{{Short description|Locality in Otago Region, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Poolburn''' is a small rural settlement in [[Central Otago]], in the [[South Island]] of [[New Zealand]]. It is located in the Ida Valley nine kilometres to the southeast of [[Ophir, New Zealand|Ophir]]. It has a primary school, a former hotel, a community hall, a sports ground, tennis courts and a (closed) church. It has nearby historic gold mine workings ("Blacks No. 3") at the eastern foot of the Raggedy Range.
{{Central Otago}} {{coord|45|08|15|S|169|42|00|E|region:NZ_type:city|display=title}}
{{Otago-geo-stub}}
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |location = Poolburn (Moa Creek), elevation {{convert|427|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1957–1984) | Jan record high C = 34.1 | Feb record high C = 33.5 | Mar record high C = 29.5 | Apr record high C = 25.5 | May record high C = 19.8 | Jun record high C = 16.9 | Jul record high C = 15.3 | Aug record high C = 18.2 | Sep record high C = 22.0 | Oct record high C = 24.7 | Nov record high C = 29.0 | Dec record high C = 31.3 | year record high C = | Jan avg record high C = 29.7 | Feb avg record high C = 29.2 | Mar avg record high C = 26.1 | Apr avg record high C = 21.8 | May avg record high C = 17.5 | Jun avg record high C = 13.3 | Jul avg record high C = 12.2 | Aug avg record high C = 15.6 | Sep avg record high C = 18.6 | Oct avg record high C = 22.2 | Nov avg record high C = 24.6 | Dec avg record high C = 27.5 | year avg record high C = 30.8 | Jan high C = 22.2 | Feb high C = 22.4 | Mar high C = 19.6 | Apr high C = 15.8 | May high C = 10.5 | Jun high C = 6.7 | Jul high C = 6.4 | Aug high C = 9.8 | Sep high C = 13.4 | Oct high C = 16.0 | Nov high C = 18.2 | Dec high C = 20.9 | year high C = | Jan mean C = 14.7 | Feb mean C = 14.7 | Mar mean C = 12.3 | Apr mean C = 8.4 | May mean C = 3.9 | Jun mean C = 1.2 | Jul mean C = 1.1 | Aug mean C = 3.4 | Sep mean C = 6.2 | Oct mean C = 9.0 | Nov mean C = 11.2 | Dec mean C = 13.7 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 7.1 | Feb low C = 6.9 | Mar low C = 5.0 | Apr low C = 0.9 | May low C = -2.7 | Jun low C = -4.4 | Jul low C = -4.2 | Aug low C = -3.1 | Sep low C = -1.0 | Oct low C = 2.0 | Nov low C = 4.2 | Dec low C = 6.5 | year low C = | Jan avg record low C = -0.4 | Feb avg record low C = -1.0 | Mar avg record low C = -2.7 | Apr avg record low C = -6.0 | May avg record low C = -9.4 | Jun avg record low C = -9.6 | Jul avg record low C = -9.8 | Aug avg record low C = -8.1 | Sep avg record low C = -6.8 | Oct avg record low C = -4.9 | Nov avg record low C = -3.7 | Dec avg record low C = -1.2 | year avg record low C = -10.9 |Jan record low C = -3.0 |Feb record low C = -4.5 |Mar record low C = -5.8 |Apr record low C = -8.6 |May record low C = -12.3 |Jun record low C = -12.4 |Jul record low C = -16.8 |Aug record low C = -10.9 |Sep record low C = -10.6 |Oct record low C = -7.5 |Nov record low C = -7.5 |Dec record low C = -4.5 |year record low C = |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 49.0 |Feb rain mm = 37.0 |Mar rain mm = 41.5 |Apr rain mm = 34.8 |May rain mm = 30.7 |Jun rain mm = 25.0 |Jul rain mm = 20.0 |Aug rain mm = 20.3 |Sep rain mm = 25.0 |Oct rain mm = 36.8 |Nov rain mm = 36.5 |Dec rain mm = 44.4 |year rain mm = |source 1 = Earth Sciences NZ (rainfall 1913–1984)<ref>{{cite web |url = https://data.niwa.co.nz/ |title = Datahub (Agent number: 5545) |publisher = Earth Sciences New Zealand |access-date = 9 Oct 2025}}</ref> }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
[[Category:Populated places in Otago]]