Summary of Climate Observations 1969-1998						(heights are in metres - temperatures are in celsius)
		Rainfall		Sunshine	Temp	Temp	Temp	Temp					Wind
		mm	Rain	hours	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Temp	Temp	Screen	Ground	mean	Gust
		mean	days	mean	Max	Max	Min	Min	Extreme	Extreme	Frost	Frost	speed	Days
	Height	annual	>0.9	annual	Jan	Jul	Jan	Jul	Max	Min	days	days	km/h	>93 km/h
Alexandra	141	356	66	1590	23.5	8.1	10.7	-1.8	37.2	-11.7	82	148	--	--
Alexandra	141	356	66	2042	23.5	8.1	10.7	-1.8	37.2	-11.7	82	148	--	--
Auckland	49	1198	131	2066	23.8	14.7	16.4	8	34.4	-0.6	0	6	17	3
Blenheim Research	4	689	78	2470	23.6	12.7	12.6	2.1	33.9	-3.3	21	65	11	--
Christchurch	7	635	84	2035	22.5	11.3	12.2	1.7	41.6	-7.1	29	69	15	3
Dargaville	15	1176	145	1885	23.9	15.2	14	6.9	32.1	-5	4	17	14*	--
Dunedin, Musselburgh	2	809	124	1590	18.9	9.9	11.5	3.1	35.7	-8	7	60	15	5
Gisborne Aero	4	1044	111	2186	24.9	14.1	13.6	4.5	38.1	-5.3	5	34	15	2
Gore, Grasslands	123	946	144	1638	19	8.3	9.1	1.3	31.2	-6.5	37	73	14	--
Hamilton	40	1186	129	2013	23.8	13.6	12.7	3.8	34.7	-9.9	18	64	12	0
Hanmer Forest	387	1158	116	1809	22.9	9.7	8.9	-1.4	37.1	-13.2	88	123	--	--
Hokitika Aero	39	2865	171	1850	19.3	11.9	11.6	2.8	29.7	-3.2	15	56	11	3
Invercargill	0	1111	159	1600	18.6	9.5	9.4	0.9	32.2	-9	40	94	18	17
Kaitaia Observatory	85	1324	135	2068	23.9	15.5	15.4	8.6	29.8	0.9	0	1	15	4
Kerikeri	79	1712	137	2005	24.4	15.7	14.1	6.6	34.4	-2	1	13	--	--
Lake Tekapo	762	604	77	2206	21.5	6	8.9	-2.6	33.3	-15.6	91	146	7	--
Masterton, Waingawa	114	958	128	1923	24	12.1	11.7	3	35.2	-6.9	19	63	12	2
Milford Sounds	3	6526	180	--	18.8	9	10.4	1.3	28.3	-5	35	57	--	8
Napier	2	802	92	2188	24.4	14	14.5	4.4	36.9	-6.5	10	33	16	3
Nelson	2	985	94	2392	22.3	12.2	13	1.5	36.3	-6.6	28	90	12	1
New Plymouth Aero	27	1436	137	2174	21.8	13.3	13.5	5.5	30.3	-2.4	2	15	20	5
Palmerston Nth	34	963	121	1723	22.4	12.4	13.4	4.6	33	-6	8	38	12	--
Queenstown	329	900	100	1913	22.5	8.1	10.7	0.1	34.1	-8.4	44	105	11	0
Rotorua Aero	287	1411	117	2119	23	12	12.7	3.1	31.5	-5.2	19	57	12	1
Taumarunui	171	1496	148	1627	24.6	12.5	12	2.4	33.9	-6.4	31	57	--	--
Taupo	376	1099	115	1975	23.3	11.2	11.5	2.2	33	-7.1	31	68	14	1
Tauranga Aero	4	1202	110	2256	23.9	14.3	14.5	5	33.7	-5.3	3	44	15	1
Timaru Aero	25	541	75	1817	21.2	10.6	10.4	-0.2	39.8	-9.1	61	94	12	3
Waiouru	823	1033	138	--	19.7	7.9	8.4	0.5	30.5	-10.5	58	104	13	3
Wanganui, Spriggens Park	15	880	114	2051	22.4	13	14	5.5	32.3	-2.3	2	7	13	4
Wellington	125	1246	123	2053	20.3	11.3	13.4	6.2	31.1	-1.9	0	10	22	61
Westport Aero	2	2245	168	2051	20	12.6	12.5	4.6	28.6	-3.5	1	27	11	3