General July Weather

[Nev]

Gust-front went through here at about 8:20pm. Less than 2mm of rain though.
I see Whangaparaoa jumped up to at least 93 km/h and Tiritiri at least 91 km/h.

[NZstorm]

Rumbles of thunder to SW.

500mb temps -29C this morning over Auckland.

[Manukau heads obs]

just had a nasty squall go through...56 kts and only 10C...

[NZstorm]

Hail and lightning!

[ricky]

A burst of torrential rain and 5-6mm hail in the Akl CBD along with the lightning

[RODALCO]

Just dropped my daughter off at GreenBay HighSchool and saw a spectacular pulsing CG strike in the direction of Portage Rd. Could have hit the 220 kV pylon towers Earthing conductors. time was 0900 hrs. ( 5 seconds time delay )
Prior to that a nice flash and bang strike near Pleasant Rd (0857h) . Heavy rain. Now all is settled again with the odd rumble.

[David]

Good flash of lightning and roll of thunder N to NW of here just now

[spwill]

Yes, some nice lightning/ loud thunder as that storm crossed.
That makes 6 days with thunder heard here at Mt Eden since Friday 22nd.

[NZstorm]

Had a light coating of hail here on the roads.

[Nev]

Whoo hoo! Loud thunder, lightning and hail here also…

[Orion]

Exciting and interesting for you all!

[Manukau heads obs]

we missed that hail and thunder here in that CB the city got..but it was real windy,...as it just must have passed to our north..next cell might just pass to my south

[NZstorm]

Driven down to Ramarama to meet a storm. Lots of hail with 1cm stones.

[David]

Decent heavy shower here with tiny hail a few minutes ago. Was also some distant thunder around 11.15.

[Manukau heads obs]

I see Waiuku got a good hail storm ..must have been the same one you got Steven
We only got a bit of hail here..missed the action again, lol

[spwill]

I see Waiuku got a good hail storm ..must have been the same one you got Steven
We only got a bit of hail here..missed the action again, lol

Yes, we got that storm at Ramarama, occasional thunder, hail and gusty winds as the storm passed, a couple of photos, incoming hail & hail on the ground

[TonyT]

A nice little shower has just popped up over Amberley with soft hail. Doesnt seem to be any other shower activity around Canterbury, so its obviously targeting me!

[Richard]

A nice little shower has just popped up over Amberley with soft hail. Doesnt seem to be any other shower activity around Canterbury, so its obviously targeting me!

Nothing personal i hope. A convergence line between the NW wind on this side and the SW on the other

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

A nice little shower has just popped up over Amberley with soft hail. Doesnt seem to be any other shower activity around Canterbury, so its obviously targeting me!

Nothing personal i hope. A convergence line between the NW wind on this side and the SW on the other

Yes, I saw the line develop from here to the NE.
Looked good with the precipitation developing, falling from it.
Was going to take a photo but I had to rush home and feed the chooks!

[David]

Easily the warmest July my station has recorded with a mean temp of 11.5C (1-min sampling) . Avg min 8.1 and avg max 15.5.

Also the first month in 5 months to reach average rainfall, with 132mm total.

[Bradley]

Coldest average July minimum at Christchurch Airport since 2011 with 0.2C for the month - kind of a surprise really after all the talk of record breaking warmth!

[Nev]

Coldest average July minimum at Christchurch Airport since 2011 with 0.2C for the month - kind of a surprise really after all the talk of record breaking warmth!

I don't recall anyone saying that July in NZ would be record breaker in terms of warmth?
Nor how you get a T-mean of 0.2C for Chch Aero when its T-max was nearly 2C above normal?

[Nev]

July 2016 was another fairly warm month overall. Eastern areas of both islands were still very dry, but otherwise quite wet for the rest of the South Island, and later for central areas of the North Island. However, despite the rain, it was also generally fairly sunny for most parts.

Jul 2016 Climate Anomaly Map ℅ NIWA.gif

Some very preliminary July 2016 figures for the main centres:

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July 2015 Average Temps, Rainfall and departures from their 1981-2010 normals ℅ NIWA

Site                      T-max °C       T-min °C       T-mean °C    Rainfall mm

Auckland, Mangere        15.7  +1.2      8.6  +1.3     12.2  +1.3     153  111% 
Auckland Aero            15.1  +0.8      8.3  +0.8     11.7  +0.8     130   98% 
Tauranga Aero            15.2  +0.7      6.6  +0.6     10.9  +0.6     154  119%
Hamilton Aero            14.0  +0.2      3.9  +0.3      9.0  +0.3     152  118% 
Hamilton, Ruakura        14.4  +0.6      4.8  +0.8      9.6  +0.7     133  113% 
Wellington, Kelburn      12.8  +1.4      7.4  +1.1     10.1  +1.2      68   50% 
Christchurch Aero        12.8  +1.9      0.3  -0.3      6.5  +0.7      24   37% 
Dunedin, Musselburgh     11.3  +1.3      2.7  -0.4      7.0  +0.5      41   71%
Greymouth Aero           11.8  -0.3      4.9  +0.8      8.4  +0.3     287  145%

Edit: Updated maps

[Bradley]

Coldest average July minimum at Christchurch Airport since 2011 with 0.2C for the month - kind of a surprise really after all the talk of record breaking warmth!

I don't recall anyone saying that July in NZ would be record breaker in terms of warmth?
Nor how you get a T-mean of 0.2C for Chch Aero when its T-max was nearly 2C above normal?

Nev if you read I said minimum

[Nev]

Sorry, my mistake.