St Albans is a district of Christchurch on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. The weather station is run by Mareesa Danielle and Kristine Margaret and uses a Davis 6163 Vantage Pro2 weather station which records data received from a rain collector, Ultra Violet (UV) sensor, humidity sensor and a temperature sensor. Data displayed on the weather station's web page is updated every 60 minutes and shows the current temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, UV index, wind speed and direction and rainfall in millimeters per hour.
Kerikeri is a small town in the Bay of Islands in the northeast of the North Island. The region is a popular tourist destination and enjoys a sub-tropical climate. The weather station is located above a ridge, some three miles north of the town, and uses a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station, receiving data from a rain gauge, UV sensor and an anemometer (wind speed indicator) to update the station's web page. The web page is updated every 15 minutes. The home page includes current weather information including rainfall, temperature, UV index and lightning strike frequency.
Hawkes Bay is on the eastern coast of the North Island, and the Hawkes Bay weather station is located in the town of Puketapu. The weather station consists of an Oregon Scientific WM-918, collating information from an anemometer placed on a 50-foot mast and temperature and humidity sensors placed in a screened location at ground level. Current rainfall is measured using a tilting-bucket device, linked to the weather station. Data is uploaded to the "Weather Underground" network and can be accessed via a dedicated Weather Underground web page.
