Climate Data and Activities
Find information about New Zealand's temperture record and climate change in our information and resources section.
- Overview of New Zealand Climate
- Climate Summaries
- Mean Relative Humidity
- Mean number of days of ground frost
- Mean Monthly Sunshine
- Mean 10cm Earth Temperature
- Mean Daily Maximum Temperatures
- Mean Monthly Temperatures
- Mean Daily Minimum Temperatures
- Mean Monthly Rainfall
- Mean Monthly Wet-Days
- Mean Daily Global Radiation
- Climate Extremes
- Station Details
- Graphing with Microsoft Excel
- Escape the winter blues all year round
- Meteorologist for a day
- How cold is the Antarctic?
- What is the chance of a warm summer in Invercargill?
- Using trigonometric functions to model climate
- What's up with the Weather?
- Winter in Queenstown
- Weather Plots: Temperature and Relative Humidity
Climate stations for these data points.
- Overview of New Zealand Climate
(Climate overview, rainfall and temperature graphs and for selected locations throughout New Zealand) - Climate Summaries
(Annual rain, temperature, sunshine, frost and wind data for selected locations throughout New Zealand) - Mean Relative Humidity
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean Number of Days of Ground Frost
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean Monthly Sunshine (hours)
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean 10cm Earth Temperature (°C)
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean Daily Maximum Temperatures
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean Monthly Temperatures
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand) - Mean Daily Minimum Temperatures
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean Monthly Rainfall
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand) - Mean Monthly Wet-Days
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Mean Daily Global Radiation
(For selected locations throughout New Zealand, by month) - Climate Extremes
(Highest and lowest rainfall, temperature, sunshine and wind) - Station Details
(Station name, latitude, longitude, height, years of data) - Reefton climate data for analysis
- Australian Monthly Climate Data
(Maps, graphs and tables of averages for selected locations provided by Bureau of Meteorology website) - Worldwide Monthly Rainfall and Temperature Data
(The WorldClimate website compiles climate data from many sources)
Worksheets
- Graphing with Microsoft Excel
(Drawing bar graphs – all levels) - Escape the winter blues all year round
(Interpreting, processing and communicating information – MINZC: S3.2, S3.4) - Meteorologist for a day
(Calculating means – MINZC: S4.7, S5.3) - How cold is the Antarctic?
(Graphing data, communication – MINZC: N4.1, S4.3, S4.5, A5.3) - What is the chance of a warm summer in Invercargill?
(Simulation, interpreting graphs – MINZC: S5.6, S5.7, S5.9, S5.10, S6.8; NCEA: 90194 [1.6]) - Using trigonometric functions to model climate
(Transformation of trigonometric functions – MINZC: M7.1, A8.15; NCEA: 90637 [C3.3]) - What's up with the weather?
(Reading graphs – MINZC: S4.5, A4.3, A5.3) - Winter in Queenstown
(Negative numbers, reading a graph – MINZC: N4.1, A4.3, S5.7) - Weather Plots: Temperature and Relative Humidity
(Describing trends and relationships - MINZC: A5.3, S5.7, S6.6)
Climate Stuff for Students
Here you’ll find FAQs about climate and weather, links to other websites, and ideas for projects using climate data.
- Overview of New Zealand Climate
- Climate Summaries
- Mean Relative Humidity
- Mean number of days of ground frost
- Mean Monthly Sunshine
- Mean 10cm Earth Temperature
- Mean Daily Maximum Temperatures
- Mean Monthly Temperatures
- Mean Daily Minimum Temperatures
- Mean Monthly Rainfall
- Mean Monthly Wet-Days
- Mean Daily Global Radiation
- Climate Extremes
- Station Details
- Graphing with Microsoft Excel
- Escape the winter blues all year round
- Meteorologist for a day
- How cold is the Antarctic?
- What is the chance of a warm summer in Invercargill?
- Using trigonometric functions to model climate
- What's up with the Weather?
- Winter in Queenstown
- Weather Plots: Temperature and Relative Humidity