Weather Eye with John Maunder

Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites in 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 September from 1914-2013.

The long-term average afternoon temperature in September for Tauranga is 16.6 degrees C, ranging from the "cool" September months of 1964 (14.8 degrees C), and 1977 (14.9 degrees C), to the "warm" September months of 1915 (18.4 degrees C), and 18.3 degrees in 1914. The afternoon temperature for 2013 was 17.1 degrees.

The graph of the average afternoon temperatures for September shows generally "normal" variations from September to September during the last 100 years, but five of the warmest six September months occurred from 1913 to 1921. From 1914 to 2013, there have been nine September months with an average afternoon temperature of 17.5 degrees C or more, and eight September months with an average afternoon temperature of less than 15.4 degrees C.

The eighth "warmest" September months (in terms of afternoon temperatures) on record, in chronological order, are 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1926, 1940, 2006, and 2009. By contrast, the eighth "coolest" September months (in terms of afternoon temperatures) on record, in chronological order, are 1935, 1964, 1967, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1997.

The average afternoon temperature during September for the period 1914-62 was 16.6 degrees, compared with 16.5 degrees from 1963-2011.

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