Medbury

{{Short description|Locality in Hurunui District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2015}} {{other uses}} {{Location map |New Zealand |label=Medbury |lat_dir=S | lat_deg=42 | lat_min=52 |lon_dir=E | lon_deg=172 | lon_min=40 |position=right |width= 150 |float=right |caption= }}

'''Medbury''' is a rural locality in the [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]] region of New Zealand's [[South Island]], situated near the [[Hurunui River]] and [[New Zealand State Highway 7|State Highway 7.]] There is no longer a significant population base forming a township, just rural properties.

On 15 December 1884, the [[railway]] line was extended to Medbury [[Waikari]] was opened to Medbury, which remained the terminus for just over a year until the line was further extended to [[Culverden]] on 8 February 1886. Initially, the line was intended to become the [[Main North Line, New Zealand|Main North Line]] to [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] and [[Blenheim, New Zealand|Blenheim]], but a coastal route via [[Parnassus, New Zealand|Parnassus]] and [[Kaikōura]] was chosen. The line through Medbury had its furthest terminus in [[Waiau, Canterbury|Waiau]] and it became known as the [[Waiau Branch]]. Medbury station had a loading bank, stockyards, and a [[water tank]] for [[steam locomotive]]s, and a [[goods shed]] was installed in 1924. The station was closed due to low traffic in 1974, with the line's closure taking place on 15 January 1978. The goods shed still stands, relocated to a farmer's paddock.

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |location = Medbury (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1927–1991, 2016–present) | Jan record high C = 37.9 | Feb record high C = 36.0 | Mar record high C = 32.8 | Apr record high C = 29.4 | May record high C = 25.7 | Jun record high C = 23.9 | Jul record high C = 20.6 | Aug record high C = 22.8 | Sep record high C = 27.5 | Oct record high C = 29.1 | Nov record high C = 31.1 | Dec record high C = 33.1 | year record high C = | Jan high C = 23.4 | Feb high C = 23.4 | Mar high C = 20.9 | Apr high C = 17.6 | May high C = 14.8 | Jun high C = 11.6 | Jul high C = 11.4 | Aug high C = 12.9 | Sep high C = 14.8 | Oct high C = 17.1 | Nov high C = 18.9 | Dec high C = 21.2 | year high C = | Jan mean C = 17.1 | Feb mean C = 16.9 | Mar mean C = 14.5 | Apr mean C = 11.4 | May mean C = 9.0 | Jun mean C = 6.0 | Jul mean C = 5.8 | Aug mean C = 7.2 | Sep mean C = 9.3 | Oct mean C = 11.2 | Nov mean C = 13.2 | Dec mean C = 15.3 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 10.9 | Feb low C = 10.3 | Mar low C = 8.1 | Apr low C = 5.1 | May low C = 3.3 | Jun low C = 0.4 | Jul low C = 0.2 | Aug low C = 1.4 | Sep low C = 3.8 | Oct low C = 5.3 | Nov low C = 7.4 | Dec low C = 9.4 | year low C = |Jan record low C = -1.1 |Feb record low C = -0.6 |Mar record low C = -2.0 |Apr record low C = -5.6 |May record low C = -8.3 |Jun record low C = -10.0 |Jul record low C = -13.3 |Aug record low C = -9.2 |Sep record low C = -6.7 |Oct record low C = -5.3 |Nov record low C = -3.3 |Dec record low C = -1.2 |year record low C = |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 40.0 |Feb rain mm = 37.5 |Mar rain mm = 57.1 |Apr rain mm = 53.1 |May rain mm = 59.3 |Jun rain mm = 50.7 |Jul rain mm = 57.1 |Aug rain mm = 73.1 |Sep rain mm = 49.8 |Oct rain mm = 57.9 |Nov rain mm = 41.2 |Dec rain mm = 42.0 |year rain mm = |source 1 = NIWA (rainfall 1971–2000)<ref>{{cite web |url = https://cliflo.niwa.co.nz/ |title = CliFlo -The National Climate Database (Agent numbers: 5431, 5432, 41282) |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 11 Sep 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://niwa.co.nz/climate-and-weather/monthly |title = Monthly climate summaries from December 2001 to the present. |publisher = NIWA |access-date = 13 Jul 2025}}</ref> }} :1.{{note|a}}Extremes includes nearby Balmoral Forest station.

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135024/http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/branch/waiau/07/ Information about and photos of Medbury's railway station]

[[Category:Hurunui District]] [[Category:Populated places in the Canterbury Region]]