The accuracy of the data source is of medium quality. Data is available for 30 climate stations; however there are many years of missing data for some sites over the 1975–2014 series. Even one or two days of missing data can mean that a whole month, and therefore a year, must be discarded.
Wellington data is provided from two Kelburn stations – Wellington, Kelburn: Agent Number 3385, Network Number E14272, Latitude (dec.deg) -41.286, Longitude (dec.deg) 174.767, Height (m) 125.Wellington, Kelburn Aws: Agent Number 25354, Network Number E1427P, Latitude (dec.deg) -41.285, Longitude (dec.deg) 174.768, Height (m) 125.
From the dataset Environmental Reporting: Days with wind gusts greater than gale force 1975–2014, this data was extracted:
Rows: 2-8,204
Column: 4
Provided: 7,572 data points
Dataset originally released on:
October 02, 2015
About this dataset
This case study measures the number of days a year where wind gusts exceed gale force (33 knots, 61 km/hr, 17 m/s), as measured by weather stations around New Zealand. Wind gusts that exceed gale force may not always cause damage, but they are a useful gauge of the potential for damaging wind events.