Total sunshine hours across selected New Zealand locations
Mean annual value for 1981–2010, number of hours
| Location | Number of hours |
|---|---|
| Alexandra | 2,005.8 |
| Auckland | 2,003.1 |
| Blenheim | 2,475.3 |
| Chatham Islands | 1,437.3 |
| Christchurch | 2,142.5 |
| Dunedin | 1,683.7 |
| Gisborne | 2,217.7 |
| Hamilton | 2,019.6 |
| Hokitika | 1,893.8 |
| Invercargill | 1,682.2 |
| Kaikoura | 2,137.1 |
| Kaitaia | 2,115.7 |
| Lake Tekapo | 2,417.4 |
| Masterton | 1,982.2 |
| Mt Cook | 1,580.9 |
| Napier | 2,258.7 |
| Nelson | 2,472.4 |
| New Plymouth | 2,197.2 |
| Palmerston North | 1,743.5 |
| Queenstown | 1,929.2 |
| Rotorua | 2,127.8 |
| Taupo | 1,950.9 |
| Tauranga | 2,345.6 |
| Te Anau | 1,661.4 |
| Timaru | 1,931.9 |
| Whanganui | 2,055 |
| Wellington | 2,110.3 |
| Westport | 1,799.3 |
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.