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The climate throughout the country is mild and temperate, mainly maritime, with temperatures rarely falling
below 0 °C (32 °F) or rising above 30 °C (86 °F) in populated areas. Temperature maxima and minima throughout the historical record are 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) in Rangiora, Canterbury and -21.6 °C (-6.9 °F) in Ophir, Otago respectively. Conditions vary sharply across regions from extremely wet on the West Coast of the South Island to semi-arid in the Mackenzie Basin of inland Canterbury and subtropical in Northland. Of the main cities, Christchurch is the driest, receiving only some 640 mm (25 in) of rain per year.

Sunshine hours are relatively high in areas that are sheltered from the west and most of New Zealand would have at least 2000 hours annually. The midday summer solar radiation index (UVI) is often very high in most places and can be extreme in northern New Zealand and in mountainous areas. Autumn and spring UVI values can be high in most areas.

Most snow in New Zealand falls in the mountain areas. Snow rarely falls in the coastal areas of the North Island and west of the South Island, although the east and south of the South Island may experience some snow in winter. Frosts can occur anywhere in New Zealand and usually form on cold nights with clear skies and little wind.

Average Seasonal Temperatures (Celsius)
	Summer		Autumn		Winter		Spring
	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High
Auckland	15	23	12	20	8	15	11	18
Rotorua	12	22	9	18	4	13	8	17
Wellington	13	20	11	17	7	12	9	15
Marlborough	12	23	8	19	3	13	8	18
Nelson	13	22	8	18	2	13	8	17
Canterbury	12	22	8	18	2	12	7	17
West Coast	12	19	9	17	4	13	8	15
Mt Cook	8	20	4	15	-1	7	3	14
Otago	10	23	6	17	0	9	5	17
Southland	9	18	6	15	1	10	5	14
Fiordland	9	19	5	15	1	9	4	15
Average Rainfall and Wet Days
	Summer		Autumn		Winter		Spring
	rainfall (mm)	wet days	rainfall (mm)	wet days	rainfall (mm)	wet days	rainfall (mm)	wet days
Auckland	77	8	101	11	135	15	100	12
Rotorua	105	8	110	9	137	11	114	11
Wellington	73	7	103	9	135	13	105	11
Marlborough	43	5	59	6	66	7	52	7
Nelson	68	7	80	7	87	8	82	9
Canterbury	43	6	55	7	71	9	48	7
West Coast	206	13	214	14	210	15	226	16
Mt Cook	41	6	51	6	57	7	50	7
Otago	51	7	59	7	49	7	55	7
Southland	98	12	103	14	86	14	85	13
Fiordland	358	13	359	13	265	14	341	14

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