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- 2011 – The Weather in Review - December 21st, 2011 , Written By: Daniel Corbett | 9 Comments
- Rugby Weather: French Storm 1961 - September 12th, 2011 , Written By: Erick Brenstrum | 2 Comments
- John de Lisle in memoriam - May 31st, 2011 , Written By: Jacqui Bridges | No Comments
The temperature trend in New Zealand during the past year can be read from the graph below and tells a story. Last summer was significantly hotter than normal, and several tropical weather systems visited our northern parts in January. Autumn started normally enough in March and April. Then blocking led to the dominance of [...]
In August 1961 my Dad took me to see my first test match. All Blacks versus France at Wellington’s Athletic Park, although with hindsight it was more like New Zealand and France combined versus the weather. Not that wind and rain were a negative for my ten-year-old self. That seemed to be one of the [...]
It is with sadness that we note the death on Sunday 29 May of John de Lisle, former Director of the New Zealand Meteorological Service. John was one of a generation that became involved with weather forecasting during the Second World War. After leaving Auckland University College in 1937 he went teaching, and then was [...]