Seasonal

Seasonal climate summaries from summer 2001 to the present.

Seasonal climate summaries from summer 2001 to the present.

Issues

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    Summer 2000-01

    Tuesday, 7 March 2001
    Another summer of extremes
    Extremely dry in central New Zealand, wet in Bay Of Plenty
    Cool in the south, warm in Aucklnad, Bay Of Plenty and central New Zealand
    Nelson sets new New Zealand summer sunshine record
    A 2000/2001 summer of climate extremes including droughts, floods and high humidity produced in Nelson a new seasonal sunshine record of 878 hours, 20 percent above normal and a new high for any New Zealand locality since such records began in 1930. Sunshine totals in Marlborough, Buller and north Canterbury were also at least 10 percent above normal.