CHCH weekly weather summary for week 3 of May 2020.

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Bishopdale CHCH weekly weather summary for week 3 of May 2020.
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A.v.g night air temp this MAY so far is 3.67c
which is 0.31c cooler than AVG.
13th coolest ON RECORD MAY night temps..
AVG IS 3.98c
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Avg Day temps this MAY so far are 16.13c
which is 1.72c warmer than avg.
6th Warmest ON RECORD for May DAY TEMPS.
AVG IS 14.41c.
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Avg MONTH temps this MAY = 9.9c.
Which is 0.74c warmer than AVG.
7th Warmest ON RECORD for May.
AVG IS 9.16c.
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A.V.G 2020 air temp sofar is 14.35c.
Which is 2.58c WARMER than AVG for a year.
AVG is 11.77c.
DOWN 0.34c on last week.
5TH Warmest on record for week 20.
This time last year the avg was 15.83c
RECORD WARM YEAR WAS 1998 = 12.36c.(all years)***



***NOTE== This is for the years since 2012.
Before 2012. I did not have a weekly breakdown of avg years temps.
The avg over the last 29 years can only be done at the end of the year.
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Ground avg temps for this MAY is 13.7c
DOWN 0.4c from last week.
Warmest on record for week 19,
And 0.3c cooler than last May same week.
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RAINFALL we have had 10.4mm rain this MAY
which is driest on record.
wettest was in 2009=158mm.
driest was in 2012=11.4mm
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SUN IS warmer THAN AVG.
1.12c warmer than AVG. Cycle 24 AVG.
Cooler than last week by 0.26c.
And 3.39c COLDER than last MAY.
And 1.55c colder THAN in 2018.

Solar Cycle 25 STARTED ON THE 20/4/20.
Solar MAX should be in 2026.
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Air Temp taken in SUNLIGHT (NOT SHADE TEMP).
Warmest this MAY sofar is 47.1c on day 3.
Last record WARM was 43.5c in 2012.
Coldest grass temp THIS MAY IS -3.2c on day 17&20.
COLDEST MAY GRASS TEMP ON RECORD IS -9.8C IN 2014.
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WE HAD 4 AIR FROSTS this MAY so far WHICH below above AVG .
AVG is 5 AIR frosts.
WE HAD 7 GRASS FROSTS THIS MAY.
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.....................WIND-RUN.....................
Chch has had so far 2817KM of wind-run this May so far.
So far lowest on record.
Avg For all of May is 3943KM.
APRIL Most were in 2016= 5477KM.
APRIL LOWEST was in 2012=3100KM.
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