Frost Reports 2024

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Nice and white this morning. Down to minus 2.3C.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Cloud and rain cleared away overnight to us having a light frost this morning, down to minus 0.4C.

[Razor]

It's already -8 at Mt Cook. Blimey

[Richard]

Down to -3.9 before cloud rolled back in

[Razor]

Mt Cook Village bottomed out at -10.6. Thats the first double digits below zero I've heard of this year

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Down to minus 2.1C overnight before the cloud rolled in.

[Kobi]

Went down to 0C this morning

[Orion]

-3.9°C between 7am and 8am today; very white frost.

Clear and sunny now.

[Razor]

-4.7 Halswell.
-11 Mt Cook

[Richard]

Bottomed out at -6.5deg, nothing to severe thankfully, still had cold water.

[Simon Culling]

These figures (to 7am) today - 3/8/2024) were taken from the linked tweet from MetService. Chilly morning for the South Island. Nowt from NIWA.

Mount Cook Airport -10.7°C
St Arnaud -8.0°C
Twizel -7.7°C
Dunedin Airport -6.5°C
Alexandra Airport -5.2°C
Christchurch Airport -5.1°C

https://x.com/MetService/status/1819470035200712928

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Good frost this morning, not like yesterday when cloud cover hindered it's development.
Quite white this morning on lawns and roofs. Down to minus 4.2C.

[Kobi]

-5C last night here and forecast -5C tonight as well

[Cantab03]

Sitting on minus 3 here in CHCH as of 915pm. Mt Cook Village on minus 10 already!

[Bradley]

West Melton from above this morning

[Lawrence]

Down to - 4.1°C Bone chilling and the lowest here this year.

[Richard]

Down to 7.8deg here. Still have cold water which I'm surprised about, the house is on piles and the pipe is unlagged

[Simon Culling]

MetService report that Sunday morning (4th Aug) saw the second lowest August temperature ever recorded at Christchurch Airport - a minimum of -6.1°C.

Chart copied from this tweet:

https://x.com/MetService/status/1819823301784711427

[Orion]

-4.7°C was the lowest I saw here this morning.
Glorious sunny day follows.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Another good frost this morning, down to minus 4.9C

[Kobi]

Lowest at my house was -5.8C

[Kobi]

MetService report that Sunday morning (4th Aug) saw the second lowest August temperature ever recorded at Christchurch Airport - a minimum of -6.1°C.

Chart copied from this tweet:

https://x.com/MetService/status/1819823301784711427

August 29th 1993 being third is interesting, i know that very day a year prior (and the day before that) had the big snow storm in 1992, so would of expected that to be on there rather than 1993.

[Orion]

Dropped to -1.3°C now. Rather hazy blue sky to west and north, some light cloud around.

[Kobi]

Down to -3C overnight, not as cold as previous nights but still cold

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Dropped down to minus 1.5C overnight here this morning.