Rangiora climate — normals and trends
Rangiora (New Zealand) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 812 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Rangiora averages 36 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Rangiora has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 14 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 7 February 1973) and the coldest -10.5 °C (on 17 July 1956).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
RangioraCanterbury
- coords
- -43.30°, 172.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
812mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
18.1km/h
Seasonal range
10.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
36 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
10.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
32.7 °C
7 February 1973
Coldest day
-10.5 °C
17 July 1956
Wettest day
99 mm
30 May 2021
Windiest day
64.9 km/h
30 April 1952
Strongest gust
127.4 km/h
1 August 1975
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
8 February 2009
Coldest feels-like
-14.9 °C
17 July 1956
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
8 July 1992
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.5 °C | -1.8 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 20.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 45 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 81 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 153 mm | +93 mm |
| May | 15.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 92 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 10.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 99 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 11.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 61 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 11.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 44 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 15.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 70 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 118 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 44 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 19.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 72 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rangiora?
Rangiora has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 812 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rangiora?
The hottest day measured in Rangiora between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1973, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rangiora?
The coldest day measured in Rangiora between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1956, at -10.5 °C.
Does it snow in Rangiora?
Yes. Rangiora gets on average 10.4 cm of snow per year and has around 36 frost days.
Has the climate of Rangiora warmed?
Yes: Rangiora warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rangiora?
The wettest day measured in Rangiora between 1940 and 2025 was 30 May 2021, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rangiora?
The windiest day measured in Rangiora between 1940 and 2025 was 30 April 1952, with winds reaching 64.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rangiora?
The warmest month in Rangiora is January (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Rangiora?
Rangiora receives on average 812 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rangiora?
Rangiora gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rangiora?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rangiora between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1992, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rangiora?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rangiora.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rangiora?
In Rangiora, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 8 February 2009, and the lowest was -14.9 °C on 17 July 1956.
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