{
  "name": "Christchurch",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/christchurch/",
  "summary": "The largest city on New Zealand's South Island, an hour and a half from Mt Hutt, with occasional winter snow.",
  "location": {
    "country": "New Zealand",
    "region": "Canterbury",
    "latitude": -43.53,
    "longitude": 172.64
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 11
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 0,
      "february": 0,
      "march": 0,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0.1,
      "october": 0.1,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 0
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 0,
      "february": 0,
      "march": 0,
      "april": 0,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 0,
      "december": 0
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": 13.6,
        "high": 21.9
      },
      "february": {
        "low": 13.7,
        "high": 22.1
      },
      "march": {
        "low": 12.1,
        "high": 19.8
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 9.3,
        "high": 17.3
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 7.3,
        "high": 14.7
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 5.3,
        "high": 11.7
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 4.1,
        "high": 11.1
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 4.5,
        "high": 12.2
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 6.1,
        "high": 14.7
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 8.2,
        "high": 16.8
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 10.6,
        "high": 19.1
      },
      "december": {
        "low": 12.6,
        "high": 21
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016": 100,
      "2017": 100,
      "2018": 0,
      "2019": 0,
      "2020": 0,
      "2021": 100,
      "2022": 500,
      "2023": 200,
      "2024": 0,
      "2025": 0
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Christchurch on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79990"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}