Hokitika temperature data used in the NIWA seven-station temperature series have now been split into two stations
Hokitika temperature data over the period 1867-1964, previously assigned to a single station (Hokitika South, network number F20791, agent number 3907), have now been split into two stations as follows:
- Hokitika Town: network number F20791, agent number 3907, with record covering the period 1867-1945
- Hokitika Southside: network number F20795, agent number 37939, with record covering the period 1943-1964
Previously, because a single agent number had been used, the 1943-1945 overlap data were not available.
As noted in the detailed outline of the process for creating a composite temperature record for Hokitika (see attached PDF below), there was also a sequencing error in the 1945 temperatures, although this did not affect the “seven-station” time series.
These problems have now been corrected in the NIWA Climate Database.