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January Climate Summary - Warm & Dry For Many

Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 2:48 pm
Press Release: NIWA

The January Climate Summary is attached.

Highlights:

- Temperatures were above average or well above average across most of Aotearoa New Zealand

- It was a dry month for many parts of the country

- Christchurch recorded 297 hours of sunshine, making it the city’s sunniest January since records began in 1930

- The highest temperature was 35.1°C, observed at Hanmer Forest on 13 January