Auckland has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters. It
is the warmest main centre of New Zealand and is also one of the sunniest, with an average
of 2060 sunshine hours per annum. The average daily maximum temperature is 23.7 °C in
February, and 14.5 °C in July, the absolute maximum recorded temperature is 32.4 °C, while
the absolute minimum is -2.5. High levels of rainfall occur almost year-round with an
average of 1240 mm per year spread over 137 'rain days'. Climatic conditions vary in
different parts of the city owing to geography such as hills, land cover and distance from
the sea, hence unofficial temperature records exist, such as a maximum of 34°C in west
Auckland.
