Good start for Chch weather
Christchurch weather for 1982 got off to a good start, with a dry, warm, sunny January. Less than a third of tUe average January rainfall was recorded in the Botanic Gardens: 17mm, compared with the January average of 54mm, according to the Christchurch Meteorological Office. There were nine wet January days. The average temperature for January was 17.9 deg Celsius. a little warmer than the average of 16.4 deg The maximum tempera-
ture for the month was 3tf.4deg, recorded on January 13. The previous highest temperature was 36.2 deg, recorded in 1963. Sunshine levels recorded at Christchurch Airport were also up on average. A total of 251 hours of sunshine were recorded in January, compared with the average of 213 hours. There were only two days without' sunshine in the month. The lowest temperature recorded during the month was 4.9 deg on January 28.
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