February Weather in Wairoa New Zealand

Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 77°F to 75°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 86°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 2°F, from 59°F to 57°F, rarely falling below 50°F or exceeding 65°F.

For reference, on January 17, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Wairoa typically range from 59°F to 78°F, while on July 4, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°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 February. 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.

Mar del Plata, Argentina (6,083 miles away) and Beduido, Portugal (12,114 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Wairoa (view comparison).

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The month of February in Wairoa experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 39% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 18, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 62% of the time.

For reference, on July 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50%, while on March 5, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 63%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Wairoa, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is essentially constant, remaining around 19% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 27% on July 12, and its lowest chance is 16% on January 3.

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 February in Wairoa is gradually increasing, starting the month at 2.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.4 inches or falls below 0.5 inches, and ending the month at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

Over the course of February in Wairoa, 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, 6 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 22 seconds, and weekly decrease of 16 minutes, 36 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 29, with 13 hours, 0 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 1, with 14 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Wairoa is 6:20 AM on February 1 and the latest sunrise is 32 minutes later at 6:52 AM on February 29.

The latest sunset is 8:26 PM on February 1 and the earliest sunset is 34 minutes earlier at 7:52 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed in Wairoa during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during February, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:41 AM and sets 14 hours, 55 minutes later, at 8:36 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:29 AM and sets 9 hours, 25 minutes later, at 4:54 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 February 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 Wairoa is essentially constant during February, remaining within 1% of 3% throughout.

The highest chance of a muggy day during February is 4% on February 4.

For reference, on February 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% of the time, while on May 27, 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 Wairoa is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.5 miles per hour, while on April 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.2 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during February is 8.2 miles per hour on February 12.

The wind direction in Wairoa during February is predominantly out of the east from February 1 to February 22 and the north from February 22 to February 29.

Wairoa 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 Wairoa is essentially constant during February, remaining around 67°F throughout.

The highest average surface water temperature during February is 67°F on February 17.

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).

The growing season in Wairoa typically lasts for 11 months (335 days), from around August 1 to around July 2, rarely starting after September 8, or ending before June 5.

The month of February in Wairoa is reliably fully within the growing season.

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 Wairoa are increasing during February, increasing by 442°F, from 1,772°F to 2,214°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 Wairoa is decreasing during February, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Wairoa are -39.033 deg latitude, 177.367 deg longitude, and 190 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Wairoa contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 656 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 172 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,296 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,619 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Wairoa is covered by cropland (48%), trees (34%), and grassland (14%), within 10 miles by water (47%) and trees (29%), and within 50 miles by water (52%) and trees (33%).