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Re: General December Weather

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David wrote:Just looked through my stats, in the last 3 weeks it's reached 24° or higher on only 3 days here :-o
I think for Dec that's not too unusual (at least for the early part). Akld Aero's highest ever Dec temp was 27.9C recorded in 2000.

Looks to me like average temps for Akld this Dec may end-up being a little above normal. Certainly no lack of sunshine either.
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Re: General December Weather

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Another nice day here, Northeasterly stronger today and freshening, however still managing to hover at 22-23 degrees all day due to the very intense sun which has been very evident the past few days! Normally the wind conditions would have the temp struggling around 18 degrees but that hasnt been the case. Looking at my area we are 170mm down on last years annual rainfall at this stage with a week to go.
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Re: General December Weather

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Just below 29C here,wont hit the 30 though.
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Re: General December Weather

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Akld Aero's highest ever Dec temp was 27.9C recorded in 2000.
Aucklands warmth shows up better in the temperature minimums and in the averages also we have a warm late summer/Autumn up this end of Aotearoa. I tend to call December a spring month for Auckland, March is warmer here.
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heck that was one hot milking! got to 25 here. Would have been closer to 40 in the shed with the cows. was a very nice day here. not much wind so i managed to go wakeboarding during the day :)
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Higher dewpoints would make a huge difference up in Auckland than down here in the South Island.
What locals call heat here is nothing compared to the high dewpoint temps I got used to living in Cairns.
Dry heat here,it can be 29 degrees down here at 11.30 in the morning but you woudnt know it sitting inside.
Sun is also a lot weaker than up in the tropics.
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Re: General December Weather

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Looks exactly the same setup as the 2nd week of this month,cold air under Australian bight and Tasmania.
Same pattern coming like then?
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Again another warm day today the sun it trying to break through the high cloud which is slowly pushing the temperature up.
Ive got 26.8C at the moment with a very light W-NW breeze, having a bbq today so hopefully the rain holds off until later on.
It looks like Wednesday 30th December could be possible thunderstorms in Canterbury, so for those that are here please do your best to get photo's as i know a few of us on the forum will be away.
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Re: General December Weather

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Hit 30 here with a very light ENE and still no sun. Be close to 34 or 35 if the sun was out and turned to NW
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It's awfully humid... heat like in melting... perspiring... beading sweat even in the shade... we need the rain... it would be nice...
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... and, where's the wind!!! a icy cold blast would be most re-freshing... about now!!! :-(
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Very warm outside, i have just brought a new computer so am missing some of the links to weather etc.
Cant see jeffs page atm so i wonder what the DP is as it feels very humid.
And yes i am off to kaiteriteri tomorrow so any storms that may accour while we are away someone will have to go chasing and get photos! :D
Have a great new years people and will be back in the new year

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Leighton Thomas wrote:Hit 30 here with a very light ENE and still no sun. Be close to 34 or 35 if the sun was out and turned to NW
No, the NW has been here half the day in rangiora and when it arived the temp went down a we bit so it whould have not got to 34-35 _b 31.4C here today, that was 2.30pm.
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melja wrote:No, the NW has been here half the day in rangiora and when it arived the temp went down a we bit so it whould have not got to 34-35 31.4C here today, that was 2.30pm.
Yes, I found that happened too. The NW was much fresher than I anticipated and the muggyness went down. However, cloud dramatically thickended too which did not allow for an increase obviously. It felt like a tropical island today before the NW freshened.
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Hit 30 degrees here toady with the northwester cooler now on 16 with the southerly change around 4pm.
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Re: General December Weather

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Cooler change arrived earlier in Palmerston; initially fresh, but otherwise light. Raining on and off during the day, but more persistent from midafternoon. Quite welcome down here, as there hasn't been much of the wet stuff for a while.
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gonna be a hot muggy one tonight i reckon. this cloud has trapped the days heat. there isnt enough cloud to trap it all though so it should cool down enough to be able to sleep by midnight.... i hope. makes a change from the crisp nights we have had of recent

there was a fantastic pink sunrise this morning. very deep pink colour. the farm owner took some photos so ill grab some off him and share for all.
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Overcast day here with some rain this morning and drizzle at the moment.


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Re: General December Weather

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Our perfect beach weather continues, currently sunny with high cloud, 25C, dewpoints 16C.
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Very warm here today, already just gone over the 25° mark. Dewpoints around 18 making it a bit uncomfortable
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VERY humid today.
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27c max in Upper Hutt today ..A lovely afternoon on the Kapiti Cost too once the sc cleared. Very bubbly cu over the high ground of Wanganui and parts of Taranaki also visible from Te Horo Beach mid afternoon. And the sea was warm ...came back with lots of pipi's
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Re: General December Weather

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Managed to get to 28C here,need some rain though
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Re: General December Weather

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Man its warm tonight, it seems like it will stay this way as the RH is high.
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Re: General December Weather

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we have had some decent rain here, I am surprised
6mm now, from a drizzly low cloud WNWer
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