Taupō’s weather for April, the second month of autumn, was a carryover from the previous month, producing mostly dry, mild, pleasant and generally still days.
No wind gusts exceeded 50km/h on any day, with the top wind gust recorded as 48km/h on April 11; one of 46 km/h followed the next day.
The winds were largely from a westerly quarter, and although there was minimal rain for the month, the rain that did fall was produced by weakening frontal zones crossing the area from the south, originating in the Southern Ocean and reducing in intensity as they moved north.
High-pressure systems from the Tasman Sea followed these weakening fronts, changing the wind from a northerly or northeasterly to a westerly or southwesterly.
The westerly quarter breeze predominated for much of April.