Gladstone Weather, near Carterton, Wairarapa, NZ -41 02 36 S, 175 35 43 E

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Regional Mesomap Solar Detail

Record high temperature 39.9 °C Record low temperature -5.1 °C Record high gust 91.4 kmh Record high average 77.0 kmh Record daily rain 109.3 mm Record low windchill -8.7 °C Record high barometer 1042.0 hPa Record low barometer 976.0 hPa Daily high pressure 1001.0 hPa Daily low pressure 996.0 hPa Daily low windchill -4.5°C Daily high heat index -4.5°C°C Daily high gust speed 36.7 kmh SW Daily high average speed 27.7 kmh SSW

Gladstone Weather, near Carterton, Wairarapa, NZ -41 02 37 S, 175 35 43 E
LAST READING AT TIME: 12:43 a.m. DATE: 15 August 2011
Current Weather	Stopped snowing	Current Temperature	1.2°C (34.2°F), Apparent temp -1.7 °C
Maximum Temperature (since 9am)	8.5 °C at: 9:00 AM	Minimum Temperature (since 9am)	0.8 °C at: 7:18 PM
Average windspeed (ten minute)	9.1 kmh (4.9 kts)	Wind Direction (ten minute)	WSW (247°)
Windchill Temperature	-1.7°C	Maximum Gust (last hour)	19.4 kmh (10.5 kts) at: 12:15 AM
Maximum Gust (since 9am)	36.7 kmh (19.8 kts) at: 5:58 PM	Maximum 1 minute average (since 9am)	27.7 kmh (15.0 kts) at: 5:56 PM
Rainfall (last hour)	1.0 mm	Rainfall (since 9am)	13.1 mm (0.52 in.) at 12:37 AM
Rainfall This month	35.9 mm (1.41 in.)	Rainfall To date this year	537.5 mm (21.16 in.)
Maximum rain per minute (last hour)	0.2 mm/min	Maximum rain per hour (last 6 hours)	1.5 mm/hour
Yesterdays rainfall	1.6 mm	DewPoint	0.8°C (Wet Bulb :1.0°C )
Humidity	97 %, Humidex -0.8 °C	Barometer corrected to msl	998 hPa
Pressure change	0 hPa (last hour)	Trend	STEADY
Pressure change (last 12 hours)	-2 hPa	Pressure change (last 6 hours)	+ 0 hPa
Current Solar temperature 0.4 °C
Maximum Solar temperature (since 9am)	16.7 °C	Minimum Solar temperature (since 9am)	-0.2 °C
Current 0.0 hours of sunshine today, current sky: Night time
Sunshine hours for the year:	1111.4 hrs	Sunshine hours for the month:	59.8 hrs
Current evapotranspiration rate 0.0 mm per day. Yesterday's reading 0.4

Lightning Data

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This page is updated every 15 minutes from recent data collected by a WM918 weather station
The data is logged at two minute intervals, but there is data recorded every minute. Best viewed in 800 x 600 and True colour. On the graph, the Blue line represents the average windspeed, the Red line is the maximum gust for that interval, and the Green line is what the wind has dropped off to in the same interval. Fuschsa is the barometer & dew point,Blue is humidity.

Wind direction indicator on graph, Red Arrow is current direction, Yellow Line is average direction.

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This station uses NZ Meterological Standards, a "day" is from 9am to 9am of the following day. So if you want to see the overnight low temp after 9am you will need to look in yesterday's extreme conditions. For the same reason the daily report for the current month is not available until 9:15am on the following day.

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Farmcam pix: Field & Sky Conditions, Looking SSE, Look Angle Approx 10°, with the Maungaraki Hills in background

Weather report/warning/Metars


Wellington Airport, New Zealand (NZWN) 41-20S 174-48E 8M
Aug 14, 2011 - 08:00 AM EDT / 2011.08.14 1200 UTC
Wind: from the S (190 degrees) at 33 MPH (29 KT):0
Visibility: greater than 7 mile(s):0
Sky conditions: mostly cloudy
Weather: light rain showers, small hail and/or snow pellets; Cumulonimbus clouds observed
Temperature: 39 F (4 C)
Dew Point: 35 F (2 C)
Relative Humidity: 86%
Pressure (altimeter): 29.50 in. Hg (0999 hPa)
ob: NZWN 141200Z 19029KT 9999 -SHRAGS FEW012 SCT020 BKN030 04/02 Q0999 TEMPO 4000 SHRAGS FEW015CB 
cycle: 12

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Created by "Weather Display" software version 10.36 at this start time/date 2:18:48 a.m. 28/07/2011

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