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Rainfall from my station in Havelock North
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Total for month: 24mm (on 11 days)
Average for month: 80mm
Total for August 2004: 63mm
Maximum 24hrs: 7mm (on the 1st)
Total from 1 January: 562mm (on 100 days)
Average from 1 January: 555mm
Total to date last year: 593mm
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Highest temperature: 22C; lowest: 1C.

Must be one of the driest Augusts on record here in the auckland area (although eastern parts of the auckland area received more rain in the last rain epoiside we had (that northerly front)
maybe aslo one of the lowest rain days on record too?
Since 1914 lowest rain total for auckland?
maybe also one of the sunniest augusts?
and least windiest?
temperatures only normal here, maybe even slightly below normal (colder nights?)

My summary
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Averages\Extremes for the month of August 2005
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Average temperature = 11.5 °C
Average humidity = 82 %
Average dewpoint = 8.5 °C
Average barometer = 1019.2 mb
Average windspeed = 5.4 kts
Average gustspeed = 7.2 kts
Average direction = 229 ° ( SW)
Rainfall for month = 36.8 mm; diff from climate av. :+36.8 mm
Rainfall for year = 592.9 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 0.5 mm on day 12 at time 05:13
Maximum temperature = 17.9 °C on day 31 at time 15:29
Minimum temperature = 4.9 °C on day 03 at time 06:28
Maximum humidity = 99 % on day 31 at time 08:51
Minimum humidity = 46 % on day 31 at time 14:26
Maximum pressure = 1035.6 mb on day 31 at time 10:58
Minimum pressure = 1001.7 mb on day 08 at time 14:00
Maximum windspeed = 25.0 kts from 033 °(NNE) on day 07 at time 13:15
Maximum gust speed = 31.0 kts from 016 °(NNE) on day 23 at time 22:04
Maximum heat index = 17.9 °C on day 31 at time 15:29

Hamilton Airport:

T max: 19.3c
T min: -1.6c

Rainfall: 106mm (1st ranked out of all cities)
96% of August mean
Rainfall to date this year: 780mm

Very low wind run, can't quote the figure

From over the water

Max temp ... 21.1° C on 28/8
Lowest max temp ... 8.1° C on 9/8
Ave max for month ... 15.2° C
Long term average ... 14.1° C
Highest August max on record ... 24.2° C
Lowest August max on record ... 6.1° C

Min temp ... 1.9° C on 27.8
Highest min ... 14.3 on 19/8 and 29/8
Ave min for month ... 7.2° C
Long term ave min ... 6.3° C
Highest August min on record ... 15.9° C
Lowest August min on record ... -2.3° C

Rainfall ... 99.7 mm on 15 days
Highest daily total ... 21.3 mm on 31/8
Long term ave ... 83.1 mm
Highest August rainfall on record ... 168.0 mm
Lowest August rainfall on record ... 28.2 mm

Max wind gust ... 67 Km / H on 29/8

must be good Oz getting above average rain for a change.....while you guys get it, we dont (seems to be that way anyway)

Check this out - lots of records or near-records in August.

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncc/cs/0508sum.pdf

From my station in Templeton:

Average temp: 8.6 °C

Max temperature: 20.2 °C (20th)
Average max: 13.9 °C

Min temperature: -2.2 °C (15th) 4 days <= 0 °C
Average min: 3.6 °C

Rainfall: 23.6 mm (on 11 days)
Max rain: 8.2 mm (7th)
Year to date: 278.0 mm

Another warmer than normal month, again by over 1 °C.

Check this out - lots of records or near-records in August.

Unfortunately I can't access the NIWA climate site at present. I'll try again later.

August 2005 Waimauku, Auckland
Maximum Temperature: 20.1°C (Friday 26 August)
Lowest Maximum: 14.1 °C (Wednesday 10 August)
Minimum Temperature: 2.3 °C (Friday 05 August)
Highest Minimum: 11.9°C (Wednesday 24 August)
Total Rainfall: 32.6 mm
Days with rain: 10 out of 30 days
Most rain: 11.0 mm (Wednesday 24 August)
Longest period without rain: 8 days (Ending Tuesday 23 August)
Highest pressure: 1034 mb (Tuesday 30 August)
Lowest pressure: 1004 mb (Sunday 07 August)

Rainfall year to date: 665.5 mm

Not a bad month at all! Awesome weather


G

I got 21.4mm all up for August here in Somerfield, driest month so far this year. Only 299.3mm for this year so far.
A quick glance through my diary showed Saturday the 20th to be my warmest day at 20C
Coldest night was minus 1.5C on the morning of Monday the 15th
JohnGaul
NZTS

For August...

Highest temp was 21C (highest in 3 years recorded at this location)
Lowest temp was 0.1C

Median temp 2003 8.8C
Median temp 2004 5.8C
Median temp 2005 9.8C (Dunedin, Musselburgh Pumping Station 8.8C - 2nd highest since 1947)

Manukau heads observer wrote:must be good Oz getting above average rain for a change.....while you guys get it, we dont (seems to be that way anyway)

It certainly is good to have decent rain of late as although the year to date amount looks ok around 150mm of that fell on the one day in February.

From my station in Alexandra

Average temp: 8.0 °C

Max temperature: 24.0 °C (31st)
Average max: 15.6 °C

Min temperature: -5.4 °C (8th) 17 days <= 0 °C
Average min: 0.3 °C

Rainfall: 9 mm (on 2 days)
Max rain: 7 mm (9th)
Year to date: 236.25 mm

Another warmer than normal month