2. Temperature and Rainfall
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2. Temperature and Rainfall.
| Auckland. | Wellington. | Christchurch. | Dunedin. | |
| Latitude | 36°60′ | 41°16′ | 43°32′ | 45°52′ |
| Mean Temperature— | ° | ° | ° | ° |
| Summer | 66·6 | 62·2 | 61·1 | 57·7 |
| Autumn | 61·1 | 56·6 | 53·3 | 51·1 |
| Winter | 52·2 | 48·8 | 43·3 | 43·3 |
| Spring | 57·7 | 54·4 | 53·3 | 50·0 |
| Year | 59·9 | 55·5 | 52·2 | 50·0 |
| Yearly Extremes— | ||||
| Average maximum | 88·8 | 78·8 | 88·8 | 84·4 |
| Average minimum | 33·3 | 32·2 | 25·5 | 29·9 |
| in. | in. | in. | in. | |
| Average Rainfall* | 41·1 | 37·7 | 25·5 | 35·5 |
* These figures hardly give an adequate idea of the rainfall of the country, as the rainfall in the Western portions of the Colony is greater than in the Eastern, and the towns shown are situated on the Easterly coasts. At Hokitika, on the West coast, for example, the average is 120 in., and the maximum 154 ½ in.
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