Weather Eye with John Maunder

Heading: Tauranga's January average daily temperatures 1914-2014

Temperatures have been recorded in the Tauranga area at several sites during 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 January from 1914-2014.

The long-term average afternoon temperature in January for Tauranga is 23.8 degrees Celsius, ranging from the cool January months of 1920, with 21.6 degrees Celsius , and 1939 posting 21.8 degrees Celsius, to the warm January months of 1935, achieving 27.7 degrees Celsius, while in 1970 the temperature reached 25.7 degrees Celsius.

The graph of the average afternoon temperatures for January shows generally normal variations from January to January during the last 100 years.

The average January afternoon temperature during the 50 years from 1963 to 2011 of 23.8 degrees Celsius is exactly the same average recorded in the 50 years 1914 to 1962.

From 1914 to 2014, there have been six January months with an average afternoon temperature of 25.5 degrees Celsius or higher, and seven January months with an average afternoon temperature of 22.5 degrees Celsius or lower.

The warmest six January months (in terms of afternoon temperatures), on record, in chronological order, are 1915, 1935, 1970, 1957, 1999, and 2009.

By contrast, the coolest seven January months (in terms of afternoon temperatures), on record, in chronological order, are 1918, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1930, 1939, and 1980.

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