Taupō weather report: May days mainly grey in Taupō

By Bevan Choat

Taupo & Turangi Herald·

30 May, 2023 01:59 AM2 mins to read

The sun peeps out of the clouds briefly to light up the mountains to the south of Lake Taupō. Photo / Dan Hutchinson

Mostly cool, damp and drizzly conditions were the feature of last week’s weather in Taupō.

Yet again, a lack of bright sunshine was a feature and temperatures hovered at one or two degrees below the average for the last month of autumn.

There was at least one clear and sunny day last Thursday when the day started with a very light frost of -1.0 degrees, while the daytime maximum reached just 13.6 degrees.

Only very light drizzle fell during what was a rare dry week, which produced just 1.5 mm of rain, recorded on three damp mornings.

Because the days were generally mostly cloudy, the sunshine hours for May continued to be well below the monthly average.

Barometric pressures rose steadily during last week and remained stable from midweek onwards.

With just three days remaining to end the 2023 autumn, May will clearly finish as one of the wettest and dullest on record.

A full summary of weather for the month of May in Taupō will follow in next week’s Taupō & Tūrangi Herald, together with statistics for the last four days.