Wellsford
New Zealand
A pocket-sized highway town on the Northland Peninsula where State Highways 1 and 16 meet, Wellsford sits near the Kaipara Harbour and offers a modest café and restaurant scene alongside several historic churches for a village its size. Founded in 1862 by Baptist settlers from the Birmingham area, it grew through timber, kauri gum, and dairy farming, and today serves as a practical stop roughly halfway between Auckland and Whangārei.
- Population2,110
- Nearest water from center 0.5 km0.3 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 4.6 km2.8 mi
Climate · monthly averages
J
19°66°
70mm2.8in
F
20°67°
70mm2.8in
M
18°65°
75mm2.9in
A
16°61°
80mm3.1in
M
14°58°
95mm3.8in
J
12°54°
100mm3.9in
J
11°53°
120mm4.7in
A
12°53°
110mm4.4in
S
13°55°
100mm3.9in
O
14°57°
80mm3.1in
N
15°60°
75mm3.0in
D
18°64°
95mm3.7in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗