Rate The Climate: Alexandra, New Zealand (hot, day, storms, place)
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For a place that gets less than 400mm of precipitation per year the sunshine hours are anemic. We should be seeing 2400 to 2600 - even given the general marine nature of New Zealand climate. I'm not entirely convinced Wikipedia isn't low-balling the sunshine hours.
I can't find elevation figures for Alexandra now but I remember reading somewhere it's about three or four hundred meters up and that may have a chilling influence on its climate.
Good dormant season but none of my fruit trees and berry bushes need 5 months of sub 10 degree weather. Summer temperatures are ideal for human comfort but hot climate stuff which is hard enough to grow in the considerably warmer summer climate I live in, would simply chuckle weakly at the clouds there and die.
If I weren't so heavily invested in growing my own food, however, I could easily live here. B-/B for me, D+/C- for my garden.
For a place that gets less than 400mm of precipitation per year the sunshine hours are anemic. We should be seeing 2400 to 2600 - even given the general marine nature of New Zealand climate. I'm not entirely convinced Wikipedia isn't low-balling the sunshine hours.
I can't find elevation figures for Alexandra now but I remember reading somewhere it's about three or four hundred meters up and that may have a chilling influence on its climate.
Good dormant season but none of my fruit trees and berry bushes need 5 months of sub 10 degree weather. Summer temperatures are ideal for human comfort but hot climate stuff which is hard enough to grow in the considerably warmer summer climate I live in, would simply chuckle weakly at the clouds there and die.
If I weren't so heavily invested in growing my own food, however, I could easily live here. B-/B for me, D+/C- for my garden.
Alexandra's elevation is 141 metres.
A lot of the gloom is due to valley fog in otherwise clear conditions. The sunshine is often just a few minutes drive away.
Gardening is a challenge. I was at a friends place in late January and there were tomatoes that had been frosted.
For a place that gets less than 400mm of precipitation per year the sunshine hours are anemic. We should be seeing 2400 to 2600 - even given the general marine nature of New Zealand climate. I'm not entirely convinced Wikipedia isn't low-balling the sunshine hours.
I can't find elevation figures for Alexandra now but I remember reading somewhere it's about three or four hundred meters up and that may have a chilling influence on its climate.
Good dormant season but none of my fruit trees and berry bushes need 5 months of sub 10 degree weather. Summer temperatures are ideal for human comfort but hot climate stuff which is hard enough to grow in the considerably warmer summer climate I live in, would simply chuckle weakly at the clouds there and die.
If I weren't so heavily invested in growing my own food, however, I could easily live here. B-/B for me, D+/C- for my garden.
The sunshine hours are misleading, being taken at sites at the lowest elevations with the most horizon cutoff. CRowell is not too dissimilar but gets about 2250+ hours. 2400-2600 is unrealistc given the proxomity to southern ocean cold fronts, though Tekapo further north in the hinterland gets 2400.
D+/C- borderline. Better than Auckland and Wellington climate's (scratch that, better than MOST of NZ).
Though it does seem very humid, considering it's continental location, no? Or is Wiki using its morning/9am humidity stats?
If humidity was lower and winter temps higher it would've been a solid C.
Humidity would be 9am figures taken near valley-bottom. A perception of a "humid" day there would be rare, and I spent plenty of time there in some summers of yore.
D+/C- borderline. Better than Auckland and Wellington climate's (scratch that, better than MOST of NZ).
Though it does seem very humid, considering it's continental location, no? Or is Wiki using its morning/9am humidity stats?
If humidity was lower and winter temps higher it would've been a solid C.
I would rate (the better parts of) these: Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, Nelson, Marlborough as having better climates than Alex., and some small parts of the Canterbury hinterland. Plus some parts of Central to the west.
Humidity would be 9am figures taken near valley-bottom. A perception of a "humid" day there would be rare, and I spent plenty of time there in some summers of yore.
I take back what I said, and this was from 2 years ago - Auckland's climate is actually better as they have warmer lows throughout the year.
And it isn't even that continental, let alone for the southern hemisphere. South America and Australia have more "continental-esque" climates.
I picked C because of how dry it is and your guaranteed hot summers. Too cold in winter however. A sub climate in New Zealand where it can get some of the hottest temperatures in summer and coldest temperatures in winter so almost proper seasonal weather which is unsual for this country. Decent sunshine hours. Just realized this thread is two years old lol
It's between A and B, I was kind and gave it an A thanks to warm summers and dry weather!
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