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(Updated on 18/08/2026 at 23:50hrs NZST) Refresh Page
Station	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation
Goldney Ridge	42º 54' 12" S	171º 33' 10" E	1150m

Today's Weather Data (from midnight to 23:50hrs NZST)
Temperature	Humidity / Cloud Base	Barometer	Rainfall	Windspeed & Direction	Solar Radiation	Photovoltaic Status
Now: 1.78ºC Dew Point: -1.28ºC Wind Chill: -4.78ºC Low: 1.61ºC (05:46hrs) High: 7.28ºC (13:12hrs) Lapse Rate: -0.457ºC/+100m Freezing Level: 1540m	Now: 80% Low: 34% (13:12hrs) High: 84% (23:10hrs) Cloud Base: 1533m ASL	Now: 1023.1 mb Low: 1017.88 mb (00:52hrs) High: 1023.2 mb (23:30hrs)	Daily: 0 mm Hourly Rate: 0 mm/hr Last Week (Sun-Sat): 0 mm Month: 104.09 mm Year: 2150.29 mm	Now: 37.01 kmph from 166º Low: 7.56 kmph (18:26hrs) from 175º High: 51.5 kmph (15:34hrs) from 159º Wind Gust Now: 42.16 kmph from 166º High: 60.51 kmph (14:33hrs) from 178º	Now: 0 W/m² High: 470.72 W/m² (13:02hrs) Daily kWh: 2.17 kWh Daylight Hours: 11hrs 20mins First Light:  06:57 hrs UV Now: 0 High: 4 (11:30hrs)	Batt. Charge/Discharge Now: -0.35 Amps Low: -0.35 A (00:01hrs) High: 10.63 A (12:42hrs) Daily Avg: +1.79 A 7 Day Avg: +1.3 A Batt. Status: 93.5% (13V) Batt. Temp: 2.11ºC

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 8/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	-2	-0.4	13:46	-3.7	05:28	0.2	24	70	01:55	75	01:55	N	1016	83
2	0.5	2.3	23:53	-1.3	00:04	0.61	20	54	17:58	57	17:58	N	1020	90
3	2.4	4.3	12:33	0.8	23:22	3.99	28	61	03:16	66	03:16	N	1014	92
4	-1.4	0.8	00:03	-3.3	21:50	0	32	67	13:33	73	13:33	S	1018	70
5	-0.9	4.6	14:23	-3.9	07:48	0	17	44	01:33	48	01:33	S	1026	62
6	1.1	4.7	12:31	-1	04:55	0	10	22	15:03	28	20:37	N	1028	56
7	1.3	3.6	19:56	-1.2	04:03	11.2	21	50	13:31	55	13:31	N	1025	93
8	4	5	12:29	2.4	23:58	7.19	12	26	04:33	35	03:42	N	1020	97
9	2.5	3.9	11:07	1.1	18:12	38.89	23	59	17:02	72	17:02	N	1012	99
10	3.2	6.3	13:28	1.6	04:31	2.9	15	33	00:17	35	00:17	N	1014	98
11	3.7	7.9	11:45	1	05:31	0	13	29	13:47	37	13:47	S	1017	84
12	4.9	7.1	09:53	3.7	00:46	10.59	23	39	13:36	46	23:03	N	1012	79
13	5.8	6.4	15:48	4.7	21:42	28.5	20	46	03:58	53	03:58	N	1008	98
14	7	11.3	14:15	4	23:43	0	11	21	06:29	24	10:22	S	1011	78
15	3.4	8	10:41	-0.6	23:01	0	22	47	22:21	53	22:21	S	1012	88
16	-1.6	-0.5	12:32	-2.9	23:31	0	46	67	15:35	77	15:14	S	1017	83
17	-0.1	3.4	13:22	-3.7	04:25	0	22	39	20:28	44	20:28	S	1019	62
18	4	7.3	13:12	1.6	05:46	0	30	52	15:34	61	14:33	S	1021	58
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TOT	2.1	11.3	14/8/2026	-3.9	5/8/2026	104.07	22	70	1/8/2026	77	16/8/2026	N	1017.22	82

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 7/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	3.6	5.9	13:52	2.5	08:17	0	12	25	02:33	33	02:33	N	1028	98
2	3.2	5.7	12:40	1.8	08:17	0	20	40	17:14	48	23:45	N	1028	93
3	3.7	5.1	23:14	2.5	00:06	20.09	31	52	13:47	61	13:47	N	1023	99
4	4.5	5.3	01:06	3.6	13:07	48.41	45	89	12:36	112	12:36	N	1008	98
5	1.5	4.2	00:06	-0.5	23:04	26.8	21	60	01:17	72	01:57	N	1004	98
6	0.3	1.1	19:21	-0.3	00:36	0	61	89	20:42	105	20:52	S	1009	95
7	1.7	3.2	15:38	0.5	05:09	0.1	51	85	02:07	99	01:36	S	1010	94
8	1.6	2.6	12:05	0.3	23:38	0	39	75	19:42	88	18:21	S	1007	96
9	-0.8	0.3	11:50	-2.3	22:12	0	43	64	01:41	73	02:01	S	1015	91
10	0.2	2.4	13:14	-2	00:34	0	22	38	03:06	46	03:46	S	1017	84
11	1.5	3.4	11:11	-0.1	23:11	0	7	19	15:35	22	15:35	S	1018	63
12	2.4	5.2	11:41	0.5	00:12	0.2	22	40	20:18	52	20:28	N	1018	85
13	2.5	4.1	23:21	0.9	09:50	15.8	35	60	11:01	66	12:12	N	1014	97
14	4.6	5.6	16:55	3.7	01:53	77.6	30	63	15:03	73	15:03	N	1015	99
15	5.1	5.9	12:41	4.2	19:46	34.39	31	54	22:59	62	22:59	N	1018	96
16	3.4	7.2	11:49	1.3	23:59	8.1	25	56	01:31	64	00:20	N	1019	93
17	2.1	3.5	21:05	0.8	04:43	0	27	47	02:11	52	02:11	N	1022	94
18	3.3	5.8	14:29	2.1	03:20	9.6	22	45	13:19	50	13:19	N	1021	95
19	3.7	5.3	13:17	1.8	23:36	0.99	16	29	02:19	37	02:19	S	1021	97
20	2.8	6.8	13:57	-0.5	06:31	0	13	26	23:05	29	23:05	S	1025	87
21	2.3	3.8	10:34	1.2	07:21	0	18	35	19:21	37	15:38	N	1023	93
22	3.1	5.4	12:45	1.5	03:17	1.4	14	33	23:13	37	22:12	N	1020	99
23	3.7	4.5	23:32	3.3	00:03	30.99	32	54	19:09	68	10:12	N	1013	98
24	3.1	6.3	10:47	1.1	22:57	49.5	25	55	01:34	70	12:39	N	999	96
25	-1.2	1.4	00:39	-3.3	22:57	0	16	34	08:15	38	00:49	S	998	96
26	-1.4	0.9	14:39	-3.6	01:19	0.61	7	26	08:24	29	08:24	S	1008	76
27	0.6	3.9	12:26	-2.7	06:11	0.2	8	19	13:17	22	13:17	N	1016	80
28	4.6	7.9	14:27	1.4	00:56	0	10	25	23:54	29	23:54	N	1021	73
29	3.3	4.4	15:47	2.5	07:10	3.61	25	38	20:00	44	17:38	N	1020	98
30	3.3	4.2	14:17	1.9	18:00	33.71	33	72	23:14	83	14:07	N	1009	98
31	0.1	2.7	00:04	-2.1	23:43	11.71	26	59	20:41	68	20:41	N	1000	98
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TOT	2.3	7.9	28/7/2026	-3.6	26/7/2026	373.81	25	89	4/7/2026	112	4/7/2026	N	1015.06	92

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 6/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	10.7	11.3	11:02	9.5	23:53	81.31	33	69	12:13	79	12:13	N	1008	99
2	8.5	9.7	02:56	6.2	23:33	21.01	27	53	02:35	59	02:35	N	1003	99
3	5.1	6.7	12:23	3.8	21:40	2.11	20	41	12:53	44	12:53	N	1008	94
4	6.5	8.3	17:36	4.1	02:14	70.89	33	63	17:26	70	11:11	N	1005	97
5	6.9	8.4	01:12	5.5	13:43	67.31	23	53	01:53	61	01:53	N	1000	97
6	5.1	6.4	01:43	3.3	23:50	14.81	14	40	22:09	46	22:09	N	1001	97
7	2.9	4	13:21	1.9	08:57	0.1	19	38	13:31	46	13:31	N	1012	96
8	4.3	6.7	14:52	1.4	23:29	25.81	25	55	05:14	64	05:14	N	1013	92
9	4.6	6.7	13:00	0.8	02:11	0	22	63	11:38	73	11:38	S	1022	43
10	5.9	8.8	13:30	3.4	23:09	0	12	22	18:25	26	17:24	S	1030	48
11	3.1	5	12:00	1.8	08:17	0	21	35	18:45	44	17:54	N	1030	86
12	4.9	8.2	12:39	2.8	00:09	0	8	23	23:38	24	23:38	N	1029	96
13	6.2	7.6	15:11	4.6	02:00	8.71	16	38	22:06	44	22:06	N	1027	98
14	6.9	8	21:36	6.1	16:01	20.9	33	60	14:29	88	14:29	N	1022	96
15	4.9	7.6	01:19	1.6	19:23	39.29	25	70	05:32	85	05:42	N	1018	98
16	2.1	4.6	11:46	-0.6	09:14	0.1	23	50	21:04	59	22:05	N	1019	93
17	2.8	5.9	10:45	0.9	00:57	10.8	21	56	03:09	62	02:08	N	1011	98
18	2.4	4.4	23:15	1.4	21:13	0	18	47	02:28	55	05:10	N	1011	96
19	3.6	6.9	23:55	1.5	07:21	25.81	26	65	23:04	90	23:45	N	1016	93
20	8.2	9.7	16:39	5.8	23:54	158.19	43	116	05:10	132	05:10	N	1010	99
21	4.3	6.8	12:04	2	23:02	8.99	9	32	00:15	37	00:15	N	1016	99
22	2.9	6.1	11:42	-0.2	03:56	0.2	14	29	12:23	33	12:23	N	1022	85
23	3.1	5	11:11	1.5	07:28	0	18	35	16:04	40	14:13	N	1018	92
24	5.3	6.2	15:23	3.9	08:17	23.01	15	33	00:31	38	00:31	N	1009	93
25	0.4	5.4	00:10	-1.3	21:07	3.1	51	88	21:27	103	17:44	S	1008	91
26	-1.7	-0.6	11:30	-2.5	07:36	0	57	78	04:34	90	00:10	S	1016	81
27	3.4	5	12:08	1.5	23:48	0	26	38	21:46	42	22:36	S	1017	90
28	2.8	5.4	16:26	-0.5	06:35	0	24	36	19:39	42	19:18	S	1021	86
29	2.6	4.2	11:01	1.5	06:58	0	21	39	05:47	44	05:57	S	1028	87
30	3.9	7.5	12:32	1.7	00:11	0	11	27	10:20	33	12:02	N	1029	86
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TOT	4.4	11.3	1/6/2026	-2.5	26/6/2026	582.45	24	116	20/6/2026	132	20/6/2026	N	1015.97	90