Re: New Zealand Climates (was (Metrosideros) Bloom seasons ..

This summer has not been up to quite as dry as is typical for the area, but the hills are still pretty brown, and we get sun more often than not. Even when Picton was being flooded the weather in Blenheim was pretty fine.
There's been a bit more rain in the last few weeks than the vineyards would like, with early botrytis apparently being a problem. The lawns are growing more than you would expect for this time of year too.

Spring was pretty damp too, the man who farms the paddocks across the road from us had 2 crops of hay off the ground by sometime in November.

Tony and Moira Ryan wrote:


We have passed through Blenheim many times and spent a night there with friends once in high summer. My main impression is of yellow grass on the hills, heat and masses of sunshine. I believe it has the highest number of sunshine hours in the whole country. How have your summers been recently though? Our last two have been a dead loss, the only time we seem to get reliable sunshine is after the start of Autumn (such as today - lovely!).



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