General February Weather

[Manukau heads obs]

very usefull rain here with this easterly surge

[Michael]

Heaved down here around 3-5 this morning,was noisy,unsure how much but dont have to water the garden today.

[David]

Despite the lousy summer overall it's good to see some rain on the way this week, we've had plants trying to drop dead round here from the dry conditions. About 7mm of light rain in the last 24hrs

[NZstorm]

I see Rickys station got 12mm.

Muggy start to the day, we should get 25C today.

[Manukau heads obs]

we got 21mm
perfect
keeping things green..,,,been the greenest summer here since 1989 I would say

[spwill]

Humid of late, the current dewpoint temperature is 19C, it will feel warm today.

[jamie]

we got 21mm
perfect
keeping things green..,,,been the greenest summer here since 1989 I would say

far out . I got the same digits. just the other way around with a . in the middle. 1.2mm for me.

[Dean.]

Another dull overcast day for Canterbury.
I would prefer Northern NZ's climate with its higher dewpoints,sure we might get the odd hot day down here but generally its cold.Must have been spoilt after spending 6 years in the tropics.

[David]

Isolated small convergence showers have developed it seems, just had a brief one pass over in Howick. A humid 23-24C here this afternoon.

[einzack]

An unexpectedly pleasant day in Reefton.
Currently 28.1°C. The forecast was for cloud increasing with afternoon rain and a high of 22°C, but while there is a bit of cloud around, it's certainly not threatening to become anything more just at the moment.

[spwill]

Up to 26C at Greylynn, dewpoint 19C, a few towering Cu around

Another dull overcast day for Canterbury.
I would prefer Northern NZ's climate with its higher dewpoints,sure we might get the odd hot day down here but generally its cold.Must have been spoilt after spending 6 years in the tropics.

There is so much variation in weather down there depending on flow and where the air mass has its origins. A normal Summer would have more of the favoured NW flow.

[RWood]

Another dull overcast day for Canterbury.
I would prefer Northern NZ's climate with its higher dewpoints,sure we might get the odd hot day down here but generally its cold.Must have been spoilt after spending 6 years in the tropics.

Just another seasonal flavour, a quite bizarre one in this instance. Exceptionally low sun hours this month in various parts, and even Blenheim did very poorly in that regard in December. If it were 1988-89 you wouldn't have been envying the northerners at all. But yes, if you spend a few years in a much warmer climate zone adjustment problems can be expected.

[Richard]

Back again with a new computer

Had a lightning bolt come down from the recever dish on the roof of the house just on a month ago and munted the computer,its has taken this long pissing around with our insurance company just to get a replacment.

Oh well ..great to be back which is more than can be said about this wonderful summer we are having ...not

[03Stormchaser]

Good to have you back onboard Richard!

[Richard]

Thanks Good to see a new member on here too,welcome einzack

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I had wondered where you had been.
Mind you there has been nothing much to report about this lovely summer we are having

[Orion]

Ahoy, Richard.
Wondered if it had been dull up your way as it has been here.

[Richard]

Ahoy, Richard.
Wondered if it had been dull up your way as it has been here.

Weve had a few days where there's be sunshine when the plains have been under cloud,but mostly pretty much the same weather as what you guys have been having.

[einzack]

I have been reading about the poor February weather everyone's been having (not just on this forum) and been biting my tongue a wee bit. It hasn't been like that here. I will admit the sun hasn't been out as much as I'd like, but the temperatures certainly have been rosy.
Our average daily max for Feb is sitting on 26.4°C, with only 1 day below 20°C and 8 days above 27°C.
We've also had very little rain (14.5mm). Not sure it's been a West Coast thing, or just us inland with the extra temps that have been having it good, but it's been a great first half of February here.

The NIWA site down the road shows only 57 hours sunshine all month so far, so a paltry 4.75 hrs a day...

This is compared to January, which was rather dull. But December was also very nice and warm, especially during the 2nd half.

[spwill]

I have been reading about the poor February weather everyone's been having (not just on this forum) .

We have had quite a nice February in Auckland, a little below the averages but very pleasant.

[snowstormwatcher]

Well below avg Max temperatures and sunshine here this month so far. Ive never seen an such a extended period of cloud its been 2 weeks since the last reasonably fine day.

11c this morning with fog and drizzle.

[RWood]

I may have already posted these numbers - record low for Ch'ch Feb. sun is 112 hours in 1966 (NZ low is just 70 hours - Haast 1966 and Timaru 1974). Wellington is also a long way short of Feb. mean at present.

[Michael]

Its definitely improved on the poor january weather in auckland,feels more like normal now.

[snowstormwatcher]

Thought we were only going to get a bit of drizzle today but theres actually been some reasonable rain this afternoon. 12mm so far.

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

4mm here all falling early this morning.