June 2013 Weather Summary

[Humid Subtropical]

Originally Posted by Humid Subtropical

Pearson sunshine hours will probably not be released for June. Environment Canada 06-20-2013: "Last week NavCanada assumed operation at Pearson and they installed their own equipment. The sunshine recorder is still at Pearson, but the new communication system does not provide for the transfer of this information online using their new standard format. We are working towards a solution to be able to continue collecting this information. Hopefully this element will be able to continue being recorded with NavCanada operations."

Edit: Pearson ended up recording 75.3 hours of sunshine in June with 18 days of missing data (DwBS).

[Bottletree]

Originally Posted by Humid Subtropical

Pearson airport ended up recording 75.3 hours of sunshine for June, though that figure does not properly represent the entire month. By the looks of it, NavCanada assumed operations around the 15th.

Is environment canada starting to record sunshine again?

[Humid Subtropical]

Originally Posted by JetsNHL

Is environment canada starting to record sunshine again?

Pearson stopped releasing the data online for now, but I think they still record sunshine. I'm not sure about any other Canadian stations

[RWood]

(much) Wetter and (much) cloudier than normal in many areas of NZ in June. Will post full summary when stats. report available.

Provisional sun totals, with returns due later for several manual sites:

Kaitaia 127 Dargaville 108 Mangere, Auck 109 Nth Shore, Auck 116 Hamilton 94 Whakatane 147 Kawerau 132 Turangi 121 Te Kuiti 87 Taumarunui 88 Stratford 75 N Plymouth 119 Martinborough 78 Wallaceville 71 Palmerston Nth 87 Para'u Aero 83 Wellington 78 Dannevirke 83 Paru' EWS 101 Gisborne 115 Waipawa 106 Blenheim 111 Reefton 58 Greymouth EWS 103 Hokitika Aero 105 Hokitika AWS 120 Franz Josef 123 Nelson 127 Appleby 128 Takaka 128 Cheviot 113 Mt Cook village 67 Tekapo 117 Rangiora 110 Akaroa 80 Ch;ch Aero 93 Ashburton Aero 116 Dunedin 75 Middlemarch 65 Balclutha 69 Cromwell 62 Invercargill Aero 78 In'gill Aero Aero EWS 81

[ChesterNZ]

Originally Posted by RWood

(much) Wetter and (much) cloudier than normal in many areas of NZ in June. Will post full summary when stats. report available.

Provisional sun totals, with returns due later for several manual sites:

Kaitaia 127 Dargaville 108 Mangere, Auck 109 Nth Shore, Auck 116 Hamilton 94 Whakatane 147 Kawerau 132 Turangi 121 Te Kuiti 87 Taumarunui 88 Stratford 75 N Plymouth 119 Martinborough 78 Wallaceville 71 Palmerston Nth 87 Para'u Aero 83 Wellington 78 Dannevirke 83 Paru' EWS 101 Gisborne 115 Waipawa 106 Blenheim 111 Reefton 58 Greymouth EWS 103 Hokitika Aero 105 Hokitika AWS 120 Franz Josef 123 Nelson 127 Appleby 128 Takaka 128 Cheviot 113 Mt Cook village 67 Tekapo 117 Rangiora 110 Akaroa 80 Ch;ch Aero 93 Ashburton Aero 116 Dunedin 75 Middlemarch 65 Balclutha 69 Cromwell 62 Invercargill Aero 78 In'gill Aero Aero EWS 81

Didn't know there was a station at Akaroa. That's pretty good coverage.

[memph]

9/10.

Highest Temp: 85F (same as for May, it's high enough considering the distance to the beach and humidity; the record is 97F)
Average High: 73F (just right, average is 74F)
Average Low: 54F (average is 52F)
Lowest Temp: 41F (there were a couple nights in early June that were a bit on the cold side, record low is 31F)
Highest Daily Min: 69F (getting close to being to warm to cool off the house at night by opening windows)
Lowest Daily Max: 59F (a little cool, again in early June... didn't mind too much though since I wanted a break from the warm weather we got in late May)

Rainiest Day: 37.8mm (June 28)
2nd Rainiest: 23.2mm (June 10)
Days with 5mm+: 8
Days with 1mm+: 12
Days with rain: 14 (avg = 11.7)
Total Precipitation: 121.7mm

So generally not too hot, not too cold, not too dry, and while there was above average precipitation (121.7mm vs 81.3 mm), it mostly just kept things cool. Often it fell in short amounts of time, and if it was raining for a long time, it was usually a light drizzle that wasn't really bothersome. There were a few thunderstorms, but nothing particularly intense/violent in terms of wind or hail or lightning, although I did go for a swim outside on June 28. :P

In summary, a wet but otherwise average June, which is good because it's my favourite month.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by ChesterNZ

Didn't know there was a station at Akaroa. That's pretty good coverage.

There was a site at a homestead at Duvauchelle Bay from 1939-1970s, with sunshine (manual) data included. The electronic instrument was installed in 2009.

As always with many of the readings now electronic, these generally record higher values than manual methods, by big margins in some cases, so some caution is needed. I think in your region the Ashburton and Rangiora readings (electronic) are too high relative to Ch'ch (manual).

A noteworthy gap is from Wanganui to the Ohakea and Foxton area, where there used to be 3 sites. Presumably they will be refreshed in due course.

[cloudcrash619]

Im late and dont feel like putting a summary and the stats. It was average in temperatures and precipitation, nothing really interesting happened...