NZ weather summary November 1955

[Rwood]

November 1955: A warm, windy month, fairly typical of late spring. Temperatures were relatively uniform, in fact the prevailing warmth and absence of cold spells have been a feature of the whole season. Winds were mostly from a westerly quarter and often strong; a northwesterly gale caused minor damage over a wide area between Canterbury and Hawkes Bay on the 26th. Conditions were favourable in dairying districts, but on the east coast shortage of feed was becoming a concern.

Rainfall: It was very dry in east coast districts of the North Island, rainfall being less than half the average. In Northland and the greater part of the South Island rainfall was about average. The remainder of the North Island, Banks Peninsula and inland areas of Southland and North Canterbury received about 1/2 to 3/4 of the average rainfall.

Temperatures: Apart from a small negative departure in Westland, temperatures were above average – mostly by 1F, but by as much as 2F about the middle portions of Canterbury and Hawkes Bay.

Sunshine: Sunshine was about an hour a day better than average from the Otago coast northward to Wairarapa. Southland and the West Coast were slightly less favoured, but in Nelson and a significant part of the North Island they were up to 1/2 hour a day below average.

[Some totals: Te Hapua 194, Kaitaia 174, Kerikeri 189, Whangarei 177, Auckland 195, Tauranga 219, Taupo 193, Hamilton 199, New Plymouth 187, Masterton 245, Gisborne 223, Napier 234, Paraparaumu 219, Ohakea 202, Palmerston Nth 165, Levin 193, Wellington 237, Wanganui 210, Westport 186, Hokitika 197, Greymouth 172, Haast 176, Nelson 220, Blenheim 283, Grassmere 270, Mt Cook 178, Methven 264, Christchurch 250, Tekapo 265, Timaru 231, Waimate 218, Omarama 239, Dunedin 208, Queenstown 230, Alexandra 225, Invercargill 191, Campbell Is 127].


Sources: NZ Met. Misc. pub. 107 (Climatological table, NZ Gazette) and NZ Met. Misc. pub. 109 (Meteorological Observations) - additional comments by the poster.

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