Auckland, New Zealand: It’s official – summer was rubbish
March 12, 2012
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Tags: brrr, climate, climate change, cold, cold 2012, cold Auckland, cold record, freeze, freezing, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, New Zealand, record cold, record cold Auckland, record cold summer, summer, temperature, temperatures, unusual cold, unusually cold, weather
It’s official – summer was rubbish
http://www.stuff.co.nz
5 March 2012
It’s been a summer of cold temperatures, water spouts and lack of sunshine.
Now new Niwa figures back up what everyone already knows – Auckland’s summer was one of the worst on records.
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The figures also show December 18 was also among the coolest on record.The 14.9C recorded in Whangaparoa that day was the second lowest recorded on December 18 since 1982 while the 15.1C in Whenuapai was the coldest since 1951.
It was 15.5C in Henderson – the second-lowest since 1971 and 15.4C in Auckland central – the third lowest temperature on that day since 1961…
Bay of Plenty: Record cold snap
June 27, 2009
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Tags: Bay of Plenty, brrr, Chapel St, chilly, climate, climate change, cold, cold June, cold record, cold snap, exceptional cold snap, freeze, freezing, frosty, frosty spell, global cooling, Global Freeze, global freezing, global warming, New Zealand, North Island, record cold, Tauranga, Tauranga airport, temperature, temperatures, weather, winter
Rain brings end to record cold snap
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz
26th June 2009
The Bay’s exceptional cold snap which has seen overnight June temperatures in Tauranga fall below 3C for nine consecutive days is unparalleled in Bay of Plenty Times weather records dating back to at least 1982.
Never in 27 years do our figures – recorded at Chapel St – show a colder or more long-lasting frosty spell in June.