Baring Head: wind for everyone

New Zealand has unveiled the "State of the Climate 2010." Windsurfers and kitesurfers should analyze several interesting conclusions.

The first is that the windiest season of the year is Spring.

The New Zealand climate is influenced by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle, the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, and the Southern Annular Mode.

The highest recorded wind gust was 217 km/h (117 knots) at Baring Head, near Wellington, on March 12th.

Wellington is still the windiest and wettest location in New Zealand. Whangaparaoa was the warmest spot in the country, with an average temperature of 16.5 ºC.

The sunniest spot in New Zealand, with 2,561 hours of sunshine, is Whakatane.

The year’s highest temperature, 35.6 ºC, was recorded at Cheviot on February 22. The coldest temperature, -12.6 ºC, was recorded at Lake Tekapo on August 10th.

Milford Sound had the most rain on a single day, with 314 mm of water, on Anzac Day.

Clyde was the driest place in the country last year, with only 389 mm of rain.

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