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Temperatures reached record highs in some parts of the South Island on Sunday, with Kaikōura the hottest place in the country at 24.5 ° C.
But despite New Zealand’s warm weather weekend, winter is not over yet.
The National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) reported near-record temperatures in the cities that dot the east coast of the South Island.
Riccarton, in Christchurch, equaled its second highest winter temperature at 23.6 ° C, Lincoln had the fourth highest at 22.3 ° C, while Waimate had its hottest winter day since records began in 1908, reaching 23.4 ° C.
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People enjoy the sun in Corsair Bay on Sundays.
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MetService forecaster Cameron Coutts said that locations along the South Island’s east coast were mostly over 20 ° C due to a flow from the west.
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Mountain bikers in Port Hills in Christchurch on Sunday.
Timaru reached 24 ° C, Oamaru reached 23 ° C, and the temperature gauge at Christchurch Airport was set at 22 ° C.
The warm weather was clearly enjoyed in Garden City on Sunday, with mountain bikers dotting Port Hills, surfers braving the water at Corsair Bay, and traffic toward Sumner backing up to the Ferrymead Bridge.
The west coast of the country was a bit cooler, and most places in the west of the North and South Island settled around 15 ° C, Coutts said.
The warm weekend temperatures were expected to continue into Sunday night and into Monday, he said.
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A surfer made the most of the warm weather in Corsair Bay on Sunday.
Christchurch was expected to be the hottest of the three major hubs on Monday, with a maximum forecast of 20 ° C.
Coutts warned that the warm weather would not last: Another west front, along with a cold shift to the south, would reach the lower South Island on Monday night and move towards the South Island on Tuesday.
“There is probably going to be a lot of rain and also snow at lower levels.”
Up to 400 meters of snow was expected in the Canterbury foothills and 500 meters on the Banks Peninsula.
The humid weather was expected to carry over to the North Island on Wednesday.
“We’ve had two or three nice days, and then we go back to winter on the first day of spring.”
