May Climate Summary
Hi all,
The May Climate Summary is attached - the Autumn Climate Summary will be available tomorrow, and will be posted on our website here: www.niwa.co.nz/our-science/climate/publications .
Along with information about the end-of-month rain event in Canterbury, main points are:
- The highest temperature was 28.3°C, at Rangiora.
- The lowest temperature was -10.8°C, at Tara Hills (Omarama) on 27 May. This was
New Zealand’s lowest May temperature since 2001.
- Of the six main centres in May 2021, Auckland was the warmest and driest, Christchurch was
the coldest, wettest, and sunniest, and Hamilton was the least sunny.
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