General March Weather

[David]

Noticed visibility has been excellent while out walking in the neighbourhood the last few days. Perhaps the drop in air pollution really is making a noticeable difference.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another 'virus' day here today. What I mean dull and overcast with a lack of sun.
Anticyclonic gloom in some ways.
The sun hasn't shone since last Thursday.
...but mind you it does keep people inside and at home.
....anyway an overcast day with occasional showers and rain with 20.1mm falling today.
Mild, though, with today's maximum at 16.7C with light NE winds bringing rain to areas around the house not exposed to wetness when it does rain.

[cbm]

Noticed visibility has been excellent while out walking in the neighbourhood the last few days. Perhaps the drop in air pollution really is making a noticeable difference.

I noticed the same thing. Wondering if just the current weather pattern / the origin of the air or if are seeing a real effect from this historic situation.

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[GraemeWi]

Here in Swanson, sudden heavy rain here from a buildup - I'm not sure if it was a heat build up or convergence. Nearly 10mm in a few minutes!

[David]

Saw that buildup on a quick walk at lunch - looked CB size. Surprising given the forecast of "Fine" for today.

[spwill]

An isolated Cb has formed over west Auckland, some good heating today.

[Awhituobs]

that CB looked great from here, went up real fast

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Horray!
The sun has popped out today, first time since this lockdown thing started, but it is still rather cloudy.

[Chris W]

Getting sunnier as we go through the afternoon here, so good after yesterday.

[tornado]

Some good cloud build up again today. My relatives reported thunder and heavy rain out west.

[NZstorm]

Nice day today with 25C at Ardmore Airport, also at Grey Lynn.

Observed Whenuapai sounding today, taken about the same time as that isolated cb occured nearby. Unstable to 6500m, cloud was big enough to produce thunder.

[tornado]

Nice day today with 25C at Ardmore Airport, also at Grey Lynn.

Observed Whenuapai sounding today, taken about the same time as that isolated cb occured nearby. Unstable to 6500m, cloud was big enough to produce thunder.

it did produced some rumbles according to my relatives who lives out there. i saw some good build up here too nice big towering cumulus line. to my east. wasnt over my neighborhood though.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice to see the sun out today on the odd occasion.
Some interesting cloud forms this afternoon but nothing eventuating from them
Today's maximum was 18.4C with another 2mm of rain overnight.
Here are some photos I took today.

[Cyclone Tracy]

Local March stats

Mean daily temp = 19.1 (1.4c below the 2018/19 Ave)
Rainfall = 19.4mm (81.6mm below 2001-2019 average)
Prevailing wind SW
0 thunder days.
Air pressure ave 1016.6 hPa. (3.3 hPa below ave)
Humidity 73.6% (3.7% below average)

Year to date

Mean daily temp 1.16c below 2018/19 Ave
Rainfall 39.4mm , 199.6mm below 2001-2019 average.

[David]

Howick summary for March 2020

Mean temp 18.3C
Mean daily high 23.7C
Mean daily low 13.9C
Highest temp 27.1C (4th)
Lowest temp 7.3C (18th)
Total rainfall 25.6mm
Year to date rainfall 45.4mm


Yet another very dry month. There were 8 rain days >=1mm but nothing substantial. The total for Nov-Mar is 120mm, giving an average of 24mm per month for 5 months running now.

[Awhituobs]

a cooler end to the month here..overall was average here temperature wise for the month
we were lucky re rain (98mm)

[Kentish Kiwi]

Howick summary for March 2020

Mean temp 18.3C
Mean daily high 23.7C
Mean daily low 13.9C
Highest temp 27.1C (4th)
Lowest temp 7.3C (18th)
Total rainfall 25.6mm
Year to date rainfall 45.4mm


Yet another very dry month. There were 8 rain days >=1mm but nothing substantial. The total for Nov-Mar is 120mm, giving an average of 24mm per month for 5 months running now.

Hi David, how does the mean daily high you recorded compare to your average?

[David]

Hi David, how does the mean daily high you recorded compare to your average?

Very close to normal, 0.1C above the mean for the 10 years prior.

[spwill]

I think the month was less humid than normal for Auckland so a cooler feel than normal regardless of maximum temperature.

[spwill]

Mean temperature anomaly last two weeks shows a cooler NZ than normal.

[Kentish Kiwi]

Mean temperature anomaly last two weeks shows a cooler NZ than normal.

I suspect this may be largely driven by overnight minima? Have been some cool nights around area I’m in (Pokeno) and I’ve seen a few down south too. Days have remained warm here though.

Feels like a scorching day here (following a beautiful few days recently). Hard to believe it’s the equivalent of October in the U.K. now, and the sun is only two months and 21 days from its weakest point.

[Awhituobs]

people forget though we are the same latitude as Spain (re the heat in the sun)

[spwill]

people forget though we are the same latitude as Spain (re the heat in the sun)

NZ having a cool climate for it's latitude, Auckland being same latitude as southern Spain. edit a cool warm season, NZ Winter is mild

[NZstorm]

NIWA UV forecast for today was 7 for Auckland, 5 for Invercargill and on another website I see 4 for London.

[Richard]

Stats for Medbury -
Rainfall for the month - 53mm
max - 29.8deg on both the 3rd and 2nd of the month
lowest max - 29th 11.1deg
warmest min temp - 20.3 on the night of the 3rd.
Lowest min - -0.5deg on the 24th