Weather Eye with John Maunder

Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites over the last 100 years including the current Tauranga Airport site from June 1990.

The graph shows details of the average daily maximum temperatures (called simply "afternoon") for Tauranga for July from 1913-2012.

The long-term average afternoon temperature in July for Tauranga is 14.1 degrees C, ranging from the "cool" July months of 1918 and 1929 (both 12.3degrees C), and 1965 (12.9 degrees C), to the "warm" July months of 1916 and 2010 (both 15.8 degrees C), and 15.7 degrees in 1915.

The graph of the average afternoon temperatures for July shows generally "normal" variations from June to June in the last 100 years, but several of the last 15 July months since 1997 have been a little "warmer" than other July months since 1913.

From 1913 to 2012, there have been 13 July months with an average afternoon temperature of 15.6 degrees C or more, and 12 July months with an average afternoon temperature of less than 13.9 degrees C. The value for July 2013 was 14.9 degrees C; fourteen Julys since 1913 have been warmer than 2013.

The ninth "warmest" July months (in terms of afternoon temperatures) on record, in chronological order, are 1915, 1916, 1917, 1984, 1985, 1998, 2000, 2011 and 2012.

By contrast, the seventh "coolest" July months (in terms of afternoon temperatures) on record, in chronological order, are 1918, 1929, 1935, 1939, 1963, 1965, and 1969.

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