Kerel just reminded me of this. Kinda my annual October thing to do I suppose. This is my 3rd time writing this, or cut and paste from last year's entry, whatever.
Wokeh, some useful stuffs which I think us who're living in Wellington should know (..or maybe at least do care a bit?)
All of us are well aware of that Wellington is windy, but how exactly is windy? It's October now and I do think this post over here serves very well on the topic. Why? Fact number 1: October is generally the windiest month of the year in Wellington with average of 27 days with wind speeds over 15 knots and 19 of these days are over 20 knots (Approximately 37 kmh). Ahh, did I get you interested already?
Alright now, lets start this thing slowly. Why Wellington is specially windy? Geographically, to put into simple terms, this city is somehow positioned in the middle of the "Wind of Rivers" of New Zealand. Not that simple eh? Well, we're located in a gap between the long range mountains from North and South islands which cause high acceleration of wind through the Cook Strait (Wellington is located next to it). It's like a wind corridor between the North and South islands. Simple enough?
This is turning into a kind of lecture eh? Fact number 2: Wellington is possibly the windiest city in the world with the highest windiest month average of approximately 36kmh and the highest least windiest month average of 24kmh.
Okey, enough of the boring stuffs. I can go on more about this thing; wind directions, wind breakage in the cities (of course you won't experience the total 80kmh wind gust on Cuba Street), global wind statistics and other stuffs. If you're interested, drop a question. If you think this is boring, feel free to make fun of this post down here as well. It is enough for me to know that just by the end you're reading this, you would tilt your head a bit in awe knowing that Wellington is one of the windiest cities in the world and October is the windiest month of the year in Wellington.
Wellington is unique. Brag this to your friends in Christchurch, Auckland or Otago. Enjoy :)
Dos and Donts of Wellington in October
1. Don't read newspaper while crossing the streets.
2. Don't run while holding uncapped cup of coffee (Well don't do this in any other months either).
3. Don't reorganize your sheets of papers in outdoors for whatever reason it could possibly be.
4. Don't jump off the harbour cliffs to experiment how strong it really is.
5. Do look at flying birds. It's funny.
6. Do hold on tight to your belonging when walking outside.
7. Girls, please do wear skirts. :)
Add more if you like.
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Wokeh, some useful stuffs which I think us who're living in Wellington should know (..or maybe at least do care a bit?)
All of us are well aware of that Wellington is windy, but how exactly is windy? It's October now and I do think this post over here serves very well on the topic. Why? Fact number 1: October is generally the windiest month of the year in Wellington with average of 27 days with wind speeds over 15 knots and 19 of these days are over 20 knots (Approximately 37 kmh). Ahh, did I get you interested already?
Alright now, lets start this thing slowly. Why Wellington is specially windy? Geographically, to put into simple terms, this city is somehow positioned in the middle of the "Wind of Rivers" of New Zealand. Not that simple eh? Well, we're located in a gap between the long range mountains from North and South islands which cause high acceleration of wind through the Cook Strait (Wellington is located next to it). It's like a wind corridor between the North and South islands. Simple enough?
This is turning into a kind of lecture eh? Fact number 2: Wellington is possibly the windiest city in the world with the highest windiest month average of approximately 36kmh and the highest least windiest month average of 24kmh.
Okey, enough of the boring stuffs. I can go on more about this thing; wind directions, wind breakage in the cities (of course you won't experience the total 80kmh wind gust on Cuba Street), global wind statistics and other stuffs. If you're interested, drop a question. If you think this is boring, feel free to make fun of this post down here as well. It is enough for me to know that just by the end you're reading this, you would tilt your head a bit in awe knowing that Wellington is one of the windiest cities in the world and October is the windiest month of the year in Wellington.
Wellington is unique. Brag this to your friends in Christchurch, Auckland or Otago. Enjoy :)
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Dos and Donts of Wellington in October
1. Don't read newspaper while crossing the streets.
2. Don't run while holding uncapped cup of coffee (Well don't do this in any other months either).
3. Don't reorganize your sheets of papers in outdoors for whatever reason it could possibly be.
4. Don't jump off the harbour cliffs to experiment how strong it really is.
5. Do look at flying birds. It's funny.
6. Do hold on tight to your belonging when walking outside.
7. Girls, please do wear skirts. :)
Add more if you like.
2 comments:
Do not use one of those three-fold umbrellas. It might end up in the trash.
and stationary, propelling birds are certainly entertaining.:)
well i dont think using umbrella is a good idea at the first place. raining at wgtn comes horizontally. or funnily upwards sometimes.
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