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Current Climate - November 2009

It was an extremely windy month. During November 2009, stronger than normal southwest winds affected New Zealand, caused by much deeper lows than usual south of the South Island.


Percentage of normal rainfall, November 09.

End of month water balance in the pasture root zone for an average soil type, where the available water capacity is 150 mm.

Departure from average air temperature for November 2009.

Rainfall

Well below normal rainfall (below 50 percent of normal) was experienced in the northeast of the North Island, and the north and east of the South Island.  At several locations in Northland and Central Otago, rainfall totals were in the single figures (less than 10 mm), and broke long-standing low-rainfall records for November.  Record or near-record low rainfall was also observed in parts of Auckland and the Coromandel, and in the Bay of Plenty, Taupo, and Central Plateau regions. In the South Island, extremely low rainfall was experienced in Canterbury, Otago, the Lakes District, and inland Southland. In contrast, it was a wet month (more than 120% of normal November rainfall) in the Manawatu-Wanganui district and for coastal Southland.

Air temperature

Overall, November temperatures were near average (between -0.5°C and 0.5°C of average) across most of New Zealand.  The New Zealand national average temperature for November was 13.6°C (0.1°C below the long-term November average).

Sunshine

November sunshine totals were well above normal (more than 125 percent of normal) over the south of the South Island.  It was also a sunny month in Gisborne, Hawkes Bay, Taupo, the central Plateau, and the eastern Bay of Plenty, with sunshine totals between 110 and 125 percent of normal in those regions.  In contrast, it was a rather cloudy month in Northland, Auckland, and south Canterbury.

See our November 2009 climate summary.

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