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After the week started with temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius in Hawke’s Bay, a cool change is coming and many areas could have frost towards the end of the week.
MetService recorded a maximum of 30.3 ° C at a place called Te Pohue in the interior of Hawke’s Bay on Monday, but was unable to verify it with historical readings from the site.
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MetService advises growers to watch out for the possibility of frost later this week.
A station in Hastings reached an October high of 28.3 ° C, although the station was only in use from 1981 to 1989 and then again from 2005.
On Tuesday, Napier hit 28 ° C, which was within 2 ° C of the October high, MetService meteorologist Angus Hines said.
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Niwa Weather reported a temperature of 30.1 ° C at its Wairoa station on Monday, saying that in the last decade only two other years had temperatures of 30 ° C + in October. It also noted a 41 ° C temperature range last week, with Wairoa reaching 28.1 ° C on Sunday after Mt Potts in Canterbury dropped to -13.4 ° C last Tuesday.
MetService recorded highs of 28 ° C in Blenheim on Monday and 25 ° C in Kawerau, Gisborne, Masterton, Picton, Christchurch and Dunedin. Taupō reached 26C.
But the first of the cold fronts that brought much colder temperatures was moving into the country on Tuesday.
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After a warm start to the week, many areas could see frost in the next few days. (file photo)
By around 2 p.m. Tuesday, he was in the middle of Canterbury and, late at night, he would be passing through Wellington, Hines said. “Tomorrow another front is basically following the same path.”
Many parts of the South Island away from the coast could have frosts later in the week, while on the North Island frosts were more likely in the central areas and Wairarapa.
From its peak of 28 ° C on Monday, Blenheim is expected to peak at just 12 ° C on Thursday, dropping to 1 ° C early Friday and 0 ° C early Saturday. After its peak of 28 ° C on Tuesday, Napier is forecast to hit just 14 ° C on Thursday and Friday.
Christchurch is forecast to drop to 0 ° C early Friday and 2 ° C early Saturday, with Timaru and Alexandra at -1 ° C early Friday, and Martinborough in Wairarapa and Waiouru at -1 ° C early Saturday.
Brisk southerly winds are expected to peak at Wellington at 11 ° C on Thursday, while a low of 5 ° C is forecast for Saturday morning. Auckland central has only a small drop, from a high of 19 ° C on Monday to a high of 16 ° C on Friday.
Much of the country seems to have a decent weekend.
“We have a fairly stable short period of time after that second front tomorrow,” Hines said.
“For the most part, on Friday we will have a new high pressure spread across the country. That holds up for most places through Friday and Saturday, and for most places through Sunday. “
The west of the South Island was expected to receive a flurry of rain on Sunday.
