Temperature Controls in the city of Wellington in New Zealand

In this blog post, I will be covering the topic of temperature controls for the city of Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington is located at the southern part of North Island and is close to the ocean. There will be the discussion of what temperature controls affect Wellington and also the ones that do not.

The capital city of my New Zealand is Wellington. It is geographically located at 41°16'S, 174°45'E in the Southern Hemisphere. The warmest month in my city is February with an average monthly temperature of 63 degrees F. The coldest month in my city is July with an average monthly temperature of 47 degrees F. Based on this information, the annual range of temperature for Wellington is 16 degrees F, which isn’t too major of a change. The website where I found this information is http://www.wellington.climatemps.com/

With Wellington being near the ocean, ocean currents are one of the temperature controls that impact the city. Wellington is sort of in a gulf where the ocean water comes in. The water there is not cold enough to have icebergs, but it is cold enough for people to be wearing wetsuits when in the water. The ocean currents keep it warmer than other places because in the mountains, there aren’t any oceans there.

Wellington is only about 400 feet above sea level and having the city stretch down to the ocean, it’s pretty easy to tell that altitude is a temperature control that does not affect the city. If it were 2000 feet up, then altitude would come into play as a temperature control.

From how the earth’s temperature as whole has been changing in the recent years, the predictions for future years in Wellington is that the temperature will increase. The increase won’t be a drastic change, but it will make a difference in the long run couple hundred years from now. Oceans are becoming warmer and because of that, it will affect Wellington’s temperature being that it is very closely located to the ocean. Wellington’s geographical position will not be affected by climate changes in the future except that there will be stronger winds predicted and more storms. The temperature control cloud clover & albedo will come into effect for Wellington when more storms become present.

After doing research on the city of Wellington, New Zealand, there are a good amount of temperature controls that affect the city. Being that the city is basically right next to the ocean, it plays a big factor for temperature control. Wellington does not have extreme fluctuation in seasons, which is why so many people choose to live there.