Seasonal

Seasonal climate summaries from summer 2001 to the present.

Seasonal climate summaries from summer 2001 to the present.

Issues

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    Winter 2012

    A season of two halves: cold and dry, then wet and warm.
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    Autumn 2012

    Dry and record sunny over South Island.
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    Summer 2011-12

    North Island and Nelson – short changed!
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    Spring 2011

    Extremely dry Taupo north; wet eastern South Island.
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    Winter 2011

    Dry and sunny, with a snowy finish.
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    Autumn 2011

    Warm and wet for many regions.
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    Summer 2010-11

    Heat waves and deluges.
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    Spring 2010

    Sunny & dry in southwest; mild & wet for northeast.
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    Winter 2010

    Sunny & dry in southwest; mild & wet for northeast.
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    Autumn 2010

    Warm & wet South Island, sunny North Island.
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    Summer 2009-10

    Cold start, hot finish!
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    Spring 2009

    Extremely dry for much of the South Island.
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    Winter 2009

    June 2009 was dominated by higher-than-normal pressures over the country, resulting in more frosts and much colder than normal temperatures everywhere.
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    Autumn 2009

    Autumn 2009: Cold and sunny for most places; dry in the north and wet in the south.
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    Summer 2008-09

    Wet in many areas; mild and sunny in the North Island and northern South Island; heat wave in early February.
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    Spring 2008

    Dry in the north and east, mild and sunny for much of the country.
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    Winter 2008

    Winter 2008: Very stormy and wet with floods and snow to low levels.
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    Autumn 2008

    Autumn 2008: a season of extremes – heatwaves, drought, floods and frost.
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    Summer 2007-08

    Warm; extremely cloudy and wet in the far north, extremely dry in the Waikato and record sunshine in the south.
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    Spring 2007

    Very windy mid spring, dry with significant soil moisture deficits at the end of the season
    Sunshine: One of the sunniest springs on record in Horowhenua, Wellington, Marlborough, and Nelson
    Rainfall: Below or near normal throughout New Zealand
    Soil moisture: Significant deficits in many regions at the end of the season
    Temperature: Near average everywhere
    Spring 2007 was a mixed bag!
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    Winter 2007

    Winter 2007: Rainfall and temperature contrasts, with floods, windstorms and tornadoes.
    Rainfall: Well above normal in parts of Northland, Hawke’s Bay, and Otago, well below normal in Nelson, and inland parts of Marlborough and Canterbury
    Temperature: Above average throughout the northern half of the North Island, below average over the southern half of the South Island
    Sunshine: Well above normal in Otago and inland South Canterbury
    The winter of 2007 had contrasts in rainfall and temperature, with significant extremes.
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    Autumn 2007

    Autumn 2007: Warm; record dry in east of the North Island
    Rainfall: Well below normal in the east, and Manawatu and Wellington
    Soil moisture: Significant deficits in several eastern regions
    Temperature: Above average, especially in the east and inland areas of the South Island
    Sunshine: Well above normal in Gisborne, Marlborough and parts of Canterbury
    Low rainfall records tumbled in the east of the North Island, with the driest autumn on record. It was very dry and sunny in the east, from Gisborne to Otago, and Manawatu and Wellington.
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    Summer 2006-07

    Rainfall: Below normal in most regions, especially Waikato, Marlborough, and Otago; above normal in parts of Northland and Canterbury
    Soil moisture: Severe deficits developed during February in the east from Gisborne to Otago, Auckland, Waikato, eastern Bay of Plenty, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wellington, and Nelson
    Temperature: Cold, especially in the North Island and the east of the South Island
    Sunshine: Above normal in Northland and Westland; below normal in South Taranaki and North Canterbury
    Mean summer temperatures were well below average.
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    Spring 2006

    Spring 2006: Distinctive El Niño spring with blustery westerlies and south westerlies; very windy at times with stronger than usual east/west contrasts in climate.
    Rainfall: Dry in Northland, coastal Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, and eastern Otago; wet in the southwest of the North Island, and the west and far south of the South Island
    Temperature: Warm in the east of the North Island and Marlborough; temperatures near normal elsewhere
    Sunshine: Sunny in the northeast of the North Island and southeast of the South Island, rather cloudy in the west of the North Island
    Clas