Report your Frost, or (how low did you go 2009)

Myself · Unread post by **Myself** » Sat 11/07/2009 22:36

Philip Duncan wrote:It's been weeks though!

There's been a few days in between where they stretched to a balmy 5/6C though haven't there?

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 11/07/2009 23:46

I only have the daily records for Alex. on hand up to 1982, but the 7 consecutive "ice days" event from 3/7/1958 to 9/7/1958 (highest reading -0.7) is unlikely to have been bettered there. It was the coldest month on record at Alex, with a mean of -0.5C.

Oamarama (Tara Hills) in July 1968 had a monthly mean of -4.9C but unfortunately the NIWA records don't include the daily readings for 1968. Unlike tha Alex. 1958 situation where freezing fogs limited sun to 72 hrs, Omarama had quite a sunny month and although the average high was only about 0.8C it's not likely there were long runs of ice days. Haven't looked up any dailies for Ophir, Twizel or Manorburn dam.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sat 11/07/2009 23:52

May be able to improve on this - Tekapo had 8 such days in a row in July 1992. Will check some of those other places mentioned.

RWood · Unread post by **RWood** » Sun 12/07/2009 13:25

Also Ophir, 8 days from 1/7/1982. Ophir is about 1.4C cooler than Alexandra, being at a higher altitude, but the difference in average maxima is only about 0.7C. It is not as fogprone as the Alex. basin.

Edit: can't find anything better for low-altitudes. For minima, Moa Creek in Central Otago had 60 consecutive nights with 0C or less, 1959/06/16 to 1959/08/14.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Mon 13/07/2009 13:03

TVNZ report Tekapo was -10 this morning!

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Mon 13/07/2009 14:22

Yes, -10.3Â°C to be exact.

Coldest town (760m asl) so far this year?

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Mon 13/07/2009 19:13

Temps dropping in the south.

Arthers Pass -6.8
Castle Hill -4.9
Arrowtown -4.8
Albertown -3.4
Alexandra -3.2

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Mon 13/07/2009 20:22

Dropping up here too.

Was 4.3Â°C here at 8:15am this morn, but it's already down to 4.7Â°C at 8:20pm tonight!

Fujita Phil · Unread post by **Fujita Phil** » Mon 13/07/2009 20:25

No grit trucks up my way this morning. Drove down 300m and sat outside about Gerald's house, calculating the relative speed at which I could potentially smash into the two stranded buses facing up the hill and the numerous parked cars on the other side.

Waited until three other vehicles went down (one being my neighbour WITH chains on) to see how they feared, all crawled/slid by so I followed, and made it. I heard later in the morning 3 of my unfortunate Opoho neighbours had a wee pile up. It never got below 0.2ÂºC here but it was under 1ÂºC all night.

Can't wait to see what tomorrow morning will bring

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Mon 13/07/2009 20:30

Yes it was icy in chch, this morning on the roads as well.

Temp here is 1.2

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Mon 13/07/2009 20:48

Andy wrote:Yes it was icy in chch, this morning on the roads as well.

Temp here is 1.2

Yes. Driving to work this work this morning, my truck slipped sideways, briefly in some black ice in Templeton

JohnGaul
NZThS

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Mon 13/07/2009 22:10

Ground frost here and a temperature of 0.6Â°C, dropping about -1.0Â°C/hr.

CHCH Weather Chaser · Mon 13/07/2009 22:42

According to metservice it is -2 here in Christchurch (even although Jeffs station saying 2.2 degrees atm and a slight breeze out there. -4 already in Queenstown, maybe another -10 possible somewhere in inland Otago or Canterbury.

southerly-hunter · Unread post by **southerly-hunter** » Tue 14/07/2009 07:02

-5 at dunedin airport again this morning. Must be -8 or 9 atleast up around maniototo surely. Anyone know of any online data for up that way?

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Tue 14/07/2009 07:55

-5.3 here in Bishopdale Chch. Hardest frost so far this winter.

NZstorm · Unread post by **NZstorm** » Tue 14/07/2009 08:02

Must be -8 or 9 atleast up around maniototo surely. Anyone know of any online data for up that way?

Tara Hills on the Met Service obs list is in the Omarama area. Showing -10C on the 6am ob.

Frosty in the Auckland region this morn.

southernthrash · Unread post by **southernthrash** » Tue 14/07/2009 08:06

4.4 degrees in my bedroom this morning.

Not incredibly cold in Dunedin minimum of 0.3 at uni, although that is on top of a building so likely to read high. The humidity is what counts in making for a nice looking frost.

I was staying at a house off Frankton Road in Queenstown a couple of weeks back, didn't get above -0.5 for 5 straight days.

Razor · Unread post by **Razor** » Tue 14/07/2009 08:25

-4 here in Central ChCh

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Tue 14/07/2009 08:28

1.3Â°C here at 4:15am. Only a very light frost, car-ice etc.

David · Unread post by **David** » Tue 14/07/2009 08:46

southernthrash wrote:4.4 degrees in my bedroom this morning.

Wow, don't you have a heater? It mustn't be healthy is all I can say!

Only a little frost here as some clouds meant the low only got to 1.0Â°C.

Andy · Unread post by **Andy** » Tue 14/07/2009 08:57

David wrote:
southernthrash wrote:4.4 degrees in my bedroom this morning.
Wow, don't you have a heater? It mustn't be healthy is all I can say!

Only a little frost here as some clouds meant the low only got to 1.0Â°C.

It was only 3.3 in my bedroom this morning. We don't heat that side of the house.

Michael · Unread post by **Michael** » Tue 14/07/2009 09:23

Perhaps we'd use heaters more if power was more affordable.

David wrote:
southernthrash wrote:4.4 degrees in my bedroom this morning.
Wow, don't you have a heater? It mustn't be healthy is all I can say!

Only a little frost here as some clouds meant the low only got to 1.0Â°C.
It was only 3.3 in my bedroom this morning. We don't heat that side of the house.

Tornado Tim · Unread post by **Tornado Tim** » Tue 14/07/2009 15:08

-2.8Â°C was the low here this morning, Nice and foggy this morning.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Tue 14/07/2009 18:54

A good frost here this morning in West Melton. Went down to minus 4.2C in the screen. Don't know what the grass temperature was, would be about 7C probably. We had no water as the pipes were frozen

JohnGaul
NZThS

Lawrence · Unread post by **Lawrence** » Tue 14/07/2009 19:37

Got -5.3Â°C here @ 06:47 lowest so far this winter

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