High temperatures - Jan 23 to Feb 01

[NZstorm]

Middlemarch redorded 37.4C.

[Bradley]

To be fair parts of Chch never made 24C today

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Only the very easten suburbs, I was in Linwood all day and it was 29C at 2pm... my point is how wildly off their forecasts are sometimes, I find the Metservice forecasts are more reliable but hey, talking about getting to 40C is very good click bait isn’t it...

[cbm]

Thanks Nev. So Hamilton Ruakura needs 29 or more 5 days in a row for a ‘heat wave’. I think 4 days will be achieved but not sure on the 5th day.

Came very close. At least 28.4 today and similar last Thursday.

[Richard]

Still 27deg at 9.30, cant see it going under 20 tonight

[Nev]

Middlemarch redorded 37.4C.

Pipped by NIWA's 37.6C at Clyde today.

[Razor]

9am and its already 28 degrees here. No wind, no cloud, this could be a record breaker alright

[Bradley]

9am and its already 28 degrees here. No wind, no cloud, this could be a record breaker alright

Record breaker in what way Razor? Are you saying hottest ever temperature recorded? Or highest January temp?

[Razor]

9am and its already 28 degrees here. No wind, no cloud, this could be a record breaker alright

Record breaker in what way Razor? Are you saying hottest ever temperature recorded? Or highest January temp?

For individual town/ location recordings. Little River for eg already beyond 30 arfter hitting 36 yesterday

[melja]

Would seem unlikely given the high cloud pushing in from the west

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[Bradley]

I think today is going to be really hard to predict, could be some odd very high temps but other places are going to fairly low with the cloud coming in...it's looking like Christchurch Aiport is going to smash it's previous highest monthly minimum temperature recorded back in January 1975 on 14.3C by around a full degree, there will be plenty of others too, NIWA's monthly summary is going to be a goodie jam packed with records both maximum and minimum...

[einzack]

Just cracked 35°C here with 35.1°C currently.
That is damn hot. Reminds me of living in Newman, in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
But at least there, everyone had air conditioning.
But it was also often 5-10°C warmer than this too.
But this is warm enough, thank you. Please go away now.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

The high cloud cover is moving in from the north now with a NW Arch forming so we have reached our peak here of 32.7C. but I see down the road at Levels it was much hotter, which is a bit of a turn around as we are usually 3 or 4 degrees warmer. They peaked at over 34C.
This is the first proper N to NW we have had down here since moving here. The heat today, being a bit different from last week or so being more drier.

[NZstorm]

Both Dunedin Airport and Timaru Airport showing 34C this afternoon.

Queenstown Airport got to 30C today which is the 8th consecutive day the temp has reached 30C there.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I think Dunedin was tops today with 35C to finish off this thread of late January high temperatures?

[JP.]

Was just a day late for Christchurch, few reports of 35c today

[Chris W]

Yes we could extend the thread to today, and then stop. It is still 30C at nearly 6pm in Chch and I personally experienced the rise to 35 earlier, but the southerly dragged up by Fehi is on its way! A 9C minimum tonight - a full 10C lower than most of the past two weeks.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Someone said it got to 37C in Kaikoura today?

[Flutterbye]

Someone said it got to 37C in Kaikoura today?

That would be at the airport. Only a temp gauge there which I just found. Hardly an ideal placement.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Someone said it got to 37C in Kaikoura today?

That would be at the airport. Only a temp gauge there which I just found. Hardly an ideal placement.

Dan said it was 37C. Probably at the airport at Puketa but.....

[melja]

What's wrong with placement, it's only a couple hundred metres from the ocean and lots of grass and bugger all buildings.