February observations

Aussie2005 · Unread post by **Aussie2005** » Wed 01/03/2006 11:13

For my part of Melbourne .....

Highest max .. 37.1Â° on 24/2
Lowest max .. 18.4Â° on 9/2
Average max .. 25.7Â°
Ave long term .. 26.3Â°
Highest long term .. 41.8Â°
Lowest long term .. 14.0Â°

Lowest min .. 8.9Â° on 8/2
Highest min .. 21.4Â° 25/2
Average min .. 14.4Â°
Ave long term .. 13.8Â°
Highest long term .. 27.2Â°
Lowest long term .. 4.8Â°

Humidity highest .. 91% on 25/2 & 26/2
Humidity lowest .. 25% on 8/2 & 24/2

Rainfall .. 99.2 mm on 7 days
Highest daily .. 65.7 mm on 25/2
Average long term .. 53.2 mm
Highest long term .. 188.0 mm
Lowest long term .. 0.3 mm

Wind max gust .. 61.5 km/h on 25/2

Barometer highest .. 1028.9 hPa on 28/2
Barometer lowest .. 1005.6 hPa on 8/2

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Wed 01/03/2006 17:46

Average temperature = 18.7 Â°C
Average humidity = 77 %
Average dewpoint = 14.2 Â°C
Average barometer = 1015.8 mb
Average windspeed = 7.6 km/h
Average direction = 246 Â° (WSW)
Rainfall for month = 61.6 mm
Rainfall for year = 175.8 mm
Maximum rain per minute = 2.6 mm on day 08 at time 13:26
Maximum temperature = 28.4 Â°C on day 04 at time 15:20
Minimum temperature = 6.3 Â°C on day 23 at time 06:43
Maximum humidity = 98 % on day 01 at time 19:03
Minimum humidity = 34 % on day 24 at time 15:25
Maximum pressure = 1023.7 mb on day 19 at time 11:12
Minimum pressure = 1003.3 mb on day 03 at time 18:25
Maximum gust speed = 57.4 km/h from 238 Â°(WSW) on day 23 at time 17:46
Growing degrees days = 264.4 Â°C
Total windrun = 5120.2km

Here ya go NZstorm

Avg daily max temp = 25.0 Â°C
Avg daily min temp = 13.7 Â°C

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Wed 01/03/2006 20:08

February 2006 Waimauku, Auckland
Maximum Temperature: 30.0Â°C (Tuesday 07 February)
Lowest Maximum: 22.0 Â°C (Monday 27 February)
Minimum Temperature: 8.9 Â°C (Friday 24 February)
Highest Minimum: 21.1Â°C (Wednesday 01 February)
Total Rainfall: 17.6 mm
Days with rain: 6 out of 28 days
Most rain: 7.0 mm (Thursday 09 February)
Highest pressure: 1020 mb (Sunday 19 February)
Lowest pressure: 1003 mb (Friday 03 February)

Rainfall year to date: 106.8 mm

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Wed 01/03/2006 20:42

Two of the more useful numbers in a monthly report are average maximum and average minimum. Would be interested to these included in your monthly summaries.

GraemeWi · Unread post by **GraemeWi** » Wed 01/03/2006 21:08

NZstorm wrote:Two of the more useful numbers in a monthly report are average maximum and average minimum. Would be interested to these included in your monthly summaries.

I only take a reading at 5pm and the thermometer captures the min and max (not captured via a datalogger). To average my daily readings wouldn't work too well. I do however graph the previous 90 days which does provide me with some artistic edutainment. Most recent data is at the right hand side.

Cheers,

G

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Wed 01/03/2006 21:51

Ground very dry but still too many SW even obn the SE days the blew not as sunny as last FEb though

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Wed 01/03/2006 22:25

NIWA's Feb. summary:

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncc/cs/060 ... f/view_pdf

Manukau heads obs · Wed 01/03/2006 22:45

my detailed noaa style report for feb:
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/gb ... utold.html

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Wed 01/03/2006 22:48

RWood wrote:NIWA's Feb. summary:

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncc/cs/060 ... f/view_pdf

Thanks, Ron. Thanks for saving me to put on the binnoculars to read it from their site.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Thu 02/03/2006 09:36

In IE you can click on View then scroll to text size and click what size you wish and works on climate update site as well

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
RWood wrote:NIWA's Feb. summary:

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncc/cs/060 ... f/view_pdf
Thanks, Ron. Thanks for saving me to put on the binnoculars to read it from their site.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Skywatcher · Unread post by **Skywatcher** » Thu 02/03/2006 15:24

From my station in Templeton:

Average temp: 16.5 Â°C

Max temperature: 31.6 Â°C (21st)
Average max: 21.7 Â°C

Min temperature: 4.8 Â°C (24th)
Average min: 11.7 Â°C

Rainfall: 38.2 mm (on 8 days)
Max rain: 10.2 mm (28th)

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Thu 02/03/2006 15:53

Opoho, Dunedin

Average temp: 15.0 Â°C

Max temperature: 27.6 Â°C (26th)
Average max: 20.0 Â°C

Min temperature: 4.8 Â°C (23rd)
Average min: 9.9 Â°C

Rainfall: 42 mm (on 10 days)
Max rain: 12 mm (27th)

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Thu 02/03/2006 16:46

NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote:
RWood wrote:NIWA's Feb. summary:

http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncc/cs/060 ... f/view_pdf
Thanks, Ron. Thanks for saving me to put on the binnoculars to read it from their site.

JohnGaul
NZTS

Actually it's Rupert but not a biggie...pleased to help.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Thu 02/03/2006 18:16

Alexandra, Central Otago

Average temp: 19.0 Â°C

Max temperature: 36.7 Â°C (19th)
Average max: 28.3 Â°C

Min temperature: 4.5 Â°C (23rd)
Average min: 9.7 Â°C

Rainfall: 9.5 mm (on 5 days)
Max rain: 5 mm (28th)
2006 30.5mm

Very DRY and HOT

jeffsweather · Unread post by **jeffsweather** » Thu 02/03/2006 19:19

February in Hillmorton

Temperature
Mean 16.8 Â°C
Mean Maximum 22.5 Â°C
Mean Minimum 12.1 Â°C
Maximum High 30.8 Â°C (12th)
Maximum Low 16.4 Â°C (12th)
Minimum High 16.2 Â°C (5th)
Minimum Low 5.0 Â°C (24th)

Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 55 km/h (28th)
Mean 8.1 km/h
Wind Run 5348 km
Max Daily Windrun 339 km (28th)
Prevailing Direction North East

Barometer
Maximum 1024.4 hPa (18th)
Minimum 999.7 hPa (14th)
Mean 1012.4 hPa
Max Daily Change +14.9 hPa (28th)

Rainfall
Days with Rainfall 7
Max Daily Rainfall 13.0 mm (9th)
Monthly Rainfall 46.6 mm
Yearly Rainfall 83.4mm

Humidity
Maximum 94 % (3rd)
Minimum 26 % (12th)

saaaab · Unread post by **saaaab** » Sat 04/03/2006 18:18

god NZ is cold!!! My Melbourne February Observations: Stratocumulus every morning, predominantly 22c days and 13c nights, with constant south westerlies. Overall, colder and lame when compared to normal summer conditions.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 04/03/2006 18:33

saaaab wrote:god NZ is cold!!! My Melbourne February Observations: Stratocumulus every morning, predominantly 22c days and 13c nights, with constant south westerlies. Overall, colder and lame when compared to normal summer conditions.

Maybe you should be sent to Invercargill.. or the Chathams would be better. Then you may stop the whinging about Melbourne.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 04/03/2006 19:02

saaaab wrote:god NZ is cold!!! My Melbourne February Observations: Stratocumulus every morning, predominantly 22c days and 13c nights, with constant south westerlies. Overall, colder and lame when compared to normal summer conditions.

I wouldn't think so

Try painting a pump shed with no shade in 30c temps

...anyway good to see Australia with figures of 7 runs for 4 wickets in the cricket

JohnGaul
NZTS

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 04/03/2006 19:30

Foggy Hamilton wrote:
saaaab wrote:god NZ is cold!!! My Melbourne February Observations: Stratocumulus every morning, predominantly 22c days and 13c nights, with constant south westerlies. Overall, colder and lame when compared to normal summer conditions.
Maybe you should be sent to Invercargill.. or the Chathams would be better. Then you may stop the whinging about Melbourne.

How about Campbell Is (640 hrs sun/year). Dumb Internet refs. quote Ben Nevis (680-700 hrs) as the cloudiest place with regular observations - nonsense! Or Dumont D'urville base in the Antarctic, where 320kph winds have been recorded in May...

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Sat 04/03/2006 19:58

Nothing wrong with Invercargill Foggy apart from the odd cold snap, (that isn't always restricted to the bottom of the country) - it's character building.

I won't get into the cons of other Towns/Cities around the country.

Yes Melbourne can get hot in the summer but the winters are cool/cold. I know as Ilived there for a couple of years. Sometimes summers can be a disappointment but it's swings and roundabouts so maybe Melbourne will do better next year.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 04/03/2006 20:20

His Melbourne "facts" about February and the summer are simply wrong. Refer my email in the Melbourne thread.

BTW Flutterbye, I could be tempted to make a (climate) observation about Invercargill and other southern locations that is not related to temps. - but I will continue to resist it. Your positiveness is much easier to listen to than the whingers' output. The saaaab guy has been banned from at least one Aussie forum.

Willoughby · Unread post by **Willoughby** » Sat 04/03/2006 20:48

Flutterbye wrote:Nothing wrong with Invercargill Foggy apart from the odd cold snap, (that isn't always restricted to the bottom of the country) - it's character building. I won't get into the cons of other Towns/Cities around the country.

Was not bagging Invercargill's weather.. just that it'd be a living hell for saab comparing his wants

Flutterbye · Unread post by **Flutterbye** » Sat 04/03/2006 21:08

I reckon you are right Foggy.

I always try to be positive RWood so I will refrain from commenting on the weather myths of your area

saaaab · Unread post by **saaaab** » Sat 04/03/2006 23:11

yeah I've been banned from weather zone. But I don't care about them. They are all cold people and I urge you to boycott weatherzone.

And Yes living in Invercargill would be living hell for me. There is no such thing as summer there. Infact, all of New Zealand would be too cold for my liking.

And Flutterbye re your signiture....I wouldn't wave back to the heat I'd marry the sexy angel!!!!

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 04/03/2006 23:27

Flutterbye wrote:I reckon you are right Foggy.

I always try to be positive RWood so I will refrain from commenting on the weather myths of your area

I see Perth has another 37C promised - that would go down quite well with me right now after the rather rude readjustment of temperature in the last couple of days...

It's of interest that they have got so used to milder winters in recent years in the UK that January and February were perceived as cold - but both were a little warmer than average - notwithstanding Feb. being the coldest since 1996.