January 2006 Summary

[GraemeWi]

January 2006 Waimauku, Auckland

Maximum Temperature: 29.8°C (Friday 13 January)
Lowest Maximum: 22.8 °C (Thursday 05 January)
Minimum Temperature: 8.3 °C (Friday 06 January)
Highest Minimum: 20.5°C (Wednesday 25 January)
Total Rainfall: 89.2 mm
Days with rain: 7 out of 31 days
Most rain: 53.0 mm (Tuesday 24 January)
Longest period without rain: 9 days (Ending Monday 16 January)
Highest pressure: 1024 mb (Saturday 07 January)
Lowest pressure: 997 mb (Tuesday 24 January)

Rainfall year to date: 89.2 mm

Also got to 29.8°C yesterday afternoon.

[Aussie2005]

A shortened summary this month as I did not have my weather station operating till the 10th

Highest max .. 41.6° on 22/1/06
Lowest max .. 20.2° on 4/1/06
Average 2006 .. 28.7°
Long term ave .. 25.9°

Highest min .. 25.9° on 22/1/06
Lowest min .. 7.3° on 5/1/06
Average 2006 .. 15.7°
Long term average .. 13.0°

Rainfall .. 63.0 mm
Rain days .. 8
Highest day .. 16.8 mm on 29/1/06
Average long term .. 55.9 mm

[Willoughby]

Avg daily max temp :25.2 °C
Avg daily min temp :14.4 °C

Average temperature = 19.4 °C
Average humidity = 75 %
Average dewpoint = 14.5 °C
Average barometer = 1015.5 mb
Average windspeed = 9.9 km/h
Average gustspeed = 13.8 km/h
Average direction = 198 ° (SSW)
Rainfall for month = 107.0 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 3.0 mm
Maximum temperature = 28.8 °C
Minimum temperature = 7.6 °C
Maximum pressure = 1026.6 mb
Minimum pressure = 996.8 mb
Maximum windspeed = 48.1 kmh from 269 °( W )
Maximum gust speed = 62.9 km/h from 064 °(ENE)
Growing degrees days: 304.9 °C

Constant westerlies turned constant variable easterly with a sharp change in climate

[Skywatcher]

From my station in Templeton:

Average temp: 16.7 °C

Max temperature: 31.6 °C (31st)
Average max: 23.4 °C

Min temperature: 4.5 °C (5th)
Average min: 11.0 °C

Rainfall: 33.0 mm (on 9 days)
Max rain: 20.0 mm (12th)

[RWood]

NIWA summary for January:

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncc/cs/0601sum.pdf

A good example of a month where some places had a large proportion of their rainfall in a short period of time (and Milford had 900mm of their 1000+ mm in the first 2 weeks).

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Even though I have ceased official records at this site in Somerfield, I am still maintaining weather records until the shift to West Melton.
I got 35.8mm of rain here over 11 days with 36.5mm at west Melton.
Hottest day here was 29.5C here on the 2nd and the lowest temp was 7C on the morning of the 5th.

JohnGaul
NZTS

[Weathermad]

Christchurch Airport for January

Max....32.0
Min.......3.0
Rainfall 31.2mm

Daily average max 22.9
minimum 11.7

Sounds pretty close to an average January month in Chch although wind seemed quite predominate, particularly in the early part of the month!

[Ezzz]

Here's the rainfall and temperature averages/statistics for South West Rocks, Mid North Coast, NSW in January.

Highest Maximum Temperature: 31°C (31st)
Lowest Maximum Temperature: 22.3°C (5th)
Highest Minimum Temperature: 22.8°C (16th)
Lowest Minimum Temperature: 18.4°C (7th)
Average Maximum Temperature: 27.7°C (1°C above average)
Average Minimum Temperature: 21.1°C (1.7°C above average)
Thunderstorm hits (have been hit by a core of a storm and is identified on the radar or visually): 1
(6th January)

Rainfall:
4th (0.4mm)
5th (30.6mm)
6th (31.1mm)
7th (3.1mm)
8th (8.3mm)
9th (17.8mm)
11th (1.2mm)
13th (3mm)
15th (0.6mm)
17th (8mm)
18th (20mm)
19th (10.8mm)
24th (2mm)
25th (0.5mm)
26th (1.8mm)
28th (1.3mm)
29th (0.5mm)
January monthly rainfall: 141mm (6.4mm below average)
January raindays: 17 (4 above average)
January 2005 rainfall: 385.8mm (238.4mm above average)