Normal Temperatures and our Number of Days over 25 degrees C
T Dobbie made this Official Information request to Christchurch City Council
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From: T Dobbie
Dear Christchurch City Council,
From your Climate Action section - How its Affecting Us - Temperatures
Please supply the following data;
1. Normal temperatures data by month, and
2. any terms of reference and assumptions to predict these expectations, and
3. source of the data, for
the expected temperature rises stated by 2040 and 2090, and
the base data and figures for;
1. normal days over 25 degrees Celsius for each month of the year, and
2. where this data is sourced from and station/s involved.
All data should be month by month, and include dates or period of source data.
Yours faithfully,
T Dobbie
From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council
Kia Ora,
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Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information
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From: Official Information
Christchurch City Council
Dear T Dobbie,
I refer to your request for:
Dear Christchurch City Council,
From your Climate Action section - How its Affecting Us - Temperatures
Please supply the following data;
1. Normal temperatures data by month, and
2. any terms of reference and assumptions to predict these expectations,
and
3. source of the data, for
the expected temperature rises stated by 2040 and 2090, and
the base data and figures for;
1. normal days over 25 degrees Celsius for each month of the year, and
2. where this data is sourced from and station/s involved.
All data should be month by month, and include dates or period of source
data.
Council Response
As per our previous response this data came from a report commissioned by
Environment Canterbury (and is on their website [1]here as well as being
cited in [2]Its Time Canterbury). It was integrated into the Council’s
first [3]District Risk Screening.
The original reference is:
Macara, G., Wolley, J. m., Pearse, P., Wadhwa, S., Zammit, C., Sood, A., &
Stevens, S. (2020). Climate Change Projections for the Canterbury Region
(Report No. 2019339WN). National Institute of Water and Atmospheric
Research Ltd.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[4]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Kind regards,
Sean
Sean Rainey
Manager Official Information and Privacy Officer
Official Information Team
Office of the Mayor and Chief Executive
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