Summary for the December 2012
Summary for December compiled from 85 Member Weather Stations.

Temperature	Record		Location	Date
Maximum Temp	34.1		Nuhaka	26th
Minimum Temp	1.2		Castle Hill	1st December
Lowest Maximum	24.8		Dargaville	20th December
Highest Minimum	11.4		Dargaville, Awhitu	10th December
December High Temp Avg	23.0
Highest Temp Avg	27.9		Clyde
December Low Temp Avg	12.7
Lowest Temp Avg	7.0		Castle Hill
Rainfall
Maximum Daily Rainfall	89.2		Arthur's Pass	5th December
Most Rain for December	311.9		Arthur's Pass
Least Rain for December	6.6		Waikouaiti
Most Rain Days	21		Tokoroa
Least Rain Days	2		Waikouaiti
Wind
Maximum Wind Gust	99.6		Plimmerton	4th December
Minimum Wind Gust	6.1		Lake Waikaremoana	28th December
Maximum Avg Wind Speed	65.7		Awhitu	2nd December
Minimum Avg Wind Speed	2.1		Castle Hill	26th December
Maximum Daily Wind Run	1034.7		Awhitu	18th December
Lowest Daily Wind Run	10.4		Te Awamutu	29th December
Highest Total Wind Run	13713.9		Dargaville
Lowest Total Wind Run	1029.7		Waitakere
Pressure
Maximum Pressure	1029.3		Waimatuku	12th December
Minimum Pressure	975.2		Strathern	5th December

Temperatures:
Nuhaka hit the 34°C mark with the highest temperature this month. Reefton was close behind with 33.8°C with Swannanoa and Port Levy just behind with 33.5°C. Clyde and Arrowtown followed with 33.4°C.
The Lows for the month were Waimatuku with 2.1, Tokoroa with 2.8, Arthur's Pass and Clyde with 2.9 and Bishopdale with 3.3.
Rainfall:
Arthur's Pass had a Rainfall Total of 311.9mm this month near on doubling the next high contenders Oban with 176.4mm, Ohauiti with 169.4mm, Russell with 152.4mm and Tapu Valley with 151.4.
The Daily rainfall high at Arthur's Pass of 89.2mm headed off Russell with a high daily rainfall of 81.8mm. Matamata had 55.3mm, Kerikeri 44.8mm and Waitakere 43.00mm.
Our Stations with the least amount of rainfall were on the East Coast of the NI. Napier, Gisborne, Mahia, Wairoa, Whangawehi, Nuhaka and Waipukurau.
Waikouaiti, Blenheim, Timaru and Clyde also had minimal rainfall during December.
Rain day tallies were Tokoroa with 21, Ohauiti 20, Lake Taupo 19, Paraonui 19 and Pongakawa with 18.
Wind:
Plimmerton's 99.6 topped the High Gust this month followed by Arthur's Pass with 93.0, Maungaraki and Awhitu 85.4, Waimatuku 84.5 and Camborne with 83.7k/hr.
Awhitu had the highest Wind Speed with 65.7 followed by Plimmerton 63.3, Dargaville 60.7, Arthur's Pass 60.7, Makarewa 59.4 and Maungaraki with 59.3.
Awhitu once again had the highest Daily Windrun followed by Dargaville with 927.5, Waikawa Beach 802.7, Mangawhai Heads 734.3 and Camborne 711.1
Dargaville lead the way with the Month's Total Windrun with Camborne following on 12142.6, Awhitu on 11557.9 and Maungaraki 11352.6. From there a big drop down to Nuhaka and Kerkeri with 8649.9 and 8584.9 respectively.

Summary - Max & Min Temps December

Location Nuhaka Burwood Reefton Swannanoa Port Levy Clyde Arrowtown Wairoa Templeton Waipukurau Mosgiel Blenheim Te Awamutu Palmerston North Lake Waikaremoana Paraonui Brooklyn Waiuku Makarewa Kelson Bishopdale Arthur's Pass Ashburton Napier Opotiki Red Beach Wairoa West Mahia Beach Tokoroa North Waikouaiti Strathern Mahana Tokoroa Central Cambridge Matamata Port Robinson Golden Bay Fairfield Darfield Belmont Te Puke Castle Hill Timaru Gisborne Invercargill West Melton Te Anau Maungaraki Massey Cheviot Feilding Porirua Kaipara Ohauiti Plimmerton Paremoremo Waikawa Beach Mt Roskill Whangawehi Pongakawa Hamilton Howick West Grey Lynn Waimatuku Somerville Awhitu Mangawhai Oban Lake Taupo Waitakere Greymouth Hunua Dargaville Airfield Russell Kerikeri Howick Tapu Valley Ashhurst Dargaville

Maximum 34.1 33.9 33.8 33.5 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.2 32.9 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.2 32.2 32.1 32.1 32.0 31.3 31.2 31.1 31.1 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.7 30.7 30.6 30.5 30.4 30.4 30.4 30.2 30.0 30.0 29.8 29.7 29.5 29.4 29.4 29.3 29.2 29.1 29.0 28.9 28.5 28.3 28.3 28.2 28.1 27.9 27.8 27.7 27.5 27.4 27.4 27.4 27.2 27.1 27.0 27.0 26.9 26.8 26.7 26.7 26.6 26.6 26.4 26.4 26.3 26.3 26.3 26.2 26.1 26.1 25.8 25.7 25.0 24.8

Location Castle Hill Waimatuku Tokoroa Central Arthur's Pass Clyde Tokoroa North Bishopdale Port Levy Lake Waikaremoana Burwood Reefton Lake Taupo Te Anau Templeton Oban Te Puke West Melton Darfield Fairfield Invercargill Matamata Arrowtown Pongakawa Paraonui Hunua Opotiki Cambridge Strathern Gisborne Plimmerton Golden Bay Te Awamutu Wairoa Ashburton Swannanoa Makarewa Mosgiel Waikouaiti Ohauiti Tapu Valley Napier Port Robinson Mahana Wairoa West Timaru Waikawa Beach Waipukurau Maungaraki Blenheim Kerikeri Mahia Beach Palmerston North Nuhaka Somerville Kelson Belmont Tarurutangi Howick Waitakere Hamilton Dargaville Airfield Russell Grey Lynn Mangawhai Brooklyn Porirua Greymouth Massey Cheviot Whangawehi Waiuku Howick West Paremoremo Kaipara Awhitu Dargaville

Minimum   1.2   2.1   2.8   2.9   2.9   3.1   3.3   3.7   3.8   3.9   3.9   3.9   3.9   4.0   4.1   4.4   4.4   4.6   4.7   4.9   5.1   5.3   5.3   5.4   5.6   5.6   5.6   5.6   6.0   6.1   6.1   6.1   6.1   6.2   6.4   6.5   6.6   6.6   6.6   6.6   6.8   6.9   7.1   7.2   7.2   7.2   7.3   7.5   7.6   7.7   7.8   7.8   7.9   8.2   8.2   8.2   8.3   8.4   8.6   9.0   9.0   9.1   9.3   9.6   9.7   9.7   9.9 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.4 10.8 11.0 11.4 11.4

The Data used in this Report is contributed by: Member Weather Stations
NZLWF accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of Member's Data.