Days of ground frost across selected New Zealand locations
Mean annual value for 1981–2010, number of days
Location | Number of days |
---|---|
Alexandra | 122.4 |
Auckland | 8.3 |
Blenheim | 48.7 |
Chatham Islands | 4.2 |
Christchurch | 80.7 |
Dunedin | 51 |
Gisborne | 33.6 |
Hamilton | 54.4 |
Hokitika | 47.3 |
Invercargill | 95.3 |
Kaikoura | 16.3 |
Kaitaia | 0.5 |
Lake Tekapo | 163.5 |
Masterton | 62.4 |
Milford Sound | 55.5 |
Mt Cook | 105 |
Napier | 25.7 |
Nelson | 84.7 |
New Plymouth | 13.5 |
Palmerston North | 40.3 |
Queenstown | 118.6 |
Rotorua | 53.5 |
Taupo | 83.8 |
Tauranga | 47.6 |
Timaru | 97.3 |
Whanganui | 7.2 |
Wellington | 9.6 |
Westport | 23.3 |
Whangarei | 11.3 |
Definitions
Station details available at https://www.niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/resources/climate/station
Data calculation/treatment
Data are mean monthly values for the 1981-2010 period for locations having at least 5 complete years of data
Data provided by
Dataset name
Climate Averages: 1981–2010 mean values
Webpage:
https://www.niwa.co.nz/education-and-training/schools/resources/climate
How to find the data
At URL provided, select any of the following tables: Mean relative humidity, Mean number of days of ground frost, Mean monthly sunshine (hours), Mean 10cm earth temperature (°C), Mean daily maximum temperatures (°C), Mean monthly temperatures (°C), Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), Mean monthly rainfall (mm), Mean monthly wet-days, Mean daily global radiation (Mj/sq m). This dataset was produced by combining 10 tables together.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Climate Averages: 1981–2010 mean values
From the dataset Climate Averages: 1981–2010 mean values, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: NIWA_climate_and_weather_data_M
- Range:
O7:O298
- Provided: 292 data points
This data forms the table Weather and climate - Mean annual values by station for 1981–2010.