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Auckland's weather varies depending on where you live, be it in an urban valley, on top of a hill or down beside the sea.
That difference will be shown by a network of Weatherwise Auckland observers who will give Herald readers a broad coverage of the day's weather and 24-hour readings taken at 5pm.
Weatherwise principal Carla Salinger says measurements at four sites a day gives a better representation of what the weather is really like in Auckland.
The observers have weather stations set up at Freemans Bay for the inner city, and at Helensville, Orewa, Waiheke Island, Hillsborough, Henderson, St Johns Park, Beachlands, Waiuku and Pukekohe.
Their observations of the past week show some parts of Auckland are more susceptible to frosts than others.
Henderson had three frosts, Waiuku had two and Waiheke Island one. But Hillsborough, St Johns Park and Beachlands had none.
Some observers have been with Weatherwise Auckland for 10 years or more.
Henderson observer Albert Chan said his station was in a valley that was sheltered and warm during the day.
But at night, it received cold airflows from inland.
Over a year, Henderson's mean daily temperatures could vary from 20.1C to 9.8C.
Barbara and Roger van Ryn, of Beachlands, say their area has its own microclimate.
"When the weather comes from the north, we get buckets more rain than anywhere," said Mrs van Ryn.
"When it comes from the southwest we do not get as much rain as other places."
Last month, Beachlands had 73.5mm of rain, compared with June 2002 when 146.6mm was recorded.
For 37 years, Waiheke Island resident Malcolm Philcox has been manning a weather station that has been in operation since 1914.
His records show that last month there was 120mm of rain compared with 230mm in June 1924.
"There was one particularly wet three-month period when 700mm was recorded, and I suggested farmers could start growing their sheep hydroponically," he said.
