Climate
New Plymouth has a warm, moist, temperate climate. The average summer afternoon temperature is 21–22 °C (70–72 °F); average summer night-time temperature is 12–13 °C (54–55 °F). In winter the average afternoon temperature is 13–14 °C (55–57 °F) and night-time temperature is 5–6 °C (41–43 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,432 mm (56.4 in). On 15 August 2011 it snowed in New Plymouth which is such a rare event that it has been described as a once in a generation occurrence.
| Climate data for New Plymouth | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16 (61) |
14 (57) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15 (59) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 97 (3.82) |
95 (3.74) |
117 (4.61) |
131 (5.16) |
124 (4.88) |
145 (5.71) |
143 (5.63) |
127 (5) |
110 (4.33) |
124 (4.88) |
108 (4.25) |
103 (4.06) |
1,432 (56.38) |
| Source: NIWA Climate Data | |||||||||||||
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