April Weather in Pukekohe East New Zealand

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 69°F to 64°F, rarely falling below 60°F or exceeding 73°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 55°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on February 6, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Pukekohe East typically range from 61°F to 75°F, while on July 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from 45°F to 56°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

A Coruña, Spain (11,989 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Pukekohe East (view comparison).

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The month of April in Pukekohe East experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 34% to 40%.

The clearest day of the month is April 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 66% of the time.

For reference, on June 2, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 45%, while on March 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Pukekohe East, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is increasing, starting the month at 20% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 37% on August 4, and its lowest chance is 18% on January 29.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during April in Pukekohe East is increasing, starting the month at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.2 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the month at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.0 inches or falls below 1.1 inches.

Over the course of April in Pukekohe East, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 4 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 13 seconds, and weekly decrease of 15 minutes, 29 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is April 30, with 10 hours, 36 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 1, with 11 hours, 40 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Pukekohe East is 7:38 AM on April 6 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 6:39 AM on April 7.

The latest sunset is 7:13 PM on April 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 39 minutes earlier at 5:35 PM on April 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 2:00 AM on April 7, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:56 AM and sets 14 hours, 44 minutes later, at 8:40 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:33 AM and sets 9 hours, 36 minutes later, at 5:09 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for April 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Pukekohe East is essentially constant during April, remaining within 1% of 2% throughout.

For reference, on February 9, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 12% of the time, while on June 26, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Pukekohe East is essentially constant during April, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 11.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on October 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.6 miles per hour, while on April 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during April is 11.3 miles per hour on April 4.

The hourly average wind direction in Pukekohe East throughout April is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 33% on April 30.

Pukekohe East is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Pukekohe East is gradually decreasing during April, falling by 3°F, from 67°F to 64°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Pukekohe East are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Pukekohe East are increasing during April, increasing by 281°F, from 2,637°F to 2,918°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Pukekohe East is decreasing during April, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 4.4 kWh to 3.0 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Pukekohe East are -37.200 deg latitude, 174.950 deg longitude, and 377 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Pukekohe East contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 482 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 345 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,211 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (3,205 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Pukekohe East is covered by trees (54%), grassland (25%), and cropland (13%), within 10 miles by cropland (39%) and trees (33%), and within 50 miles by water (53%) and trees (21%).