General May Weather

TonyT · Unread post by **TonyT** » Wed 24/05/2017 21:16

Bradley wrote: Sorry I must have misunderstood what you meant when you said 'above average temperatures' for the last half of June,I thought you meant above the long term June average...

Indeed I do. In the same way as for me the cold start to May signals an early start to winter. (Which a lot of other people are telling me is the case also).

melja · Unread post by **melja** » Thu 25/05/2017 04:59

Other winters lately have been so late, this just looks more normal to me.

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Manukau heads obs · Thu 25/05/2017 06:38

yes, exactly, this May is more like the good old days (i.e more like the longer term average instead of the indian summer late autumns we have been getting alot of over the last 15 years)

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Thu 25/05/2017 10:45

The less scientific observation I've made of this May being much colder then last May is the fact I had the fire on once all of last May and that was right at the end of the month - this May I've had it on at least 15-20 times already

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 25/05/2017 12:19

Cold and foggy here still. Don't normally get these days until June

Manukau heads obs · Thu 25/05/2017 13:00

I remember foggy dayslike this in may before..but been like 20 years

fog lifted here finally like 10:30am

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Thu 25/05/2017 14:27

Manukau heads obs wrote:I remember foggy dayslike this in may before..but been like 20 years
fog lifted here finally like 10:30am

Lucky....still cold and foggy here

einzack · Unread post by **einzack** » Thu 25/05/2017 15:52

Bradley wrote:The less scientific observation I've made of this May being much colder then last May is the fact I had the fire on once all of last May and that was right at the end of the month - this May I've had it on at least 15-20 times already

It's the same story down here. Our fire has been going every night I believe, and sometimes all day as well. It was hardly required last May for sure. Having based my wood order on last years usage, I may be a bit short this year.
As for temps, this May I'm running 1.5°C colder overall.

Bradley · Unread post by **Bradley** » Thu 25/05/2017 19:49

einzack wrote:
Bradley wrote:The less scientific observation I've made of this May being much colder then last May is the fact I had the fire on once all of last May and that was right at the end of the month - this May I've had it on at least 15-20 times already
It's the same story down here. Our fire has been going every night I believe, and sometimes all day as well. It was hardly required last May for sure. Having based my wood order on last years usage, I may be a bit short this year.
As for temps, this May I'm running 1.5°C colder overall.

Just shows how much of a difference 4C can make!!! One-third of my wood already gone - not good!

tich · Unread post by **tich** » Thu 25/05/2017 22:41

Bradley wrote:The less scientific observation I've made of this May being much colder then last May is the fact I had the fire on once all of last May and that was right at the end of the month - this May I've had it on at least 15-20 times already

You couldn't get any more unseasonably warm than the 1st half of May last year - even though the 2nd half was more 'normal', May 2016 was a record mild one for NZ. Want a really wintry May, remember 2009. I think it was nearly 2C below normal for NZ as a whole.

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Fri 26/05/2017 07:17

Gething through our wood too quite fast...here's hoping it lasts.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Fri 26/05/2017 09:11

shovelopikis wrote:Gething through our wood too quite fast...here's hoping it lasts.

Same here. Will need to find an extra couple m3 I think.

Fog didn't lift yesterday and still thick now but showing signs of that it will lift today unlike yesterday.

cbm · Unread post by **cbm** » Fri 26/05/2017 09:50

jamie wrote:
shovelopikis wrote:Gething through our wood too quite fast...here's hoping it lasts.
Same here. Will need to find an extra couple m3 I think.

Fog didn't lift yesterday and still thick now but showing signs of that it will lift today unlike yesterday.

Should be gone soon. Been clear in Cambridge since dawn, decent breeze blowing. Had cleared from City Centre and South/East by time I got to work before 9. My webcam showed home had bathed in sun all afternoon yesterday, but fog had reformed quite thick by the time I got home about 8pm.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Fri 26/05/2017 11:05

A quiet May weatherwise, not overly cool here, a couple of cold nights.

Trough Sunday shows a few heat showers over Waikato

David · Unread post by **David** » Sat 27/05/2017 07:56

Had 14mm rain here overnight. Much warmer too with 15C.

Nev · Unread post by **Nev** » Sat 27/05/2017 08:30

20mm here overnight, although a PWS just 2.5 km south of here recorded 30mm. Still a little foggy here, but clearing towards the NE.

I see Rotorua Aero recorded 46mm this morn, with 35mm of that in the 2 hrs to 8am.

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 27/05/2017 09:14

Misty here, dewpoint is 15C, temp 15C

Orion · Unread post by **Orion** » Sat 27/05/2017 13:24

Seems to have become awfully dark here in the last few minutes;
very overcast, and drizzle or light rain falling;
about 10 degrees and I'm surprised it's that high...

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sat 27/05/2017 16:16

A partly cloudy day here after the morning mist/fog cleared , up to19C, a nice day for the time of year.

NZ Thunderstorm Soc · Sat 27/05/2017 17:47

Orion wrote:Seems to have become awfully dark here in the last few minutes;
very overcast, and drizzle or light rain falling;
about 10 degrees and I'm surprised it's that high...

....same here in Geraldine. Just had a brief shower. 10C here also.

jamie · Unread post by **jamie** » Sat 27/05/2017 18:20

We had what could be described as summer heat showers here this arvo and evening.

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Sat 27/05/2017 19:24

20mm here so far and still going strong, forcast for this morning was 'occasional morning rain clearing this afternoon' with no rain totals

spwill · Unread post by **spwill** » Sun 28/05/2017 10:44

Whakapapa ski field opening next weekend.

Another mild day here for the time of year , 17C by 10am
Some small T Cu around.

RODALCO · Unread post by **RODALCO** » Sun 28/05/2017 15:51

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The rain radar may have been out of calibration today. It was bucketing down with rain in Central Park Drive, Lincoln, Henderson, while the radar only showed tiny light yellow dots.

shovelopikis · Unread post by **shovelopikis** » Sun 28/05/2017 18:19

RODALCO wrote:
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The rain radar may have been out of calibration today. It was bucketing down with rain in Central Park Drive, Lincoln, Henderson, while the radar only showed tiny light yellow dots.

rain all day here with nothing showing on radar, 45mm total from last 24 hours with no forecast of such rain, only showers

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