MEAN MONTHLY AIR TEMPERATURE (°C) Data are mean monthly values for the 1971-2000 period for locations having at least 5 complete years of data Station details are available in separate table LOCATION JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC YEAR ------------------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- KAITAIA 19.7 20.0 18.6 16.9 14.8 12.7 12.2 12.1 13.1 14.5 15.8 17.9 15.7 WHANGAREI 19.9 20.0 19.0 16.5 14.0 12.2 11.2 11.7 12.9 14.3 16.4 18.2 15.5 AUCKLAND 19.3 19.8 18.5 16.2 13.7 11.6 10.8 11.3 12.6 14.1 15.8 17.8 15.1 TAURANGA 19.2 19.2 17.9 15.4 12.5 10.4 9.7 10.5 12.1 13.6 15.6 17.5 14.5 HAMILTON 18.3 18.7 17.1 14.5 11.6 9.4 8.7 9.8 11.4 13.1 15.0 16.8 13.7 ROTORUA 17.8 17.9 16.4 13.5 10.5 8.4 7.6 8.7 10.4 12.3 14.3 16.1 12.8 GISBORNE 19.2 18.9 17.4 14.8 12.0 10.0 9.3 10.2 11.8 13.8 15.9 17.8 14.3 TAUPO 17.4 17.5 15.6 12.5 9.6 7.6 6.7 7.6 9.4 11.5 13.6 15.7 11.9 NEW PLYMOUTH 17.7 17.9 16.9 14.7 12.1 10.3 9.4 10.1 11.5 12.7 14.4 16.1 13.6 NAPIER 19.5 19.3 17.7 15.1 12.1 9.7 9.3 10.0 12.0 14.3 16.1 18.2 14.5 WANGANUI 18.2 18.3 17.1 14.7 12.3 10.2 9.4 10.0 11.7 13.3 14.9 16.7 14.0 PALMERSTON N 17.9 18.2 16.6 14.1 11.3 9.2 8.6 9.3 11.0 12.7 14.3 16.3 13.3 MASTERTON 17.8 17.6 16.1 13.3 10.4 8.2 7.5 8.4 10.3 12.1 14.0 16.1 12.7 WELLINGTON 16.9 17.1 15.8 13.8 11.5 9.5 8.8 9.2 10.6 12.0 13.4 15.3 12.8 NELSON 17.7 17.7 16.1 13.1 10.1 7.7 7.0 8.1 10.2 12.3 14.2 16.2 12.6 BLENHEIM 18.2 17.9 16.7 13.7 10.4 7.9 7.4 8.5 10.8 12.8 14.9 16.7 12.9 WESTPORT 16.2 16.5 15.7 13.5 11.0 9.2 8.6 9.3 10.7 11.8 13.4 15.1 12.6 KAIKOURA 16.7 16.4 15.3 13.3 10.9 8.7 8.0 8.5 10.1 11.7 13.4 15.4 12.4 HOKITIKA 15.6 16.0 14.7 12.5 10.0 8.0 7.5 8.2 9.8 11.3 12.7 14.3 11.7 CHRISTCHURCH 17.4 17.1 15.5 12.8 9.6 6.9 6.6 7.7 10.0 12.3 14.0 16.0 12.1 MT COOK 14.6 14.8 12.5 9.4 6.1 3.0 2.2 3.7 6.6 8.9 10.8 12.8 8.8 LAKE TEKAPO 15.2 15.1 12.7 9.5 6.0 2.5 1.7 3.4 6.6 9.1 11.1 13.3 8.8 TIMARU 16.2 16.0 14.7 11.9 8.6 6.0 5.7 6.8 9.4 11.2 13.4 15.1 11.2 MILFORD SOUND 14.7 15.0 13.5 11.2 8.3 5.7 5.2 6.7 8.5 10.1 11.7 13.4 10.3 QUEENSTOWN 16.7 16.6 14.4 11.1 7.6 4.6 4.1 5.8 8.6 10.9 13.0 15.1 10.7 ALEXANDRA 17.1 17.1 15.1 11.3 7.0 2.9 3.0 5.5 8.9 11.5 13.9 16.0 10.8 MANAPOURI 14.5 14.3 11.8 9.2 7.2 4.2 3.9 4.7 7.1 9.4 10.3 12.8 9.3 DUNEDIN 15.2 15.1 13.7 11.9 9.2 7.0 6.5 7.5 9.3 10.9 12.4 13.9 11.0 INVERCARGILL 14.0 13.9 12.5 10.4 8.0 5.6 5.2 6.4 8.3 10.0 11.3 13.0 9.9 CHATHAM ISLANDS 14.7 15.1 14.2 12.5 10.2 8.7 8.0 8.5 9.3 10.5 11.8 13.7 11.4 ANT, SCOTT BASE -4.5 -11.4 -20.5 -24.0 -25.6 -26.0 -28.3 -29.7 -28.1 -21.3 -11.4 -4.8 -19.6