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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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TVNZ report Tekapo was -10 this morning!
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Yes, -10.3°C to be exact. Coldest town (760m asl) so far this year?
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Temps dropping in the south.
Arthers Pass -6.8
Castle Hill -4.9
Arrowtown -4.8
Albertown -3.4
Alexandra -3.2
Arthers Pass -6.8
Castle Hill -4.9
Arrowtown -4.8
Albertown -3.4
Alexandra -3.2
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Dropping up here too.
Was 4.3°C here at 8:15am this morn, but it's already down to 4.7°C at 8:20pm tonight!
Was 4.3°C here at 8:15am this morn, but it's already down to 4.7°C at 8:20pm tonight!
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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 0.2ºC here but it was under 1ºC all night.
Can't wait to see what tomorrow morning will bring
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 0.2ºC here but it was under 1ºC all night.
Can't wait to see what tomorrow morning will bring
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Yes it was icy in chch, this morning on the roads as well.
Temp here is 1.2
Temp here is 1.2
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Yes. Driving to work this work this morning, my truck slipped sideways, briefly in some black ice in TempletonAndy wrote:Yes it was icy in chch, this morning on the roads as well.
Temp here is 1.2
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Ground frost here and a temperature of 0.6°C, dropping about -1.0°C/hr.
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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.
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-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?
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-5.3 here in Bishopdale Chch. Hardest frost so far this winter.
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Tara Hills on the Met Service obs list is in the Omarama area. Showing -10C on the 6am ob.Must be -8 or 9 atleast up around maniototo surely. Anyone know of any online data for up that way?
Frosty in the Auckland region this morn.
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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.
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.
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1.3°C here at 4:15am. Only a very light frost, car-ice etc.
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Wow, don't you have a heater? It mustn't be healthy is all I can say!southernthrash wrote:4.4 degrees in my bedroom this morning.
Only a little frost here as some clouds meant the low only got to 1.0°C.
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It was only 3.3 in my bedroom this morning. We don't heat that side of the house.David wrote:Wow, don't you have a heater? It mustn't be healthy is all I can say!southernthrash wrote:4.4 degrees in my bedroom this morning.
Only a little frost here as some clouds meant the low only got to 1.0°C.
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Perhaps we'd use heaters more if power was more affordable.
David wrote:It was only 3.3 in my bedroom this morning. We don't heat that side of the house.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 1.0°C.
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-2.8°C was the low here this morning, Nice and foggy this morning.
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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
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Got -5.3°C here @ 06:47 lowest so far this winter