area got to at least 31 that day

rain has arrived here now

hopefully it will take 12 hours to pass over!

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 12/02/2009 18:55

Only had a shower so far, looking on the radar it should come within 2 hours.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 12/02/2009 19:03

within the next few mins Tim. Raining here!

Manukau heads obs · Thu 12/02/2009 19:07

interestingly the DP has increased to 20 again with the onset of the rain
temperature dropped to 22.5C now with the rain .....
i.e there was a dry slot in front of the front....

I see wellington has done well for rain total....65mm or so....lucky them!

David · Unread post by **David** » Thu 12/02/2009 19:11

Manukau heads observer wrote:interestingly the DP has increased to 20 again with the onset of the rain
temperature dropped to 22.5C now with the rain .....
i.e there was a dry slot in front of the front....

Interesting - 72% was our lowest humidity this afternoon and been very slowly increasing since 2:40pm. Wind is still NE here so not sure what's happening there.

Manukau heads obs · Thu 12/02/2009 19:18

lovely thick rain here (drops close together)
may it continue! (because not much is going to give us rain after this system goes through for another week or so!)

Peter · Unread post by **Peter** » Thu 12/02/2009 19:19

Latest radar (7pm) looks like the front is "running out of gas" so to speak - maybe a short sharp period of rain or a few heavy showers, but doesn't look like a major rainfall, at least here in Auckland

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Thu 12/02/2009 19:23

yup got the rain now 13mm/hr

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 12/02/2009 19:40

Heavy rain here with the wind begining to get up there. Gusting over 50km/h

EDIT: now gusting to 65 and still building. Rather heavy rain too. Being pelted down by the wind. Comming down in sheets of rain

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