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(Updated on 19/05/2026 at 17:13hrs 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 17:13hrs NZST)
Temperature	Humidity / Cloud Base	Barometer	Rainfall	Windspeed & Direction	Solar Radiation	Photovoltaic Status
Now: 5.72ºC Dew Point: -0.61ºC Wind Chill: 3.61ºC Low: 2.78ºC (04:43hrs) High: 8.78ºC (11:39hrs) Lapse Rate: -0.499ºC/+100m Freezing Level: 2296m	Now: 64% Low: 44% (05:54hrs) High: 77% (05:04hrs) Cloud Base: 1941m ASL	Now: 1025.2 mb Low: 1025.1 mb (15:01hrs) High: 1029.67 mb (00:20hrs)	Daily: 0 mm Hourly Rate: 0 mm/hr Last Week (Sun-Sat): 0 mm Month: 290.2 mm Year: 908.11 mm	Now: 9.66 kmph from 357º Low: 4.02 kmph (07:05hrs) from 69º High: 27.68 kmph (11:39hrs) from 22º Wind Gust Now: 13.04 kmph from 357º High: 33.15 kmph (11:39hrs) from 22º	Now: 4.26 W/m² High: 357.62 W/m² (12:50hrs) Daily kWh: 1.54 kWh Daylight Hours: 10hrs 0mins First Light:  07:15 hrs UV Now: 0 High: 3 (11:29hrs)	Batt. Charge/Discharge Now: -0.25 Amps Low: -0.35 A (00:00hrs) High: 7.99 A (12:50hrs) Daily Avg: +1.74 A 7 Day Avg: +1.3 A Batt. Status: 96.7% (13.6V) Batt. Temp: 7ºC

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 5/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	7.3	10.5	12:02	5	23:51	0	18	31	12:12	35	12:12	N	1032	89
2	6.9	10.6	19:17	3.5	08:49	0	16	31	11:00	38	11:21	N	1030	80
3	7.6	12.1	13:11	2.8	07:47	0	11	20	13:11	29	13:41	N	1030	64
4	8.5	11.7	13:50	4.9	20:46	0	13	23	13:40	28	12:39	N	1029	47
5	5.1	8.8	01:50	2.2	23:17	0	18	41	23:37	57	23:47	N	1027	79
6	6.8	8.9	21:56	2.4	00:08	23.39	33	56	01:29	66	01:29	N	1023	95
7	9.7	11.2	20:03	8.5	04:10	83.59	42	78	08:44	99	11:17	N	1012	98
8	9.9	11.5	07:23	6.5	23:56	135.79	40	95	21:14	110	23:56	N	1000	98
9	5.5	7.1	00:16	4.2	21:33	43.61	31	82	14:38	101	00:06	N	995	97
10	4.5	6.8	13:28	1.6	23:56	3.4	28	63	13:48	70	13:48	N	1001	95
11	2.7	6.7	12:56	-0.3	08:03	0.1	20	41	22:14	44	22:14	S	1015	89
12	5	7.5	11:15	2.8	08:02	0	16	41	01:07	48	01:27	N	1019	84
13	6.4	9.2	14:26	1.5	07:10	0	17	35	11:13	40	11:13	S	1026	73
14	9.5	12.4	11:54	7.5	05:38	0	17	29	10:42	35	10:42	S	1031	40
15	8.6	12.5	14:24	1.2	23:42	0	10	25	23:02	28	23:02	S	1033	44
16	6.5	9.4	13:03	0.8	00:53	0	14	23	18:27	28	18:27	S	1034	54
17	6.1	8.1	18:57	2.8	07:28	0	10	21	00:12	22	00:12	S	1034	52
18	6.2	8.8	10:29	4.3	00:21	0	9	22	14:02	26	14:02	N	1031	55
19	5.6	8.8	11:39	2.8	04:43	0	13	28	11:39	33	11:39	N	1028	61
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TOT	6.8	12.5	15/5/2026	-0.3	11/5/2026	289.88	20	95	8/5/2026	110	8/5/2026	N	1022.63	73

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 4/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	8.5	12.4	14:07	4.2	00:26	0	11	29	04:39	31	04:39	N	1024	84
2	10.4	14.1	13:57	6.5	06:41	0	12	28	12:36	33	12:36	N	1028	81
3	7.7	10.6	00:25	6.5	06:30	7.01	27	57	14:37	61	14:37	N	1024	87
4	8.5	9.6	01:46	5.4	23:34	40.21	27	80	04:39	92	04:39	N	1020	97
5	6.5	8.1	16:07	5.3	00:04	8.51	23	34	20:30	38	21:21	S	1024	97
6	7.5	9.9	15:35	5.5	08:00	0	21	29	10:52	31	10:52	S	1023	93
7	9.4	12.8	14:34	6.8	08:39	8.89	12	22	05:06	26	05:06	S	1017	89
8	9.2	10.4	10:39	8	14:43	66.09	30	56	17:55	68	17:55	N	1011	94
9	8.3	10.3	01:22	6.1	22:50	11.99	26	55	12:11	64	12:11	N	1013	94
10	8.7	13.9	14:02	4.6	06:16	0	13	27	10:49	29	10:49	N	1018	79
11	11.9	14.9	14:01	8.6	07:15	0	21	38	23:28	46	22:48	N	1015	48
12	11	14	14:10	7.6	23:58	1.19	18	48	02:21	57	03:42	N	1003	79
13	7.4	9.2	05:23	3.7	23:58	38.99	34	62	13:39	72	10:47	N	998	87
14	3.3	6.1	14:10	1.2	18:03	28.5	26	56	12:59	66	12:59	N	998	94
15	4.1	7.2	10:26	2.2	00:28	22.71	20	63	21:45	70	21:45	N	999	90
16	2.7	4.4	14:59	0.6	07:43	2.79	21	47	13:48	50	13:48	N	1002	85
17	5.1	8.3	20:23	2.1	01:07	69.8	33	66	16:40	77	16:40	N	1005	97
18	6	8.1	01:57	4.5	16:49	87.3	25	61	05:50	73	05:50	N	998	94
19	5.5	9.4	14:16	3.8	22:13	11.99	22	49	23:34	57	21:32	N	1001	90
20	2.7	4.2	12:45	-0.2	23:54	0	65	100	21:22	112	22:02	S	1007	90
21	0.1	1.4	12:44	-1.1	08:20	0	65	80	21:01	92	04:27	S	1013	85
22	1.2	3.2	13:45	0	23:03	0	47	74	03:47	83	03:07	S	1019	81
23	4.9	9.7	13:45	-0.1	01:15	0	13	28	00:14	35	00:14	S	1023	62
24	7.1	10.8	13:54	4.8	23:43	0	9	22	14:15	26	14:35	N	1024	76
25	6.8	9.9	14:04	4.3	01:14	0	13	28	09:11	31	10:21	N	1022	88
26	7	10.2	12:42	5	02:34	0	19	33	23:10	42	07:08	N	1018	92
27	7.9	11.8	12:11	5.3	03:54	0	13	34	15:03	37	15:03	N	1019	88
28	7	8.7	14:33	5.9	07:56	0	18	36	14:53	38	13:52	N	1022	97
29	7.3	8.4	15:53	6	23:33	7.19	24	61	17:14	77	18:15	N	1022	87
30	5.8	9.3	14:15	2.9	05:38	0.3	19	33	08:30	38	03:16	S	1031	86
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TOT	6.7	14.9	11/4/2026	-1.1	21/4/2026	413.46	24	100	20/4/2026	112	20/4/2026	N	1014.7	86

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 3/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	6.3	12.8	11:03	0.7	21:41	7.19	24	55	22:42	59	17:48	N	1011	89
2	1.4	3	14:35	0.1	09:41	0	48	75	16:06	83	16:06	S	1012	83
3	5.6	10.6	15:05	1.1	03:56	0	27	43	10:11	50	10:11	S	1017	72
4	9.8	14.8	13:33	5.6	01:13	0	17	35	17:47	38	13:23	N	1020	71
5	8.9	12.8	12:41	6.8	06:06	0	25	47	19:27	50	19:17	N	1020	88
6	9.6	14.6	11:20	6.4	02:33	0	31	52	04:14	64	07:57	N	1019	87
7	11.7	15.8	12:40	9	03:33	0.2	19	38	11:39	48	11:39	N	1018	91
8	10.9	12.4	12:59	8.6	23:38	3.91	18	42	12:19	53	12:19	N	1012	99
9	6.1	8.6	00:08	3.1	23:57	4.39	24	39	09:05	42	18:43	S	1013	96
10	5.6	8.6	16:00	2.3	06:42	0	17	33	07:43	37	07:43	S	1019	92
11	9.3	15	12:26	4.2	07:12	0	13	25	18:42	29	12:46	N	1017	85
12	9.6	11.9	14:49	7.3	23:56	0.51	32	58	15:29	70	15:29	N	1011	79
13	10.8	13.6	14:38	6.9	23:56	15.9	37	80	04:40	95	06:11	N	1003	95
14	7.3	10.4	13:17	4.8	06:31	0	20	37	14:17	46	19:21	N	1010	90
15	7.7	9.4	16:08	6.2	06:50	0.1	22	36	22:33	40	23:24	N	1014	93
16	8.5	12	14:06	6.4	06:20	0	25	47	10:13	52	10:13	N	1016	92
17	9.9	14.3	12:34	6.6	07:10	0	19	43	22:13	46	22:13	N	1020	90
18	9.7	11.4	16:38	7.1	23:43	85.7	25	57	01:25	66	05:48	N	1018	97
19	10.6	15.1	13:14	6.5	03:26	0.3	15	30	11:02	33	11:02	N	1019	94
20	8.9	11	13:34	7.4	23:52	0	20	33	05:07	37	05:07	S	1018	92
21	10	14.9	13:13	6.5	04:36	0	13	28	14:14	35	16:46	N	1020	85
22	10.9	15.3	13:43	7.1	06:37	0	13	28	21:49	31	21:49	N	1023	87
23	12.3	16	11:40	9.4	05:05	0	21	40	22:09	46	22:09	N	1027	74
24	12.2	15.8	12:20	8.8	06:26	0	21	36	13:21	42	13:21	N	1027	65
25	11.2	15.7	14:11	7.5	23:49	0	20	44	21:57	52	21:57	S	1026	74
26	8.3	10.1	23:38	7.3	01:00	19.99	23	37	07:25	42	03:52	S	1017	95
27	11.8	13	14:10	8.9	02:21	66.6	34	72	15:21	94	17:43	N	1007	96
28	11.8	12.5	13:50	11.3	03:42	31.5	28	72	05:23	83	05:23	N	1014	99
29	11.2	12.2	02:40	10.2	19:13	14.2	22	59	22:46	68	22:46	N	1013	96
30	10	12.7	14:39	5.8	23:36	12.8	19	39	23:06	52	16:30	N	1008	94
31	6.3	10.8	10:45	4	21:23	0	14	46	04:10	52	02:18	N	1015	88
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TOT	9.2	16	23/3/2026	0.1	2/3/2026	263.29	23	80	13/3/2026	95	13/3/2026	N	1016.26	88