Monthly climate summary - January

Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 3:13 pm
Press Release: NIWA

Highlights include:

• Dryness with much of the country having well below average rainfall
• Temperatures well above average for some areas
• Highest temperature was 38.2C at Gisborne on January 31
• Waikato has had the most sunshine so far this year!

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