General January Weather

[Orion]

It has seemed to me that the seasons this year are two to three weeks behind what I'm used to, basing that on flowering dates of garden plants.
Have been pleased to see the rain, to be honest.
The "good" days will come, probably

[spwill]

so sick of this bullsh1t 'summer' weather. No real end in sight either! Glad to be going to Tutukaka next Monday for two weeks. Whangarei is one place that does quite well on this weather pattern

There is a hint the westerlies will be retreating after the 20th.
Eastern Northland has had the best of the weather lately, I see kerikeri only 8.6mm past month. The dying front on Friday should give northern NZ some showers, humid ahead of the front.

[RWood]

Some of my family have been in the Gisborne-Wairoa region, had beautiful weather.

[harleyb]

so sick of this bullsh1t 'summer' weather. No real end in sight either! Glad to be going to Tutukaka next Monday for two weeks. Whangarei is one place that does quite well on this weather pattern

There is a hint the westerlies will be retreating after the 20th.
Eastern Northland has had the best of the weather lately, I see kerikeri only 8.6mm past month. The dying front on Friday should give northern NZ some showers, humid ahead of the front.

Here's hoping. We're not taking our family holidays until the 19th and I am hoping that this god-awful westerly onslaught will have given way to a more settled pattern by then. So far this has to rate amongst the worst summers ever for western parts of NZ, or at least it certainly feels that way!

[NZstorm]

Some of my family have been in the Gisborne-Wairoa region, had beautiful weather.

I see 30C forecast for the next 3 days in Gisborne.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Should be hot here too then back to the usual summer weather so far this year, with the roaring forties, kicking up these lows..
Like years gone past, there hasn't been much of a summer around this time but February to March have shined with the fact of summery weather.

[cbm]

It has seemed to me that the seasons this year are two to three weeks behind what I'm used to, basing that on flowering dates of garden plants.
Have been pleased to see the rain, to be honest.
The "good" days will come, probably

Check this out.
12 Jan 2016

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9th Jan 2017

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Same spot. Same brand and variety of seed. Planted similar time, October.
Yes can get genetic variation but don't have a sunflower yet on about 25 plants, a few just trying to open now. Last year, same week had several over 2m tall with flower full sized and open.

[Orion]

cbm - interesting!

[Manukau heads obs]

averaging over 2.5 c colder than the last 15 years or so here
Niwa said Jan/Feb will be average to above average
with a general SW flow to continue for a while longer (but will be a bit more westerly)
February is going to have to be like 2C warmer than normal!

[RWood]

Should be hot here too then back to the usual summer weather so far this year, with the roaring forties, kicking up these lows..
Like years gone past, there hasn't been much of a summer around this time but February to March have shined with the fact of summery weather.

The star of the 2014-15 summer was a warm, dry and very sunny January.

Locally the long-term records show there is almost no difference between the 2 months apart from a small February temperature advantage.

[NZstorm]

Long range on the GFS the pattern does improve. But the next 10-12 days look disturbed WSW.

Chart for 25th January. Big upper ridge over NZ.

[Manukau heads obs]

warmer here now with the wind more WSW angled..the air mass is originating more from Oz now

[einzack]

I'm hanging out for some warmer weather as it's rather depressing that I've lit the fire the last 2 days.
Wasn't really required, as in if it were winter I wouldn't have bothered, but it's supposed to be summer, so I need it to be warm(ish)!

[Richard]

Check this out.
12 Jan 2016

IMG_20160112_202907.jpg

9th Jan 2017

IMG_20170109_195815.jpg

Same spot. Same brand and variety of seed. Planted similar time, October.
Yes can get genetic variation but don't have a sunflower yet on about 25 plants, a few just trying to open now. Last year, same week had several over 2m tall with flower full sized and open.

I dont think the weather has to much effect on sunflowers, the Giant Russian variety that i grow for seed is the same as most years

[spwill]

warmer here now with the wind more WSW angled..the air mass is originating more from Oz now

The dewpoint temperature has come up to 16-17C which is more normal for Auckland Summer.

[Manukau heads obs]

we have grown a giant sun flower OK in our garden (it has flowered OK etc), despite the cold summer so far

[NZstorm]

we have grown a giant sun flower OK in our garden (it has flowered OK etc), despite the cold summer so far

I planted a Mexican Alder tree recently and it has grown 1m in the past month. So the growing season has been good provided plants are watered.

[Nev]

Hasn't been a great plum harvest here. I suspect this may be due some premature blossoming last year, as even though Dec was exceptionally dry, our spring rainfall was about normal…

[jamie]

we have grown a giant sun flower OK in our garden (it has flowered OK etc), despite the cold summer so far

I planted a Mexican Alder tree recently and it has grown 1m in the past month. So the growing season has been good provided plants are watered.

Growing season here is terrible. New leaves are being burnt. I fact every single tree around here looks sick on the W side.

[Orion]

Seems to be a bit of mist about here at the moment.

[Richard]

Breezy NW here which has been blowing for 24hours

[Manukau heads obs]

Growing season here is terrible. New leaves are being burnt. I fact every single tree around here looks sick on the W side.

I guess trees here are used to the wind

[Richard]

Where are those trees? man the wind has really effected them.

[Manukau heads obs]

at our place, lol

[Richard]

at our place, lol

There's a tree next door to me thats nearly as badly effected.