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After days of warm weather, Christchurch is now officially in a heat wave, but forecasters warn it may not last.
Thermometers in the city reached 26 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, after four consecutive days of temperatures well above the 19 ° C average in November.
A heat wave is classified in five days in a row by temperatures 5 ° C above average, said MetService meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree, which Christchurch has now experienced.
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Michael Kremers and Tipsy the dog go surfing on Christchurch’s New Brighton Beach on Tuesday.
Christchurch met the criteria when the city’s airport weather station reached 25 ° C just after 1.30 p.m. It peaked at 26.1 ° C around 6 p.m.
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Christchurch reached 26.1 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, which means the city is now in a heat wave.
“There will be a shift to the south, bringing temperatures back to a more average range,” Crabtree said.
“Some rains will start to arrive during the next few days.”
But the weekend forecast bodes well for outdoor-loving Cantabrians.
“The rain will start to dry out a bit on Friday and temperatures could hit 20 degrees again by the weekend.”
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Christchurch beach lovers have been enjoying the mild weather in recent days.
In late October, Niwa confirmed the arrival of La Niña weather conditions, which heralded a good chance of a dry November for many areas.
In her climate update for the three months from November to January, Niwa said she had high confidence that temperatures would be warmer than usual across the country.
La Niña is typically associated with unusually warm Tasman Sea temperatures in late spring and summer, which can have a profound impact on air temperature above land.
