NIWA May Climate Summary and Autumn Seasonal Climate Summary
NIWA May Climate Summary and Autumn 2019 Seasonal
Climate Summary
MEDIA
RELEASE
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019
Autumn 2019 was New Zealand’s 4th warmest on record
NIWA May Climate Summary and Autumn 2019 Seasonal Climate Summary
Autumn Seasonal Climate
Summary highlights include:
• Autumn 2019 was
New Zealand’s 4th warmest on record. Temperatures across
the country were mostly above average or well above
average.
• This autumn was characterised by higher than
normal mean pressure over and to the east of the country,
resulting in more northerly winds than normal across New
Zealand.
• In addition, the seas around the country
were warmer than normal - a continuation of the marine
heatwave we saw this summer.
• The nationwide average
temperature for autumn 2019 was 14.4C.
• The warmest
autumn temperature of 32.4C was recorded in Waipara West
on 5 March.
• The lowest autumn temperature was -6.0C
in Ranfurly on 7 April.
• Rainfall over much of the
North Island was below normal, with isolated pockets of well
below normal. Conversely, a large portion of the South
Island received above or well above normal
rainfall.
You can watch a video of the autumn
highlights here:https://youtu.be/MIXa_hqpghs
May
2019 monthly climate summary highlights
include:
• May 2019 was the 3rd warmest May on
record.
• May temperatures were above average or well
above average across the entire country, with the most
unusually warm temperatures in the South Island.
• The
highest temperature was 25.3C at Napier on 10
May.
• The lowest temperature was -5.3C observed at
Motu on 18 May.
• Rainfall was below normal or well
below normal for the majority of the North Island, with the
exception being parts of the Waikato, Taranaki and coastal
Manawatu-Whanganui, where rainfall was near normal. Rainfall
was above or well above normal for much of western and lower
South Island.
• Of the six main centres in May 2019,
Auckland was the warmest, Christchurch was the coldest and
wettest, Tauranga was the driest, Wellington the sunniest,
and Dunedin the least sunny.
http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/1906/NIWA_Climate_Summary_Autumn_2019_FINAL.pdf
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