Archives for July 2010
Friday’s national highs
Todays highest temperature was 18 at Bay of Islands. Todays lowest maximum temperature was 8 at Alexandra and Murchison. Kaitaia…
Days begin to slowly lengthen
It’s more like seconds than minutes but the days are very slowly starting to draw out but moreso at the…
Melbournites complain of cold
Melbourne has been stuck in a fridge for five days, with the maximum temperature set at under 13 degrees,…
VIDEO: Passenger ship battles big swells in cyclone
One of largest and fastest passenger cruisers Voyager, in cyclone Valentina. The ship battles huge swells and while the waves…
Boost for scientists in Antarctica
The Government is pumping an extra $15.3 million over the next four years, into what it describes as vital science…
Hurricane Alex makes landfall
Hurricane Alex made landfall in northern Mexico at 9pm CDT around 200kms south of Brownsville, Texas. Alex’s maximum sustained winds…
Thursday’s national highs…
Today’s highest temperature was 16 at Kaitaia, Bay of Islands, New Plymouth, Ashburton, Oamaru. Today’s lowest maximum temperature was 6…
ETS to hit Kiwi pockets today
We start paying for the Emissions Trading Scheme from today. Power prices are already on the rise and fuel prices…
Hurricane Alex now Cat 2
Hurricane Alex has been upgraded to a category 2 storm says the National Hurricane Centre. Alex is very near making landfall…
