ok AccuWeather had Culverden average at 21. Five days in heat wave it is then, day 6 coming up. Off to a warm start, didn't go below 19.2 overnight.
General January Weather
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Phew, flew back to Tauranga last night after staying in Oamaru overnight. What a difference, stayed over 21°C and 90% humidity all night. I'm seriously considering investing in a heat pump for the bedroom.
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Hamilton Airport down to a chilly 11C this morning with fog. Amazingly cool considering another hot day coming up for that area.
I notice Mt Cook Airport had early morning temperatures as warm as 22C, the same yesterday morning too. A lot of decending air there which produces the warming.
I notice Mt Cook Airport had early morning temperatures as warm as 22C, the same yesterday morning too. A lot of decending air there which produces the warming.
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The finest of drizzle in the air here at times this morning, occasional drops of water coming off trees in the park.
Lowish overcast, about 17°C, and 72% humidity.
Lowish overcast, about 17°C, and 72% humidity.
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Stunning morning above the fog inversion on the Port Hills. Will burn off to a scorcher
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10.30am it reached 30.1 deg, this NW wind may not let it get much higher.
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Yes, amazed me when I saw that as it was still fan on and no blanket temperature indoors when I woke up. My low was 14.9 and that was a very brief dip, it was over 16 for all but 1hr overnight. The field where the airport station is seems to be in the right place to get an outflow of cold air from somewhere, just around dawn. And the ground being so dry ATM it is heating and cooling easily.NZstorm wrote:Hamilton Airport down to a chilly 11C this morning with fog. Amazingly cool considering another hot day coming up for that area.
I notice Mt Cook Airport had early morning temperatures as warm as 22C, the same yesterday morning too. A lot of decending air there which produces the warming.
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Didn't notice this Chris, as i was asleep at the time but this morning I did notice the ground was quite damp, with 0.5mm in the rain-gauge.Chris Raine wrote: ↑Mon 27/01/2020 03:08 See you are getting drizzle John,the only station on the east coast of the South Island reporting this. Is the effects of the weak frontal system impacting the West Coast or some local Geraldine geographic feature?
Low cloud now clearing away to a higher AS cloud layer and a slight NW Arch which is quite good as no scorching temperature for today, well at the moment.
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Morning cloud burnt off to totally sunny skies here. Weaker SW today has allowed the sea breeze to develop here, keeping the temperatures capped around 27 at the moment.
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Currently overcast and 27 degrees here in Chch with 62% humidity! Thank god the sun isn't out!
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Certainly is humid out there, 85% here in Lyttelton with the temperature hanging around 20C.
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Become overcast and drizzly late afternoon and this evening with low cloud settling in.
23C the maximum for today with 0.6mm of drizzle.
No scorcher in this neck of the woods.
23C the maximum for today with 0.6mm of drizzle.
No scorcher in this neck of the woods.
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Will it make it to seven straight days 30+deg today. Being a battle to keep plants hydrated over this period
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Looks likely as Ashburton was also getting the low cloud and drizzle and further inland.Chris Raine wrote: ↑Tue 28/01/2020 02:30 So orgraphic uplift on the Easterly gives you the drizzle John?
Another 0.6mm of drizzle overnight but it has cleared away but still looks rather hazy.
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Have noticed dew points getting up around 20degC on Sunday & Monday, wonder what the highest recorded dew point for Christchurch is?
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Probably yesterday!
More seriously I imagine RWood or someone else keeping an eye on those stats would have a good idea.
More seriously I imagine RWood or someone else keeping an eye on those stats would have a good idea.
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i see theres been some downpours east of taupo. we need a good downpour in auckland. the showers tomorrow will likely to be light. like todays.
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looking like the warmer second half has cancelled out the colder first half of the month and so January will come in around average temperature
after all for NZ as a whole
after all for NZ as a whole
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More drizzle overnight but low clearing away this morning revealing scattered high cloud but becoming fine, although a little hazy this afternoon.
Cloud and scattered lower cloud moving in this evening with light NE. 0.5mm of rain for today with a maximum temperature of 25.7C.
Cloud and scattered lower cloud moving in this evening with light NE. 0.5mm of rain for today with a maximum temperature of 25.7C.
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Bizarre month here. Quite dry but also very cloudy and still more than 1.2C below temp means MTD (only a guess from a map). Looking like back to 1947 or 1942 or even further to find a convincing example of this combination. Maybe the last 3 days will even things up a bit.
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It rained in mid-Canterbury this morning, mainly between Kaiapoi and Amberley. As expected. Quite good to see it again!