2012 for NZ

JANUARY 2012
Flooding, Canterbury, West Coast to Otago.
Heavy rain, Hokitika, Milford, Queenstown (lakeside flooding). 
Alpine rainfall, Central Otago (floods Alexandra). 
Storms, West Coast
Wet, Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Bruce Bay
Heat wave, East Cape, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay

FEBRUARY 2012
Heat wave, East Cape, Gisborne
Heat wave, lower North Island
 
AUTUMN 2012
Sunny and warmer autumn

MARCH 2012
Drenching, South Island, Taranaki
Hail, Hawkes Bay
Electrical storms and hail Nelson, south of Ashburton.
Cold, Central North Island

APRIL 2012
ANZAC Day, flooding East Cape to Taranaki
Wind gusts, Milford Sounds
Snow, Fiordland, Southland, Otago
Mainly fine Easter

MAY 2012
Floods/thunderstorms, central North Island
Electrical storms, south of country
Gales, Invercargill + snowfalls
Widespread thunderstorms
Snow ends month
Cool, C Plateau, Oamaru
Snow, south of South Island

JUNE 2012
Flooding, BOP to Manawatu
Electrical fronts and lightning
Thunderstorms
Frosts, southern South Island 
Frosts, Northland

JULY 2012
Snow, South Island, Central Plateau

AUGUST 2012
Stormy, Northland, Auckland,
Gales, lower NI
Flooding, south Canterbury, Otago. 
Gale force easterlies, heavy rain Northland, Auckland
Storm, Horowhenua-Wellington
Ice and snow, early spring
Early blossoms
August frosts 

SEPTEMBER 2012
Snowfalls
Lambing losses
Fiordland, very cold
Squally, Nelson.
Gales, south Wairarapa
Motueka, lightning, power losses. 
Snow, Southland, Otago, c North Island
Rare snowfalls, Taranaki
Snow, Otago

OCTOBER 2012
Late snow, Otago
Unusually low air temperatures
Snow, Desert Road
Thunderstorms, lightning and hail, Canterbury

NOVEMBER 2012
Wet, windy and wild.
Gales, central regions and Wellington
High rainfalls, central and western both islands
Flooding, Wellington, Wanganui, southern Wairarapa, Buller and Fiordland. 
Gale force westerlies, central and eastern regions.  
Unusually strong winds

DECEMBER 2012
Sunny, dry start to summer, Whangarei, Gis/HB, Motueka, central Marlborough.  
Invercargill, sunny
Warm sunny, Xmas Day

© Ken Ring 2011