SUMMARY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR SELECTED NEW ZEALAND LOCATIONS "Data are mean annual values for the 1971-2000 period, for locations having at least 5 complete years of data" Extreme temperatures are for the full historical record Station details for each location are available in separate table Monthly temperature and rainfall data for each location are recorded in separate tables Rainfall Wet-days Sunshine Temperature Ground frost Wind Gale days Mean Very Very mean speed mean speed Highest Lowest at least Location mm >= 1.0 mm hours °C °C °C days km/h 63km/h KAITAIA 1334 134 2070 15.7 30.2 0.9 1 15 2 WHANGAREI 1490 132 1973 15.5 30.8 -0.1 11 16 1 AUCKLAND 1240 137 2060 15.1 30.5 -2.5 10 17 2 TAURANGA 1198 111 2260 14.5 33.7 -5.3 42 16 5 HAMILTON 1190 129 2009 13.7 34.7 -9.9 63 12 2 ROTORUA 1401 117 2117 12.8 31.5 -5.2 57 13 1 GISBORNE 1051 110 2180 14.3 38.1 -5.3 33 15 2 TAUPO 1102 116 1965 11.9 33.0 -6.3 69 13 2 NEW PLYMOUTH 1432 138 2182 13.7 30.3 -2.4 15 20 5 NAPIER 803 91 2188 14.5 35.8 -3.9 29 14 3 WANGANUI 882 115 2043 14.0 32.3 -2.3 7 18 5 PALMERSTON NORTH 967 121 1733 13.3 33.0 -6.0 38 17 3 "MASTERTON, " 979 130 1915 12.7 35.2 -6.9 60 11 1 WELLINGTON 1249 123 2065 12.8 31.1 -1.9 10 22 22 NELSON 970 94 2405 12.6 36.3 -6.6 88 12 2 BLENHEIM 655 76 2409 12.9 36.0 -8.8 60 13 4 WESTPORT 2274 169 1838 12.6 28.6 -3.5 26 11 2 KAIKOURA 844 86 2090 12.4 33.3 -0.6 27 15 28 HOKITIKA 2875 171 1860 11.7 30.0 -3.4 54 11 2 CHRISTCHURCH 648 85 2100 12.1 41.6 -7.1 70 15 3 MT COOK 4293 161 1532 8.8 32.4 -12.8 140 10 5 LAKE TEKAPO 600 78 2180 8.8 33.3 -15.6 149 7 1 TIMARU 573 81 1826 11.2 37.2 -6.8 84 12 6 MILFORD SOUND 6749 186 1800* 10.3 28.3 -5.0 56 9 9 QUEENSTOWN 913 100 1921 10.7 34.1 -8.4 107 12 2 ALEXANDRA 360 66 2025 10.8 37.2 -11.7 148 6 3 MANAPOURI 1164 129 1700* 9.3 32.0 -8.1 not measured 10 not measured DUNEDIN 812 124 1585 11.0 35.7 -8.0 58 15 8 INVERCARGILL 1112 158 1614 9.9 32.2 -9.0 94 18 18 CHATHAM ISLANDS 855 133 1415 11.4 28.5 -2.3 4 25 16 SCOTT BASE not measured 89** not measured -19.6 6.0 -57.0 365 21 27 * Estimated from mapped NZ sunshine hours ** Days with snow