General March Weather

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Re: General March Weather

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it has to be Auckland's most settled 5 month period on record
(settled as in terms of lack of persistant winds, clouds, and lots of sunshine, and only bursts of rain etc)
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Re: General March Weather

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21.5°C here at present, sunny, and a beautiful fleet of little lenticular clouds in the west and NW.
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Re: General March Weather

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SW wind change 1830 with spotty rain but no measurable rain yet at 2010 hrs
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Re: General March Weather

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Fine day here with not one wind, but with increasing Sc layers to the west from the afternoon.
Today's maximum was 22.7C.
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Finally some decent rain 6mm by 2330 hours
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Re: General March Weather

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Driest month ever 25.7mm
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Re: General March Weather

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March 2022 was a month of contrasts, most notably for extremely high rainfalls for the East Coast (Gisborne) and Hawke's Bay Regions, with some parts of the East Coast Region receiving 500-600mm in the last 10 days, while the West Coast Region saw record mean March temps and, along with the Southland and Otago Regions, record low March rainfalls.

Mar 2022 Climate Anomaly Maps ℅ NIWA.png

Preliminary March 2022 figures for the main centres:

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Mar 2022 Average Temps, Rainfall, Sunshine and departures from 1981-2010 normals ℅ NIWA

Site                     T-max °C      T-min °C      T-mean °C     Rain mm      Sun hrs

Auckland, Mangere       24.6  +2.2    15.4  +0.8    20.0  +1.5    108  126%    242  126%
Auckland Aero           24.8  +2.2    15.8  +0.9    20.3  +1.5    121  162%
Tauranga Aero           23.8  +1.3    15.4  +1.6    19.6  +1.4    163  168%    n/a   n/a
Hamilton Aero           25.1  +2.2    11.7  +0.7    18.4  +1.5     67   79%
Hamilton, Ruakura       25.3  +2.6    12.9  +1.5    19.1  +2.0     71   89%    235  121%
Wellington, Kelburn     19.4  +0.3    13.3  +0.7    16.3  +0.5     53   62%    206  100%
Christchurch Aero       19.8  -0.6    10.9  +1.3    15.3  +0.4     41   89%    170   89%
Dunedin, Musselburgh    18.5  +1.2    12.3  +2.1    15.4  +1.7     11   17%    225  156%
Greymouth Aero          22.9  +4.0    13.8  +2.8    18.4  +3.5     37   21%    249  155%
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Re: General March Weather

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4 consecutive months with a mean temperature of 20C or above for Auckland.
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Re: General March Weather

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If go by Ruakura figures came within a whisker of 5 consecutive months 2C above average, as well it (and also my station) has not had a sub 20.0C maximum since November 3rd last year!

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Howick - March 2022

Summary
A very warm month. The warmest March in my 13-year record, beating the previous record in 2016 by 0.1C. Rainfall slightly above average but overall quite a settled month.

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Mean temp = 19.9C (+1.1C)
Mean daily high = 24.6C (+1.1C)
Mean daily low = 15.8C (+1.1C)
Highest temp = 27.5C (on day 15)
Lowest temp = 11.3C (on day 28)
Total rainfall = 103mm (+8mm, or 108% of average)
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Re: General March Weather

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Figures for down here:
min - 5,2C
max - 29.6C
Lowest max - 15.5C
Highest min - 14.6C
Total PPT - 53.5mm over 12 days.
Days of clagg - 5
Not a very interesting month weatherwize.
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Re: General March Weather

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