Climate

New Zealand is located about 1000 miles east of Australia. Wellington is at the southern base of the north island; thus its climate is intermediate between cool subtropical-humid and warm temperate-oceanic.
Daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures for the:
Rainfall averages 1065 mm (42 inches) annually, with average summer rainfall averaging 85 mm (3.3 inches) monthly.
Wind speed is high in spring and early summer (September-November). Average days per month of wind gusts greater than 63 km/hr (38 miles/hr) is 16.