page_title: Oban, New Zealand
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Oban, New Zealand / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Elgin Road Oban, Stewart Island, New Zealand, January 2020. South Sea hotel and Four Square store visible
context_page_description: Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island / Rakiura, the southernmost inhabited island of the New Zealand archipelago. Oban is located on Halfmoon Bay, on Paterson Inlet. It has aircraft connections with Invercargill and a ferry service to Bluff.
  The settlement was named after Oban in Scotland, due to the strong influence Scottish settlers had in the south of early colonial New Zealand.
  According to the March 2001 New Zealand census, the island's permanent resident population was 387 at that time, a decrease of 30 since 1996. Approximately 80% of these live in Oban. Newer estimates put the population at around 400, and the island has received a moderate boost of commerce and some millions in government funding since tourism increased markedly after the opening of the Rakiura National Park.
context_section_description: The Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as a mid-latitude oceanic (Cfb) similar to the west coast of Scotland. Temperatures are mild to cool year-round, with average high temperatures ranging from 17.2 °C (63.0 °F) in January, the warmest month, to 9.9 °C (49.8 °F) in July, the coolest month. The strong oceanic influence here results in small temperature variations. The diurnal temperature variation is quite low, around 7–8 °C (13–14 °F) yearlong, and seasonal temperature variation (the difference between the warmest and coldest months) is about 7 °C (13 °F). Precipitation averages 1,490 mm (58.65 in) per year, and is evenly distributed across the year (see climate chart). Year-round, Oban lies in the direct path of mid-latitude cyclones (low-pressure systems, or depressions) arriving from the Southern Ocean, generally moving from southwest to northeast, or west to east. As such, the climate is predominantly windy, cloudy and rainy; clear days, and days with calm to minimal wind are rare.
caption: Oban, Stewart Island 2020
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPad (5th generation)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Photos 3.0", "Image DateTime": "2020:01:27 17:23:18", "Image ExifOffset": "186", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/1597", "EXIF FNumber": "12/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "25", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2020:01:27 17:23:18", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2020:01:27 17:23:18", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "9886/929", "EXIF ApertureValue": "4845/1918", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "7091/692", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "No flash function", "EXIF FocalLength": "33/10", "EXIF SubjectArea": "[1631, 1223, 1795, 1077]", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "386", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "386", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3232", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1339", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "31", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[33/10, 33/10, 12/5, 12/5]", "EXIF LensMake": "Apple", "EXIF LensModel": "iPad (5th generation) back camera 3.3mm f/2.4"}