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Tuesday 3 February 2015
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Dry January boosts sales
Sales of ice creams, bottled water, sunscreen and water slides have been “going crazy” as temperatures around the Nelson region hit near-record highs last month. The latest Met Service records released on Monday tell us what we already know – that January in Nelson was one of the hottest and driest months on record. Nelson’s average mean temperature last month was 19.1 degrees Celsius, with the
highest maximum of 27 degrees being recorded on January 18 and 29. That made it the fifth warmest January since records began in 1941 and the second driest with just 6.6mm of rain in the month. In fact, if it hadn’t have rained on Saturday – the final day of the month – it would have been the driest January on record, beating the record low of 3.7mm in 1978.
Simon Bloomberg Reporter
simon@waimeaweekly.co.nz And that warm weather has resulted in record sales of anything and everything that’s cool, wet or refreshing. “I’ve been here for seven summers and this one has been the busiest ever,” says Philip
van der Waal, owner of ice cream and gelato shop Penguinos. “I would have sold 40 per cent more this month than I did last January. Market Day is usually our best day but last Thursday it was really hot and we sold twice that amount.” Philip says the refreshing flavours like lemon, watermelon and mint have been
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Nelsonians give Monster Slide mixed reviews Jacob Chandler After a lacklustre start in Christchurch, where one man came away with spinal injuries, the Monster Slide has also had mixed reviews from sliders in Nelson. The event, held in upper Collingwood St, began with a slow start due to the rain and some failing generators causing a delay of around an hour before sliders could ride the 300m slide. Most people spoken to by the Nelson Weekly say they were waiting 45 minutes to an hour in line but most were understanding due to the large turnout. The queue spanned most of the length of the slide itself.
One rider, Brendan Naughton, was not impressed with the event though. “It’s not a steep enough slope. All the water falls to one side and you can’t get enough speed up. The security is terrible, there’s people skipping up the queue and the security are just sitting over there with their hands folded.” Event organiser, Jamie Templeton, says his role had become mainly janitorial during the event but he was happy with the turnout. “I think we did about 1500-2000 tickets and it looks pretty good, the line is moving and people are getting their slides.” He says he was happy that the Collingwood St residents were getting involved too.
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