Kelburn

The finest of the pillars at Kelburn is dated 1707, and the initials

The Book of Sun-Dials 1900

Much of the data used by GISS comes from the site at Kelburn, which is in a park at about 125m above sea level.

Houston, We've Found Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

Much of the data used by GISS comes from the site at Kelburn, which is in a park at about 125m above sea level.

Help NASA Find the Lost City of Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

Much of the data used by GISS comes from the site at Kelburn, which is in a park at about 125m above sea level.

Houston, We've Found Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

America, Japan and France but with a matrimonial home in Harrow on the Hill called Kelburn

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

The official site for Wellington, especially for the TV news temperatures, used to be Kelburn.

Help NASA Find the Lost City of Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

According to comment #72, the Kelburn data started in 1928 – which is when the GHCN adjusted / unadjusted starts to match up again — but the GISS data starts in 1939 and still adjusted about 0.5 degree until the 1980s.

Help NASA Find the Lost City of Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

About the time of the change, there were articles in the paper discussing why Kelburn was so much “colder” than the rest of Wellington.

Help NASA Find the Lost City of Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

To find the real trend, you must make appropriate homogeneity adjustments which take account of the differences in height between the various measurement series and also use the time when the Kelburn and Wellington Airport temperature series overlap.

Help NASA Find the Lost City of Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007

The GHCN data shows a 1.5 degree difference between Thorndon and Kelburn.

Help NASA Find the Lost City of Wellington NZ « Climate Audit 2007