Temperature Jul-Aug-Sep

Temperature tercile tables for several locations in the West and South of the South Island. Data are based on the 30-year period 1971-2000. The ranges for each tercile are: below normal = second lowest to 33rd percentile; near normal = 34th to 66th percentile; above normal = 67th percentile to second highest.

Historical average temperature (deg C) range for forecast area WSSI for the 3-month period Jul-Aug-Sep

Station Name No. years Below Normal Near Normal Above Normal
GREYMOUTH AERO 26 8.2 - 8.8 8.9 - 9.4 9.5 - 9.9
HOKITIKA AERO 30 7.5 - 8.1 8.2 - 8.7 8.8 - 9.4
ARTHURS PASS EWS 26 2.4 - 3.7 3.8 - 4.5 4.6 - 6.0
CRAIGIEBURN FOREST 26 3.0 - 3.5 3.6 - 4.1 4.2 - 5.2
MT COOK EWS 30 3.1 - 3.8 3.9 - 4.4 4.5 - 5.4
TARA HILLS AWS 28 3.2 - 4.2 4.3 - 4.7 4.8 - 5.6
MILFORD SOUND 29 5.8 - 6.6 6.7 - 6.9 7.0 - 7.6
WANAKA AERO AWS 28 4.8 - 5.4 5.5 - 5.8 5.9 - 6.4
QUEENSTOWN AERO AWS 30 4.8 - 5.4 5.5 - 5.8 5.9 - 6.4
CROMWELL EWS 30 4.9 - 5.5 5.6 - 5.8 5.9 - 6.6
QUEENSTOWN 30 5.3 - 5.9 6.0 - 6.4 6.5 - 7.0
CLYDE DAM 23 5.0 - 5.6 5.7 - 5.9 6.0 - 6.8
ETTRICK NO.2 27 5.6 - 6.3 6.4 - 6.7 6.8 - 7.3
GORE AWS 29 5.3 - 6.0 6.1 - 6.2 6.3 - 6.8
WINTON 29 5.6 - 6.5 6.6 - 6.9 7.0 - 7.5
INVERCARGILL AERO 30 5.7 - 6.4 6.5 - 7.0 7.1 - 7.4
TIWAI POINT EWS 27 6.8 - 7.2 7.3 - 7.7 7.8 - 8.1
Book: Baseline Tables