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Wow!, I wish electricity bills here were the same price as a pizza - a $4.90 power bill would be good, even more so if I could get two power bills for $8.00. Pizza Hut should get into the electricity business.
Day 5 of no sun. Had nearly 3 inches since yesterday afternoon, with heavier rain forecast after lunch and some thunder.
Are NZ thunderstorms like British ones? One or two rumbles of thunder and they fizzle out?
Are NZ thunderstorms like British ones? One or two rumbles of thunder and they fizzle out?
Quite varied. They can be the odd flash and rumble variety, or ones that last several hours with a large number of strikes. i've had my dial up modem fried twice in the last 6 months from storms. One in January would have lasted 6 hours. Two winters ago, there was a series of them that was so close together, it seemed like there was thunder for 1-2 days, it came with lot's of snow as well.
The best ones tend to come, when there are clear skies shortly before. So, I'm guess this will likely be the short variety, as it's steady rain and low visibility.
Quite varied. They can be the odd flash and rumble variety, or ones that last several hours with a large number of strikes. i've had my dial up modem fried twice in the last 6 months from storms. One in January would have lasted 6 hours. Two winters ago, there was a series of them that was so close together, it seemed like there was thunder for 1-2 days, it came with lot's of snow as well.
The best ones tend to come, when there are clear skies shortly before. So, I'm guess this will likely be the short variety, as it's steady rain and low visibility.
Interesting. For some reason I always thought New Zealand was like the southern hemisphere equivalent of Britain until I looked at its latitudes and it runs from central France to the Strait of Gibraltar. I guess because the guy from Christchurch (or Cloudchurch as he likes to call it) always goes on about the rain and cloudiness, that I assumed NZ was basically Britain in the southern hemisphere
Interesting. For some reason I always thought New Zealand was like the southern hemisphere equivalent of Britain until I looked at its latitudes and it runs from central France to the Strait of Gibraltar. I guess because the guy from Christchurch (or Cloudchurch as he likes to call it) always goes on about the rain and cloudiness, that I assumed NZ was basically Britain in the southern hemisphere
Christchurch averages 2140 hours of sun per annum (at least) - 220 more than anywhere in the UK and a hell of a long way above the UK average. Average rainfall is fairly modest at 620mm (30-year mean), 86 days per year with 1mm or more of rainfall.
Christchurch averages 2140 hours of sun per annum (at least) - 220 more than anywhere in the UK and a hell of a long way above the UK average. Average rainfall is fairly modest at 620mm (30-year mean), 86 days per year with 1mm or more of rainfall.
How's it compared to Melbourne? The precip and sun totals are not far off from where I live. Yet, people here still complain that ~2300 sun hours is too little lol. The rainfall doesn't seem bad at all either, but lots of drizzle though?
How's it compared to Melbourne? The precip and sun totals are not far off from where I live. Yet, people here still complain that ~2300 sun hours is too little lol. The rainfall doesn't seem bad at all either, but lots of drizzle though?
Is your 2300 hours adjusted downwards from the US measurement?
The Melbourne airport site gets over 2300 hours, though there may be less further east - not sure about the latter part.
I wouldn't describe Ch'ch as particularly "drizzly" though there are certainly some episodes that go on a bit.
Is your 2300 hours adjusted downwards from the US measurement?
The Melbourne airport site gets over 2300 hours, though there may be less further east - not sure about the latter part.
I wouldn't describe Ch'ch as particularly "drizzly" though there are certainly some episodes that go on a bit.
It is. The official measurement is 2600 hours, but I revised it down to 2300. My sun hours, I think, should be within a few hundred hours of places like Melbourne and Wellington, since I live 40°N and both places are very close to it.
See it's a good thing there's other Kiwis on here. You go by one person's account of something, and you think it's always like that when it's not. I don't know how Melbourne compares though. But, seeing the weather states Galaxyman posted up from BOM about the range of temps, Melbourne is pretty **** for an Australian city.
Wow, Christchurch may be within range of my area's sunshine hours (mine may be slightly more, but can't say for sure). Of course everyone's preferences are subjective, but then Christchurch is probably not nearly as cloudy as Chester makes it out to be.
Wow, Christchurch may be within range of my area's sunshine hours (mine may be slightly more, but can't say for sure). Of course everyone's preferences are subjective, but then Christchurch is probably not nearly as cloudy as Chester makes it out to be.
I agree. We live in one of more the more cloudy areas of the country, yet we still get 2000+ hours and you hear endless whining from PA and NJ residents. Hell Harrisburg has more clear days in a year than Puerto Rico does in a decade and people here say Harrisburg is cloudy
If I lived there, going from my personal perspective, assuming the Wiki table is right then I'd classify Christchurch as "really sunny", where it hardly ever rains (though the 85 days is for 1mm+, I'd want to know 0.25mm+ before making a true judgement), and the winters scrape into 'non-winter' territory with their 100+ sun hours in every month, average high above 10C and earliest sunset a mere 16:59. It's only the sudden cold changes when it's meant to be warm that would put me off.
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