CHCH weekly weather summary for the 3rd week of May 2019.

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Bishopdale CHCH weekly weather summary for the 3rd week of May 2019.
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A.v.g night air temp this MAY so far is 3.85c which is -0.13c cooler than normal.
13th coolest ON RECORD MAY night temps..
NORMAL IS 3.98c
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Avg Day temps this MAY so far are 16.42c which is 2.08c warmer than normal.
4th Warmest ON RECORD for May DAY TEMPS.
NORMAL IS 14.34c.
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Avg MONTH temps this MAY = 10.14c.Which is 0.98c warmer than normal
6th Warmest ON RECORD for May.
NORMAL IS 9.16c.
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A.V.G 2019 air temp sofar is 15.42c. Which is 3.65c WARMER than normal for a year.
normal is 11.77c.
DOWN 0.41c on last week.
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)
This time last year the avg was 14.82c
2nd Warmest on record for week 21.
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Ground avg temps for this MAY is 13.6c DOWN 0.7c from last week.
2nd warmest on record for week 21,
And 0.7c warmer than last May same week.
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RAINFALL we have had 18.3mm rain this MAY
which is 3rd driest on record.
wettest was in 2009=158mm.
3rd driest was in 2012=11.4mm
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SUN IS warmer THAN NORMAL.
4.23c warmer than normal.
Cooler than last week by 0.36c.
And 1.77c warmer than last MAY.
And 4.83c warmer THAN in 2016.
solar cycle 25 to start about October 2019.
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Air Temp taken in SUN LIGHT (NOT SHADE TEMP).
Warmest this MAY sofar is 42.8c on day 10.
Last record WARM was 37c in 2012.
Coldest grass night temp THIS MAY IS -3.6c on day 20.
COLDEST MAY GRASS TEMP ON RECORD IS -9.8C IN 2014.
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WE HAD 4 AIR FROSTS this MAY WHICH below above AVG .
normal is 5 AIR frosts.
WE HAD 9 GRASS FROSTS THIS MAY.
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