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I couldn't find public snow data anywhere for New Zealand, but i do know that all three cities can get settling snow during winter at sealevel which is remarkable for the Southern hemisphere since this will only be beaten by Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
But where is it most likely from those three choices. Initially i would say Invercargill since its the southernmost city and also has the lowest winter means of the three. On the other hand, Stewart Island is directly to the south of the city, so maybe this could block air masses coming from the South (Antarctica).
What do you think?
Would be interesting what our New Zealandian members say to the poll, but looks like a clear vote for Invercargill.
And found a report from a heavy snowstorm in Invercargill in September 2010.
No snow depth is given but i guess that was probably more than 15 cm / inches and that stayed throughout the day. Invercargill snow relentless - Story - NZ News - 3 News
Also this blog mentioning heavy snow storms which stroke large parts of New Zealand during the winter 1939. The Snow of ’39 | MetService Blog
Regarding my poll Invercargill is in the lead, but it looks like Dunedin can get its fair share of heavy settling snow at sea level as well at times.
If it stayed through the day in Invercargil in September thats very impressive, anything much less than 10cm will not usually last through the day in March here. Even if the temp barely gets above freezing light snows will vanish in the sun from mid-February onwards. In December and January though I've known 2cm last a week.
I think Christchurch had a really big fall to sea level in 1992, it gets a 3-5cm fall quite regularly from what I've seen. Might struggle to last because I think the lowest maximum there is above freezing, NZ just can't seem to get really cold days at the coast. Dunedin from what I remember is a very hilly city, it must have big variations and only a small part of it is at sea level.
Where is the furthest north snow has settled in NZ at sea level? I've seen pictures of lying snow in parts of Wellington but not from the harbour/seafront area.
Would be interesting what our New Zealandian members say to the poll, but looks like a clear vote for Invercargill.
And found a report from a heavy snowstorm in Invercargill in September 2010.
No snow depth is given but i guess that was probably more than 15 cm / inches and that stayed throughout the day. Invercargill snow relentless - Story - NZ News - 3 News
Also this blog mentioning heavy snow storms which stroke large parts of New Zealand during the winter 1939. The Snow of ’39 | MetService Blog
Regarding my poll Invercargill is in the lead, but it looks like Dunedin can get its fair share of heavy settling snow at sea level as well at times.
The snow looks like the kind that would be gone if the sun came out for even a minute..
If it stayed through the day in Invercargil in September thats very impressive, anything much less than 10cm will not usually last through the day in March here. Even if the temp barely gets above freezing light snows will vanish in the sun from mid-February onwards. In December and January though I've known 2cm last a week.
I think Christchurch had a really big fall to sea level in 1992, it gets a 3-5cm fall quite regularly from what I've seen. Might struggle to last because I think the lowest maximum there is above freezing, NZ just can't seem to get really cold days at the coast. Dunedin from what I remember is a very hilly city, it must have big variations and only a small part of it is at sea level.
Where is the furthest north snow has settled in NZ at sea level? I've seen pictures of lying snow in parts of Wellington but not from the harbour/seafront area.
I've had snow last three days in April.. Don't know where you got that idea from.
If it stayed through the day in Invercargil in September thats very impressive, anything much less than 10cm will not usually last through the day in March here. Even if the temp barely gets above freezing light snows will vanish in the sun from mid-February onwards. In December and January though I've known 2cm last a week.
Yeah, after a few hours that seems to be the case.. certainly in March onwards it never sticks around for long unless it is a very potent cold spell.. but even then by March it is difficult to get very cold days
Invercargill as it looks like it's far more prone to Southern Ocean cold fronts than the other two cities.
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