✨ Climatological Data
2096
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 91
CLIMATOLOGICAL TABLE—Summary of the Records of Temperature, Rainfall, and Sunshine for May 1981—continued
| Station | Height of Station Above M.S.L. | Air Temperature in Degrees Celsius | Rainfall in Millimetres | Bright Sunshine | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metres | Means of A Max. °C | B Min. °C | Mean of A and B °C | Difference From Normal °C | Absolute Maximum and Minimum | Total Fall mm | No. of Rain Days | Difference From Normal mm | Maximum Fall | |||
| Maximum °C | Date | Amount mm | Date | |||||||||
| Manaia Dem. Farm | 98 | 15.0 | 6.1 | 10.6 | -0.6 | 20.6 | 9 | 55 | 18 | -72 | 19 | 12 |
| Normanby | 122 | 14.7 | 5.5 | 10.1 | 19.6 | 9 | 68 | 17 | -60 | 19 | 20 | |
| Patea | 43 | 15.8 | 7.1 | 11.5 | -0.6 | 22.0 | 9 | 77 | 11 | -55 | 27 | 31 |
| Ohakune Junction | 629 | 12.3 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 19.6 | 9 | 67 | 13 | -45 | 27 | 21 | |
| Karioi | 648 | 13.2 | 2.3 | 7.9 | +0.1 | 20.9 | 9 | 54 | 15 | -31 | 26 | 21 |
| Waiouru | 823 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 6.7 | +0.1 | 17.5 | 9 | 66 | 18 | -31 | 26 | 21 |
| Waiouru Military Camp | 823 | 10.8 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 21.5 | 9 | 78 | 13 | 18 | 21 | ||
| Ahu Ahu Valley | 85 | 15.8 | 8.0 | 11.9 | +0.5 | 18.6 | 10 | 236 | 11 | +94 | 126 | 19 |
| Taihape | 433 | 14.2 | 21.5 | 9 | 54 | 15 | 21 | |||||
| Kahui, Taihape | 518 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 8.6 | -0.3 | 20.8 | 10 | 63 | 13 | 23 | 21 | |
| Wanganui | 22 | 15.7 | 6.5 | 11.1 | -0.7 | 22.0 | 10 | 110 | 13 | +24 | 26 | 31 |
| Wanganui Airport | 9 | 15.9 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 21.6 | 10 | 114 | 14 | 32 | 31 | ||
| Farewell Spit | 3 | 15.8 | 8.0 | 11.9 | +0.2 | 19.0 | 10 | 146 | 9 | -45 | 28 | 19 |
| Totaranui | 10 | 15.3 | 7.0 | 11.2 | 19.0 | 9 | 156 | 13 | 67 | 19 | ||
| Westport Airport | 2 | 15.2 | 6.7 | 11.0 | +0.2 | 19.9 | 9 | 156 | 11 | 47 | 12 | |
| Cobb Dam | 823 | 10.8 | 0.8 | 5.8 | -0.4 | 16.7 | 4 | 225 | 10 | -19 | 67 | 19 |
| Arapito | 20 | 15.2 | 5.8 | 10.5 | 21.3 | 9 | 156 | 11 | 12 | |||
| Karamea | 5 | |||||||||||
| Lake Rotoroa | 443 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 16.5 | 2 | 191 | 9 | -31 | 64 | 20 | |
| Lake Rotoiti | 634 | 11.4 | 0.3 | 5.9 | -0.3 | 15.3 | 9 | 98 | 11 | -55 | 27 | 12 |
| Hokitika Airport | 39 | 14.8 | 4.9 | 9.9 | +0.1 | 20.4 | 9 | 185 | 12 | -87 | 67 | 10 |
| Reefton | 198 | 12.4 | 2.3 | 7.4 | -0.5 | 19.3 | 8 | 137 | 12 | -41 | 28 | 12 |
| Barrytown | 30 | 15.5 | 8.8 | 12.2 | 19.6 | 9 | 175 | 12 | 45 | 12 | ||
| Totara Flat | 77 | 2.2 | 17.0 | 5 | 117 | 12 | -53 | 22 | 19 | |||
| Hari Hari | 45 | |||||||||||
| Franz Josef | 122 | |||||||||||
| Fox Glacier | 152 | 14.7 | 4.1 | 9.4 | 19.7 | 9 | 256 | 11 | -141 | 61 | 10 | |
| Milford Sound | 3 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 7.6 | -0.8 | 17.4 | 7 | 364 | 13 | -119 | 82 | 17 |
| Puysegur Point | 43 | 12.6 | 7.5 | 10.1 | 16.8 | 7 | 197 | 24 | -6 | 48 | 9 | |
| Stephens Island | 187 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 17.9 | 10 | 94 | 9 | +15 | 43 | 19 | |
| Riwaka, Motueka | 146 | 14.9 | 1.6 | 8.3 | -0.6 | 19.5 | 10 | 123 | 9 | -32 | 46 | 19 |
| Tapawera | 17 | 14.6 | 4.7 | 9.8 | +0.0 | 18.7 | 10 | 88 | 9 | -21 | 28 | 19 |
| Nelson Airport | 79 | 14.8 | 3.5 | 9.1 | +0.0 | 19.1 | 9 | 181 | 9 | -17 | 31 | 19 |
| Rai Valley | 2 | 14.9 | 4.2 | 9.6 | -0.1 | 20.9 | 9 | 105 | 8 | +21 | 44 | 20 |
| Blenheim Airport | 4 | 15.5 | 4.4 | 10.0 | -0.2 | 21.7 | 9 | 121 | 8 | +45 | 67 | 20 |
| Blenheim | 18.2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Waihopai Power Station | 262 | 13.7 | 3.2 | 8.5 | -0.6 | 19.2 | 9 | 51 | 10 | -38 | 22 | 19 |
| Lake Grassmere | 2 | 13.9 | 6.9 | 10.4 | -0.1 | 19.6 | 10 | 186 | 9 | +117 | 130 | 20 |
| Cape Campbell | 3 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 11.5 | +0.4 | 19.8 | 4 | 49 | 9 | -20 | 13 | 19 |
| Molesworth | 893 | 10.8 | -0.6 | 5.1 | +0.0 | 21.8 | 11 | 92 | 11 | -10 | 60 | 20 |
| Kaikoura | 108 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 10.5 | +0.2 | 21.8 | 11 | 121 | 13 | -219 | 25 | 31 |
| Arthurs Pass | 738 | 9.1 | -1.1 | 4.0 | 15.7 | 4 | ||||||
| Balmoral Forest | 198 | |||||||||||
| Hawarden | 244 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 21.8 | 8 | 52 | 9 | -5.6 | 24 | 19 | |
| The Hermitage, Mt Cook | 765 | 9.4 | -0.1 | 4.7 | -0.7 | 15.5 | 4 | 188 | 11 | -135 | 41 | 11 |
| Mt John | 1027 | 29 | 7 | -24 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| Craigieburn Forest | 914 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 4.9 | +0.0 | 17.0 | 7 | 77 | 9 | -4.0 | 31 | 10 |
| Lake Coleridge | 364 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 6.8 | -0.5 | 19.5 | 8 | 50 | 11 | -29 | 17 | 12 |
| Highbank Power Station | 336 | 12.1 | 3.8 | 8.0 | -0.3 | 20.2 | 8 | 38 | 9 | -43 | 16 | 12 |
| Hororata Substation | 192 | 13.7 | 1.5 | 7.6 | +0.0 | 22.8 | 8 | 38 | 15 | -38 | 11 | 19 |
| Winchmore | 160 | 13.1 | 2.8 | 8.0 | +0.4 | 21.5 | 8 | 20 | 8 | -54 | 5 | 19 |
| Peel Forest | 274 | 13.3 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 22.1 | 8 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Ashburton | 101 | 14.0 | 3.5 | 8.8 | +0.5 | 22.7 | 8 | 19 | 6 | -52 | 7 | 18 |
| Waipara | 64 | |||||||||||
| Ashley Forest | 107 | 13.3 | 4.5 | 8.9 | -0.3 | 23.0 | 8 | 42 | 8 | -42 | 18 | 19 |
| Rangiora | 46 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 8.2 | -0.4 | 24.1 | 8 | 33 | 10 | -33 | 15 | 19 |
| Darfield | 195 | 13.2 | 3.4 | 8.6 | +0.5 | 21.2 | 8 | 36 | 7 | -45 | 12 | 19 |
| Eyrewell Forest | 158 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 7.8 | -0.1 | 23.0 | 8 | 41 | 9 | -52 | 14 | 19 |
| Christchurch Airport | 30 | 13.6 | 2.7 | 8.2 | -0.5 | 21.1 | 8 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 19 | |
| Templeton | 46 | 13.4 | 3.4 | 8.4 | 23.8 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 19 | ||
| Christchurch | 7 | |||||||||||
| Bromley, Christchurch | 9 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 9.6 | +0.1 | 23.6 | 8 | 23 | 7 | -18 | 10 | 12 |
| Mt Pleasant | 137 | 13.2 | 7.1 | 10.2 | +0.0 | 22.6 | 8 | 24 | 10 | -62 | 8 | 11 |
| Lincoln | 11 | |||||||||||
| Akaroa | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lake Tekapo | 683 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 4.6 | -1.2 | 19.5 | 8 | 35 | 7 | -18 | 13 | 12 |
| Lake Pukaki | 556 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 4.5 | -1.3 | 20.4 | 8 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |
| Fairlie | 304 | 12.6 | -0.6 | 6.0 | 22.6 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 12 | ||
| Twizel | 457 | 8.9 | -1.6 | 3.7 | -1.9 | 21.0 | 8 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
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