Areas which are exposed to the west and south-west experience much showery weather, and rain falls on roughly half the days of the year.
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Over most of the North Island there are at least rain days days with at least 0. Those areas of the South Island with annual rainfall under mm generally have about rain days a year. In the far south the frequency of rain increases sharply; in Stewart Island and Fiordland rain days exceed a year. Over most of the country between 55 and 65 percent of the rain days also qualify as wet days 2.
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The percentage increases to over 70 in Westland, but in the low rainfall area of inland Otago there are only about 40 wet days a year compared with rain days. On the whole the seasonal rainfall does not vary greatly from year to year, the reliability in spring being particularly advantageous for agricultural purposes. It is least reliable in late summer and autumn when very dry conditions may develop east of the ranges, particularly in Hawke's Bay. The highest daily rainfall on record is mm which occurred at Rapid Creek, Hokitika Catchment, where the mean annual rainfall exceeds mm.
Other areas with considerably lower rainfall are also subject to very heavy daily falls; such areas are to be found in northern Hawke's Bay and in north-eastern districts of the Auckland Province. By contrast, in the Manawatu district and in Otago and Southland daily falls reaching 80 mm are very rare.
Thunderstorms —Thunderstorms are not numerous. Their frequency is greatest in the north and west where thunder is heard on 15 to 20 days a year; east of the ranges except in Gisborne the figure is five or less.
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Hail —Hail is most frequent in the south-west where it is reported on about 20 days a year, but for the greater part of the country it occurs on about 5 days a year or less. Most of the hailstones are small, but occasionally large stones cause local damage to glasshouses, and to orchards and market gardens, chiefly in Canterbury and Hawke's Bay. January and February, with approximately the same mean temperature, are the warmest months of the year; July is the coldest. Some temperature statistics for selected places are included in the table on climatological averages.
As is to be expected, there is a small annual range of temperature difference between mean temperature of the warmest and coldest months. Temperatures in the preceding paragraphs are recorded on the Celsius scale formerly called centigrade , and not the Fahrenheit scale. Frost —It is well known that local variations in frostiness are considerable, even within quite small areas. Gently sloping ground with a northerly aspect tends to be least affected by frost.
Favourable sites in coastal areas of Northland are free of frost, although further inland light frosts occur frequently in the winter months. Excluding the uninhabited mountainous areas, the most severe winter conditions are experienced in Central Otago and the Mackenzie Plains of inland Canterbury, and on the central plateau of the North Island. Elsewhere over the North Island the winters are very mild and pastures maintain continuous growth. In both Islands sheep and cattle remain in the open all the year round.
Snow —The majority of New Zealanders rarely see snow except on the mountains. The North Island has a small permanent snow field above 2, m on the central plateau, but the snow line rarely descends below m even for brief periods in winter. In the South Island snow falls on a few days a year in eastern coastal districts, and in some years may lie for a day or two even at sea level. In Westland it does not lie at sea level.
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The snow line on the Southern Alps is around 2, m in summer, being slightly lower on the western side where the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers descend through heavy bush to within m of sea level. In inland Canterbury and Otago, where there are considerable areas of grazing lands above m, snowfalls are heavier and more persistent and have caused serious losses of sheep during severe winters in the past. However, only rarely does the winter snow line there remain permanently below 1, m. Relative Humidity —Humidity is commonly between 70 and 80 percent in coastal areas and about 10 percent lower inland.
It varies inversely to the temperature, falling to a minimum in the early afternoon when temperature is highest and frequently lying between 90 and percent during clear nights. As the following table shows, the diurnal variation is greater than the difference between summer and winter. Cool south-westerlies are also at times very dry when they reach eastern districts.
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Dull, humid spells are generally not prolonged anywhere, but their frequency shows a marked increase in the south. Sunshine —The sunniest areas are to be found near Blenheim, Nelson, and Whakatane, where the average duration of bright sunshine exceeds 2, hours a year. The rest of the Bay of Plenty and Napier are only slightly less sunny.
A large portion of the country is favoured with at least 2, hours. Even Westland, despite its high rainfall, has 1, hours. Southland, where sunshine drops sharply to 1, hours a year, lies on the northern fringe of a broad zone of increasing cloudiness. Four hundred miles further to the south at Campbell Island the sunshine has the extremely low value of hours a year.
A pleasant feature of the New Zealand climate is the high proportion of sunshine during the winter months. To eliminate the effect of varying day-length the summer and winter sunshine at a few selected stations have been expressed as a percentage of the possible sunshine. As these figures indicate, there is a marked increase in cloudiness in the North Island in winter, but little seasonal change in the South Island, except in Southland.
Climatological Averages —The following table provides a brief summary of the main climatological elements for selected locations. N OTES : 1 Averages of rain days and wet days —66; sunshine —60; mean temperature —60; other temperature data and days of screen frost, various periods—all exceeding 10 years. Brief Review of : Year —There was an unusually high frequency of south-westerly winds in and it was a very windy year. Rainfall was below normal, mainly by 15 percent, over most of the North Island and in Marlborough and North Canterbury and on the Canterbury Plains.
Highest departures above normal of 40 percent were recorded on the Southland Plain, but it was also somewhat wetter than normal over the remainder of Southland, in Otago and Fiordland, also in Waikato and southern Northland. On the whole the North Island was 7 percent drier than normal and the South Island 4 percent wetter. Over both Islands temperatures were 0. Sunshine showed wide variations.
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Most eastern districts north of Oamaru together with Nelson were favoured with above normal totals, and the departure amounted to over hours at Gisborne, Wairoa, Blenheim, and Motueka. Blenheim's total of 2, hours was the highest ever recorded for a year in any part of New Zealand. On the other hand, sunshine was more than hours below normal in Southland and South Otago. It was also somewhat below normal in most western districts. Seasonal Notes —January was rather a dry month, especially in the North Island.
February was dry and sunny; in the South Island it was one of the driest months on record. The next month was the wettest March for at least 50 years over the North Island.
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It was also generally warm and cloudy. Good growth was reported. In northern districts of the North Island 90 percent of the rain fell in one week, from the 4th to the 10th.
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The worst flooding reported was on the Rangitaiki Plains, Bay of Plenty. Although April was marked by an unusually high frequency of south-westerly winds, it was a warm month. Conditions were mainly favourable for farming, especially in the North Island. May was marked by a greater frequency of south-westerly winds than usual, and it was predominantly a wet month but rather sunny. Excessive cloud and rain in parts of Southland and Otago made the ground too wet for farmers.
The heaviest rains were reported from the 13th to the 16th, and gales were widespread over this period, with some damage. Temperatures fell rapidly towards the end of May accompanied by early snowfalls, which persisted for most of June, with some falls to low levels.