A very wet Spring with average temperatures
Apart from a cold start to the Spring it was actually pretty close to average for most of the season. The overall temperature was only slightly (0.2 degrees) lower than average. However, just looking at the daytime highs it was about a full degree less than average which is the coldest since 2003.
It was a very wet Spring with 338.2 mm of precipitation compared to the average of 219.5 mm. But this is not a record as we had 342.2 mm back in 1997 (that year saw over 100 mm during the first three weeks of June).
Summary for Spring 2011:
Maximum Temperature 32.0 °C
Minimum Temperature -17.5 °C
Average Daily High Temperature 14.9 °C (Long term average 15.9 °C)
Average Daily Low Temperature 5.0 °C (Long term average 4.4 °C)
Total Precipitation 338.2 mm (Long term average 219.5 mm)
(Long term averages based on 1971-2000 data for the Waterloo Wellington Airport)
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Has our spring gotten colder? Of the last four, I think three were colder than normal. I think that's significant given the fact that rest of the year has tended to get warmer.
You are correct that 3 of the last 4 have technically been a bit colder than average. For instance 2008 was only 0.01 degree below average.
But I disagree that 4 years is a significant trend, give me 10 years before I start to consider it a trend and 30 years to be sure.
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