New Zealand Experiences Warmest Winter on Record

admin September 3, 2020 Daily Current Affairs

New Zealand has had its warmest winter since records began more than 100 years ago.
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s (Niwa) Seven Station Temperature Series, which began in 1909, shows the 2020 winter was 1.14C above average.
Seventeen locations around the country had record breaking-mean winter temperatures, and 53 other locations ranked within their top four warmest winters.
The highest recorded winter 2020 temperature was 25.1C on 30 August in Timaru.
It was the highest temperature recorded there during winter since records began in 1885.
It was also the equal-fourth warmest winter temperature on record for the whole of New Zealand.
The lowest temperature was -12.3°C, observed at Middlemarch, in the South Island’s Otago region, on 14 June.
In November, New Zealand passed landmark climate change legislation, with historic cross-party support, committing the nation to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2050 and to meeting its commitments under the Paris climate accords.
Of the six main centres, Auckland was the warmest during this past winter.
Christchurch was the coldest, Tauranga had the most rain as well as being the sunniest.
Dunedin was the driest, and Hamilton had the least sun.
There were only a few locations around the country which had near average temperatures, including Tararua, Kaikoura, and parts of Southland and Otago.