New Zealand Local Weather Forum
Weather Discussion => Historical => 1960 - 1964 => Topic started by: Rwood on May 16, 2018, 10:19:51 AM
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November 1962: November was unusually sunny, and also rather warm. In the middle fortnight the weather was settled, but the rains at the beginning and end of the month were mainly adequate. It was somewhat too dry for crops in parts of Northland, Gisborne and Hawkes Bay.
Rainfall: Rainfall was only about half the average in Gisborne and Hawkes Bay, and 3/4 in Northland and also Central Otago. It was appreciably wetter than usual in the Waikato-Waitomo-North Taranaki area, and in coastal districts of South Canterbury and North Otago, and also in parts of Marlborough and Nelson. In most of these areas the surplus was 50-100%. A violent thunderstorm affected parts of North Otago and South Canterbury on the 29th, with unusually heavy rain and hail in the Windsor district, northwest of Oamaru. There was also a thunderstorm with heavy rain on the afternoon of the 3rd at Invercargill.
Temperatures: Temperatures were mainly above average by 1F-2F, highest departures being recorded in parts of the Thames-Bay of Plenty area. This was the 14th successive month with temperatures above average. Snow fell on the ranges during a spell of westerly winds from the 4th-8th.
Sunshine: Except for parts of South Canterbury and Central Otago, the whole country had above-average sunshine. The surplus amounted to over 60 hours on parts of the West Coast {record high at Westport} and to 30-50 hours in most of the Marlborough and Wellington provinces. Elsewhere it was mainly 20-30 hours, but less in coastal districts of Otago and Southland.
[Some totals: Te Hapua 223, Kaitaia 215, Kerikeri 228, Whangarei 222, Auckland 217, Tauranga 246, Whakatane 238, Taupo 226, Opotiki 238, Hamilton 224, New Plymouth 229, Masterton 259, Gisborne 241, Napier 247, Wairoa 237, Paraparaumu 233, Ohakea 251, Palmerston Nth 215, Levin 219, Wellington 245, Ohakune 226, Wanganui 234, Westport 261, Hokitika 240, Greymouth 205, Haast 206, Nelson 253, Blenheim 274, Grassmere 250, Kaikoura 248, Mt Cook 188, Methven 219, Christchurch 232, Tekapo 265, Timaru 177, Waimate 158, Oamaru 181, Omarama 209, Dunedin Aero 174, Dunedin 168, Queenstown 219, Alexandra 205, Invercargill 187, Campbell Is 116, Chatham Is 192].
Sources: NZ Met. Misc. pub. 107 (Climatological table, NZ Gazette) and NZ Met. Misc. pub. 109 (Meteorological Observations) - additional comments by the poster.