Monthly Local Station Summaries - January 2013

[JennyLeez]

Post your January 2013 Weather Reports, Summary and Graphs below for your Station or Local area.
You do not need a Weather Station however your data should be as accurate as possible.

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[Weather Display]

my climate summary:
http://www.weather-display.com/windy/gb/climatedataout12013.html
much warmer than normal for here, and much drier too

[Deano]

Kaipara

Average temperature          18.6°C; diff from climate av: +0.7°C
Average humidity                77%
Average dewpoint               14.2°C
Average barometer             1015.4 hPa
Average windspeed            8.8 km/h
Average gustspeed             14.4 km/h
Average direction                237° (WSW)
Rainfall for month                5.6 mm
Maximum temperature        29.2°C on 09 at 16:11
Minimum temperature         12.4°C on 04 at 06:31
Maximum humidity               98% on 03 at 14:02
Minimum humidity                44% on 05 at 12:43
Maximum pressure              1031.0 hPa on 28 at 00:27
Minimum pressure               999.8 hPa on 07 at 03:40
Maximum windspeed           37.0 kmh from 248°(WSW) on 15 at 15:46
Maximum gust speed          55.5 km/h from 248°(WSW) on 17 at 15:01
Maximum heat index           30.6°C on 09 at 16:11
Avg daily max temp             23.8°C
Avg daily min temp              15.1°C

[JennyLeez]

Wairoa HB

Highest Temperature   35.2 °C   at   5.07 p.m. on 10 January 2013
Lowest Temperature     7.6 °C   at   6.17 a.m. on 19 January 2013
Highest Daily Range   21.2 °C   on   9 January
Mean Minimum   14.0 °C   
Mean Maximum   27.1 °C

Total Rain Days     9
Total Month Rainfall   90.9 mm

Highest Wind Gust       52.6 km/h 315° SSW   at   5.21 p.m. on 18 January 2013
Highest Average Wind Speed       35.6 km/h   at   5.33 p.m. on 17 January 2013
Highest Wind Run      286.2 km/h   on  25 January 2013

Highest Pressure (SL)   1035.1 hPa   at 10.08 p.m. on 27 January 2013
Lowest Pressure (SL)     989.9 hPa   at   6.51 p.m. on   7 January 2013

More..... http://wairoa.net/weather/records/2013jan.htm

[deepsouthweather]

Invercargill North Summary is on our website @ http://www.deepsouthweather.co.nz/summaries.htm

Of note the last 10days of the month were significantly drier and warmer. almost all but 2mm of the 167mm fell in the first 21days. Maximum temperatures over the last 10 days averaged nearly 24c helping to bring our averages up above normal.

[Mark]

January Summarry          
BISHOPDALE CHRISTCHURCH   
      2013         
Coldest night temps      3.10   c
Warmest Night Air Temp      16.70   c
Air A.V.Gt night temp      11.25   c
coldest max day air temp      14.00   c
Warmest Day air temp.      31.40   c
A.V.G max day air temp      23.15   c
A.V.G MONTH TEMP      17.20   c
1metr under ground a.v.g Temp   15.63   
Humdity   A.v.g Month                64.16   0%
   Hottest sun temp      53.30   c
Avg day sun temp.      41.86   c
Suns input to Air temps*      64.54   High
Coldest Grass                  -0.10   c
Avg Grass night temp      10.18   c
Rainfall                                        29.90   mm
Wind run KM                  6,778.60   km
highest wind gust      89.90   km/h
highest wind gust      252.00   hours
A.v.g air pressure      1,010.26   hPa
frosts..                                         0   
Number of East wind  days     10   
Number of Northeast wind days      4   
Number of North wind days      na   
Number of  Northwest wind days......10   
Number of west wind days...............0   
Number of Southwest wind days.......1   
Number of South wind days..............3
Number of Southeast wind days.........3   
Max A.VG air temp of a East Wind day...21.7   c
Max A.VG air temp of a Northeast Wind day.=20.1   c
Max "A.VG air temp of a North Wind day.......=na   c
Max A.VG air temp of a Northwest Wind day=..29.1   c
Max A.VG air temp of a West Wind day...........=NA   c
Max A.VG air temp of aSouthWest Wind day=..17.6   c
Max A.VG air temp of a South Wind day..........16.2   c
Max "A.VG air temp of a Southeast Wind...   20.7   c

Air temps were just above avg.
Record sunshine hours.
Record windrun.
We had Record number of Northwest days (10) even 2 less would have made it a cooler than normal Janaury.      

[hbweather]

January's monthly data is now available here:

http://www.hbweather.8m.com/custom2.html

A month of superb summer weather, with markedly little rain...again! Sunshine hours were above normal, due to many completely clear days. Temps were a little above normal, and windspeed was right on the norm. A very warm spell between the 9th and 15th included the hottest day of the month on the 10th - 33.3 C.

Napier has now had 5 months with around half normal monthly rainfalls.

George

[Rwood]

http://www.hbweather.8m.com/custom2.html[/url]

A month of superb summer weather, with markedly little rain...again! Sunshine hours were well above normal, due to many completely clear days. Temps were a little above normal, and windspeed was right on the norm. A very warm spell between the 9th and 15th included the hottest day of the month on the 10th - 33.3 C.

Napier has now had 5 months with around half normal monthly rainfalls.

George

Where does your sun data come from George? I notice Nelson Park has been haywire in recent months (intercomparison with Waipawa and Gisborne - though the latter's EWS is probably reading a bit too high - shows Napier numbers much too low in September and December, and also a bit low in Oct-Nov as well).

[hbweather]

I have my own sunshine recorder, Rupert. Its an Instromet device, imported from the UK. Where are you finding Nelson Park sunshine figures? A comparison would be interesting....

Cheers.

[Rwood]

The NIWA website has monthly summaries - the stats. section is included about 3-4 weeks after the end of the month in question. At about this time or a little earlier you can find the monthly data at NIWA's CliFlo. Napier numbers were OK up to August.  Sept. onwards values are suspect, but the overoptimistic values at Gisborne EWS complicate comparisons.

Sep-Dec totals: Napier 188 217 230 198 (Sep, Dec look plain wrong)
 Waipawa EWS 210 220 226 225 Gisborne 241 249 251 271 (they look too high for sure).

Even with the "advantage" of an EWS Waipawa is usually a little behind Napier. Gisborne (manual, now closed) is generally similar to Napier but overall slightly less in averages. I think Napier has recording issues now, and Gisborne has become just another in the list of EWS-exaggerated readings.