General June Weather

[Razor]

Still heavy fog here in ChCh, as it has been all morning

We are running on an average temp of around the 5 degree mark so far for the whole month, some warmer days may be ahead though?

Luckily there have only been a couple of days where frosts have been possibile due to precipitation or cloud, so I think it could have been a lot worse

[NZstorm]

Nice to be back into the milder weather, 16.7C. Fine too.

[snowykiwi]

Still heavy fog here in ChCh, as it has been all morning

We are running on an average temp of around the 5 degree mark so far for the whole month, some warmer days may be ahead though?

Luckily there have only been a couple of days where frosts have been possibile due to precipitation or cloud, so I think it could have been a lot worse

The fog was quite heavy out Burnham way, I'd rather be driving in the snow again than the fog this morning at 7.30am. Could only see two lamp posts in front of me on Burnham Road. I've just come across an old video tape of the winter snow of August 1992 and the flooding which followed. Quite interesting seeing the footage of the city - not to mention the old advertisements from back in those days.

[spwill]

The general weather pattern ahead has a more unstable look to it now after a fairly dry start to Winter here.
Greylynn has had only 20.6mm so far for June, the Ak June average is 139mm.

[Razor]

I always struggle to work out where to look for sunshine hour agrregates...any tips?

[TonyT]

http://www.niwa.co.nz/climate/daily-climate-maps

[Nev]

Short of CliFlo, I can only suggest the major morning dailies.

[Razor]

http://www.niwa.co.nz/climate/daily-climate-maps

Thanks! Very dreary June so far...

[Richard]

Wasn't a to bad a day here today,so nice to have some sun at least for a few hours then a bit more high cloud came in later,got to 11deg which is the warmest its been for a while

[snowstormwatcher]

Only got to 4 degrees here today. Down to -1 now.

[Andy]

Fog here all day top temp of 1.8 degrees, currently 0.2.

[Orion]

Had an hour or so of feeble sunshine this afternoon till dull murk returned.
Temp. currently 5.0 degrees.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Murky day here all day, reminded me of the first 6 or so days when we first arrived in England, although it was a bit more milder, slightly.
Very quite today, on the thunderstorm front. no reports coming in ???
According to Jim on last night's weather and on the radio this morning, there was lots of thunderstorm potential for the NI. ???

[mikestormchaser]

Some thunder/hail potential for upper north island tomorrow John! will be interesting to see who might get that on news/weather tomorrow night.
Also very murky and very cold day in Christchurch to! i am working back out in west melton tomorrow, so dont expect the weather to change much out that way, if not colder.. atleast i am now able to use the log burner out there while i am working.. with sucha big house, nothing will dry and i will freeze!!

[spwill]

Pleasant weather for June after last weeks cold weather.
Currently 16C, partly cloudy, isolated showers around.

[Richard]

Not so pleasant here though,its back to the gloomy overcast stuff but not as biter cold as of resent.

[kiwisk8er]

First sunny day here in what feels like forever. Back to the rain and wind again tomorrow.

[Richard]

Speaking of wind,the NW wind kicked in here at about 3.00pm,and how pleasant it was to have a mild dry wind

[Orion]

Nor'wester a bit later here, maybe 5.30pm.
Temp. now 10.9 degrees.

[snowstormwatcher]

No Northwesterly here yet. High of 7 degrees, 3.9 now.

[Orion]

Interesting; we got up to 11.1 mid-afternoon with the sunshine and all,
and it's now 11.0 deg.

[Dean.]

12.5 degrees at 1am...warmest its been all week.Might go outside and make the most of it!!
70km northwest gusts as well.

[snowstormwatcher]

Spillover rain and a moderate NW here. 9 degrees currently.

[Richard]

Winds coming from the NE here and 10deg

[RWood]

First sunny day here in what feels like forever. Back to the rain and wind again tomorrow.

Damned right. The month started with a sunshine surplus - but the last 5-7 days put paid to that, now we're actually in a deficit. Don't know how long you've been in Wellington, but don't judge its sun by the last few months, or even the last couple of years. 2010 was 100 hours below the 30-year average (55 below long-term), and 2011 was 155 hours below (110 ....). And with the cloudy Jan-March we got off to a bad start this year as well. Currently 100 below average, some gain was made in April and May.