Whitemans Valley | |
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Coordinates: 41°09′58″S 175°05′06″E / 41.166°S 175.085°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
Island | North Island |
City | Upper Hutt |
Whitemans Valley is a rural suburb of Upper Hutt located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. Situated roughly 4 kilometers south of the Upper Hutt city centre, the area has a variety of farms and lifestyle blocks.
The first settler to discover the valley was George Whiteman in 1846 while he was pig-hunting.[1] Settlement in the valley was founded by the Whiteman family in 1871.[2]
Climate data for Whitemans Valley (1951–1980) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.9 (64.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.1 (52.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.8 (58.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.7 (51.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
6.8 (44.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
2.9 (37.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 106 (4.2) |
87 (3.4) |
128 (5.0) |
112 (4.4) |
164 (6.5) |
169 (6.7) |
177 (7.0) |
155 (6.1) |
110 (4.3) |
124 (4.9) |
128 (5.0) |
116 (4.6) |
1,576 (62.1) |
Source: NIWA[3] |