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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
I have never been to Benmore but from memory it is about 100km east of Wanaka?
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Hi John.
My site is 80km ENE of Wanaka, in the Mackenzie Basin high country. The climate is quite arid by NZ standards, far more so than that of the west coast. Precipitation in the area is around 200-300 mm per year. It is drier at my site, which is 1,500m above the surrounding terrain.
http://www.observatory.org.nz/about.html
http://www.observatory.org.nz/temp/pan1.jpg (4.16 MB)
http://www.observatory.org.nz/temp/pan2.jpg (1.80 MB)
http://www.observatory.org.nz/temp/Pan_max.jpg (5.22 MB)