Wellingtonians now have data to back up our bummer summer gripe: Sunshine hours were down while wind and rain were up. But as Lewis Ferris from MetService puts it, overcast days were the theme of summer in Wellington so-far. At the Kelburn station sunshine hours for December and January were 93 per cent of normal, compared to summers dating back to 1928. STUFF Sunshine hours have been slightly lower than normal this summer in Wellington (File photo). By January things had calmed marginally but there was still an early-January day when the highest gust hit nearly 100kmh.

Source: Stuff February 10, 2020 03:56 UTC