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(Updated on 21/09/2026 at 10:41hrs 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 10:41hrs NZST)
Temperature	Humidity / Cloud Base	Barometer	Rainfall	Windspeed & Direction	Solar Radiation	Photovoltaic Status
Now: 4.39ºC Dew Point: 2.5ºC Wind Chill: -1.72ºC Low: 1.78ºC (02:44hrs) High: 4.5ºC (10:21hrs) Lapse Rate: -0.512ºC/+100m Freezing Level: 2008m	Now: 88% Low: 86% (10:21hrs) High: 99% (06:37hrs) Cloud Base: 1386m ASL	Now: 1009.89 mb Low: 1008.98 mb (00:12hrs) High: 1010.87 mb (08:49hrs)	Daily: 0 mm Hourly Rate: 0 mm/hr Last Week (Sun-Sat): 0.79 mm Month: 312.5 mm Year: 2878.99 mm	Now: 42.81 kmph from 5º Low: 11.91 kmph (08:29hrs) from 43º High: 52.63 kmph (07:58hrs) from 22º Wind Gust Now: 58.74 kmph from 5º High: 58.74 kmph (10:41hrs) from 5º	Now: 624.03 W/m² High: 624.03 W/m² (10:41hrs) Daily kWh: 0.65 kWh Daylight Hours: 4hrs 50mins First Light:  05:57 hrs UV Now: 6 High: 6 (10:41hrs)	Batt. Charge/Discharge Now: +14.21 Amps Low: -0.35 A (00:01hrs) High: 14.21 A (10:41hrs) Daily Avg: +1.06 A 7 Day Avg: +1.94 A Batt. Status: 96.3% (13.5V) Batt. Temp: 11ºC

MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR 9/2026
DAY	MEAN TEMP	HIGH	TIME	LOW	TIME	RAIN	WIND AVG	HI	TIME	WIND GUST	TIME	DOM DIR	MEAN BAROM	MEAN HUM
1	0.7	3.5	13:50	-2.2	06:55	0.61	23	48	15:11	55	13:50	N	1009	84
2	3.8	6.1	21:06	1.9	00:19	19.41	36	71	22:17	83	22:17	N	1010	96
3	6.2	7	22:57	5.6	07:14	39.29	37	66	11:48	79	11:48	N	1008	99
4	3.1	7.1	04:11	0.5	16:41	47.29	41	95	03:31	116	04:42	N	1000	97
5	2.1	4.1	23:16	0.4	06:43	11.1	36	70	12:07	81	12:07	N	1008	98
6	3	5	05:51	-0.4	23:25	101.7	25	50	00:37	64	00:37	N	1003	99
7	0.9	3.1	14:02	-0.5	03:18	0.79	23	47	05:52	52	05:52	S	1005	92
8	3.8	8.2	12:51	1.6	08:07	0	17	39	00:51	48	02:43	N	1007	85
9	3.5	6.1	11:39	1.5	03:12	0	23	49	21:37	61	21:47	N	1007	81
10	0.6	2.6	01:20	-0.8	14:00	9.4	21	54	02:11	59	02:11	S	1005	93
11	2.2	8.2	12:18	-0.9	00:08	1.19	25	48	09:15	55	03:41	N	1005	87
12	1.7	4.2	13:39	0.1	06:03	0.3	24	44	15:41	55	02:40	N	1009	89
13	4	6.9	14:50	1.3	00:38	1.4	18	42	01:08	46	01:08	N	1014	96
14	5.3	9.3	12:07	3.4	02:40	0.51	19	34	17:32	40	02:29	N	1020	94
15	4.3	7.2	12:37	2.3	07:33	0.61	25	48	22:24	53	18:11	N	1018	92
16	3.7	4.5	16:29	2.5	07:52	16.31	36	59	15:39	68	02:28	N	1008	99
17	1.5	4.2	01:57	-0.4	08:32	16.31	16	33	09:03	38	09:03	S	1004	95
18	3.5	7.5	12:44	1	04:27	1.19	20	37	23:43	46	09:41	N	1005	87
19	4.3	5.5	12:33	2.1	23:52	43.41	36	69	12:03	81	12:03	N	997	99
20	2.6	5.9	13:23	-1	06:48	0.79	20	51	01:34	57	01:34	N	1001	87
21	2.2	4.5	10:21	1.8	02:44	0	36	53	07:58	57	07:28	N	1010	95
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TOT	3	9.3	14/9/2026	-2.2	1/9/2026	311.61	27	95	4/9/2026	116	4/9/2026	N	1007.29	93

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	3.9	7.3	13:12	1.6	05:46	0	30	52	15:34	61	14:33	S	1021	58
19	4.3	9.5	13:52	1.3	01:32	0	19	43	02:02	53	04:24	S	1025	77
20	4.2	7.5	12:10	1.4	07:36	0	14	31	13:01	38	13:01	N	1024	86
21	3.8	6.7	12:40	2	07:25	0	25	45	13:20	50	13:20	N	1022	84
22	4.1	6.9	21:57	2.2	00:30	81.1	39	73	22:38	88	16:53	N	1012	98
23	1.5	5.7	02:01	-0.9	16:32	29.31	37	90	05:03	108	05:03	N	1005	95
24	2.4	3.8	13:40	0.2	03:42	6.81	27	61	20:06	68	20:06	N	1020	93
25	5	6.4	21:36	3.6	00:09	91.8	29	70	05:03	81	05:03	N	1018	99
26	6.1	7.9	13:39	0.4	23:57	100.51	35	77	11:58	83	11:58	N	1016	99
27	2.5	6.5	18:36	-0.7	08:46	16.31	33	94	18:56	105	17:35	S	1019	98
28	5	6.1	07:16	3	19:47	68.5	37	85	07:57	101	07:26	N	1009	98
29	2.1	3.6	00:01	0.6	21:59	2.31	32	66	02:53	70	02:53	N	1008	95
30	2.6	3.9	14:22	0.6	22:59	16.51	29	61	13:32	73	13:52	N	1000	96
31	0.7	2	05:55	-0.9	23:19	2.69	26	53	16:44	79	16:44	N	1000	89
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TOT	2.6	11.3	14/8/2026	-3.9	5/8/2026	519.92	25	94	27/8/2026	108	23/8/2026	N	1015.74	86

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