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The horrible weather in Christchurch has me tearing my hair out in frustration. Nearly every day this month has been below average. Judging by the forecast we could well end up with one of the coldest Septembers on record.
The horrible weather in Christchurch has me tearing my hair out in frustration. Nearly every day this month has been below average. Judging by the forecast we could well end up with one of the coldest Septembers on record.
The Tmax up to 16 Sep have not been below average - for Ch'ch Aero the mean Tmax so far is 14.4C, and considering that's the first half of the month (monthly average 14.5C), there's no way that could be below average. The Tmin however have been down by 2.1C so far - but that will probably lift in the second half of the month. Sunshine in the first 16 days totals 100 hours, somewhat above average. Rainfall to the 16th is a smallish 16.4mm. Members of a Ch'ch/Cant'y forum I follow don't appear to have a problem - their only worry appears to be a shortage of rainfall of some significant duration now.
I strongly advise any non-NZ forumers to take your assessements of Christchurch weather with several buckets of salt - they are not even remotely objective.
Currently 56 F with sunshine in Christchurch according to the NZ met website. I would assume that's right around average for this time of year. Doesn't look to be that horrible out there.
Currently 56 F with sunshine in Christchurch according to the NZ met website. I would assume that's right around average for this time of year. Doesn't look to be that horrible out there.
The Tmin however have been down by 2.1C so far - but that will probably lift in the second half of the month.
What makes you think that? The extended forecast doesn't give me much hope.
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Originally Posted by RWood
I strongly advise any non-NZ forumers to take your assessements of Christchurch weather with several buckets of salt - they are not even remotely objective.
This forecast is objectively horrible -- all days bar Wednesday have below average temps (many of them well below average):
Tomorrow
19 Sep
Max 13°C
MIN 3°C
Rain and fresh cold southwesterlies from late morning.
Issued: 4:39pm 18 Sep
Tuesday
20 Sep
Max 12°C
MIN 3°C
Showers clear to fine weather. Southwest dies out.
Issued: 1:29pm 18 Sep
Wednesday
21 Sep
Max 16°C
MIN 8°C
Cloudy periods. Northeasterlies developing.
Issued: 1:29pm 18 Sep
Thursday
22 Sep
Max 16°C
MIN 5°C
Cloudy, some rain at times. Northeast dies out.
Issued: 1:29pm 18 Sep
Friday
23 Sep
Max 14°C
MIN 3°C
Dry. Light winds.
Issued: 1:10pm 18 Sep
Saturday
24 Sep
Max 14°C
MIN 4°C
Dry with northwesterlies.
Issued: 1:10pm 18 Sep
Sunday
25 Sep
Max 12°C
MIN 3°C
Showers with westerlies.
Issued: 1:10pm 18 Sep
Monday
26 Sep
Max 12°C
MIN 4°C
Showers with westerlies.
Issued: 1:10pm 18 Sep
Tuesday
27 Sep
Max 13°C
MIN 4°C
Showers with westerlies.
Issued: 1:10pm 18 Sep
Yes, the flowers are blooming and the days are noticeably longer, but it still feels very much like winter here in Christchurch. The next couple of weeks are going to be hard to bear, but the hope of a warmer October keeps me going. There's a lovely little verse I like to recite to myself in times like these, to remind myself that there is light at the end of the tunnel, however bleak things appear:
Not always, Valgius, from the bursting cloud
On ruffled plains descends the rain
Not always fitful gales and darkness shroud
The Caspian main
Not always on the bleak Armenian shore
Inert and rigid stands the winter snow
Sunshine returns; the torpid waters flow;
The storm-tossed Oak-tree rests its branches hoar;
And the pale Ash bewails its shattered leaves no more.
The horrible weather in Christchurch has me tearing my hair out in frustration. Nearly every day this month has been below average. Judging by the forecast we could well end up with one of the coldest Septembers on record.
Just because the temperature is below average doesn't mean the weather is bad.. as long as it's sunny with little wind it should feel pleasant regardless.
Just because the temperature is below average doesn't mean the weather is bad.. as long as it's sunny with little wind it should feel pleasant regardless.
Of course it does, it means more money gets spent on heating and more dressing up to go out, for instance. That = bad.
Of course it does, it means more money gets spent on heating and more dressing up to go out, for instance. That = bad.
Well not everyone sticks the heating on willy nilly. 13c here at the moment and the heating is off. Only need a light jacket to to outside, don't even need one in the sun.
[quote=dunno what to put here;20929352]Well not everyone sticks the heating on willy nilly.
We do not "stick the heating on willy nilly", we happened to live in a very cold house, in a cold climate, and it happens therefore, by logical deduction, to cost a lot more to keep the house up to a livable temperature (at least 16°C) than if the climate were warmer.
The heating in our house ran by thermostat, guessing most of you northerners don't know what they are as you seem to think people just "put" the heating on or off, Er no, the heating will come on whenever the temperature indoors gets low enough (below 16 degrees) and hence can even come on in summer if it is cold enough. That is not wasting money or heating, it simply means we have a cold house and in cold weather heating is needed to keep the temperature up to the specified level in the thermostat. Matters like this are clearly too complex for you.
Not all houses like the one you might live in are built to retain heat. Without being modernised and upgraded (also at great cost) rooms in my house when the heating had gone off, would get down to 7-10°C in the winter and spring.
Just another reason why the cold stinks and is not a natural condition for humans to live in, hence why things like houses with all these things to retain heat, artificial heating, etc,,,, are required in these awful climates.
Last edited by Weatherfan2; 09-18-2011 at 05:20 AM..
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