CHCH weekly weather summary for weekending 5th of May 2023.

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Bishopdale CHCH weekly weather summary
for weekending 5th of May 2023.
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......A.v.g night air temp this MAY so far is 11.64c...
which is 7.64c Warmer than AVG.
Warmest ON RECORD MAY night temps..
AVG IS 4c 1991-2020 Avg
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.....Avg Day temps this MAY so far are 18.32c....
which is 3.92c warmer than avg.
Warmest ON RECORD for May DAY TEMPS.
AVG IS 14.4c. 1991-2020 Avg
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......Avg MONTH temps this MAY = 14.98c......
Which is 5.78c warmer than AVG.
4th Warmest ON RECORD for May.
AVG IS 9.16c. 1991-2020 Avg
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.....A.V.G 2023 air temp so far is 15.57c.....
Which is 3.77c WARMER than AVG for a year.
AVG is 11.8c.
DOWN 0.09c on last week.
4th Warmest on record for week 18.
This time last year the avg was 15.42c
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 15.1c.....
DOWN 0.3c from last week.
4th= coldest on record for week 18.
And 0.2c colder than last May same week.
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.....RAINFALL we have had 1.6mm rain this MAY....
driest on record.
wettest was in 2009=158mm.
driest was in 2012=11.4mm
A.v.g =52mm
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SUN IS Colder THAN AVG.
1.05c colder than AVG. (Cycle 24 AVG).
Cooler than last week by 0.5c.
And 0.64c warmer than last MAY.
And 1.06c colder THAN in May 2021.

Solar Cycle 25 STARTED ON THE 20/4/20.
Solar MAX should be in 2026.
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.....Temp taken in SUNLIGHT (NOT SHADE TEMP).....
Warmest this MAY sofar is 35.4c on day 4.
Record WARM was 47.1c in 2020.
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....Coldest grass temp THIS MAY IS 9.1c on day 1&5....
COLDEST MAY GRASS TEMP ON RECORD IS -9.8C IN 2014.
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....WE HAD 0 AIR FROSTS this MAY so far
WHICH is less than AVG .
AVG is 4.8 AIR frosts.
WE HAD 0 GRASS FROSTS THIS MAY.
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.....................WIND-RUN.....................
...Chch has had so far 862KM of wind-run this May so far.
So far lowest on record.
Avg For all of May is 3943KM.
May Most were in 2016= 5477KM.
May LOWEST was in 2012=3100KM.
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.......SOLAR CYCLE25 A.V.G SUNSPOT NUMBER.....
The A.V.G for the cycle so far 104.8 spots.
UP 1.3 a.v.g spots from last week.
LAST WEEKS SUNSPOT NUMBER WAS 114 UP 17 FROM 2 WEEKS AGO.
Most A.V.G sunspots in cycle25 is 121.3 on the 16/9/22.
LOWEST A.V.G was at the start of cycle25 with 0 on 20/4/20.
RECORD is 121.3 spots on the 16/9/22.
Most sunspots are expected in 2025.
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............WEEKLY TOTAL SUNSPOT NUMBER..........
LAST WEEKS SUNSPOT NUMBER WAS 114 UP 17 FROM 2 WEEKS AGO.
HIGHEST WEEKLY TOTAL 152 ON 2-9TH FEB2023.
LOWEST WEEKLY TOTAL was at the start of cycle25 with 0 on 20/4/20
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