Warm and Dry for the East...Again

[Tornado Tim]

Matangi Has just hit 30 C. Its hot!

[Nev]

27.1°C in our backyard at 4:45pm and Grey Lynn 26.7°C at 2:15pm.

[Janos]

27.1°C in our backyard at 4:45pm and Grey Lynn 26.7°C at 2:15pm.

Oh for 27.1 deg c....I remember when temperatures were that cool.

[Andy]

Jase, you repeat that Hanmer assertion every summer. Alexandra's record high is 38.7C and Hanmer has never had an accepted reading anywhere near 42-44C.

If I remember right that temp of 38.7 was only a few years ago, and I was in Alex at the time, there were a few days in row with temps in the mid 30’s

Do you know where the weather station is located in Alex RWood?

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Reefton can be another hot spot.
It had 5 consecutive days of 30Cplus temperatures last summer or was it the summer before?

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Nev]

Oh for 27.1 deg c....I remember when temperatures were that cool.

Yes, but with DP's around 15°C and a Humidex of about 31°C, that would make it 'feel' just as hot, if not hotter, here than in parts of Dunedin. Prefer the lower 20's here.

[Janos]

Oh for 27.1 deg c....I remember when temperatures were that cool.

Yes, but with DP's around 15°C and a Humidex of about 31°C, that would make it 'feel' just as hot, if not hotter, here than in parts of Dunedin. Prefer the lower 20's here.

Just checked my weather station...yep similar DP...14.6....Pretty good.

[RWood]

Jase, you repeat that Hanmer assertion every summer. Alexandra's record high is 38.7C and Hanmer has never had an accepted reading anywhere near 42-44C.

If I remember right that temp of 38.7 was only a few years ago, and I was in Alex at the time, there were a few days in row with temps in the mid 30’s

Do you know where the weather station is located in Alex RWood?

It was in Feb 2005. Not sure where the station is, it has moved at least twice since the early 1980s. Somewhere in the main flat part of town though, I'm pretty sure. If you go onto CliFlo the station data gives accurate lat./long. so it could be worked out.

[mattyj46]

Looks like that reading in Invercargill might of not of been out by that much.

[Compie]

I remember the summers of 1978 & 1979 in Twizel, mum was furious with us kids for playing in the tar that was creeping down the road.

BTW someone has turned the heater back up, was 25 with that easterly, not back up to 29!

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

I see that Culverden got to 35C and Hanmer Springs not far behind on 34C.
Good to see McAndrews Bay 34C not far behind, beating Alex at 33C


JohnGaul
NZThS

[Compie]

That 34 was really early on, some time around 10:30am, not long after that the NE kicked in and things calmed down to about 25-28 all day. Still no clouds low DP, it felt scorching all day, still does.

Anything for Oxford, that place is a heat bowl up in the foothills of North Canterbury?

[03Stormchaser]

Was a great morning today out fishing before the NE kicked up.
Sunrise at sea this morning.

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[tich]

TV1 said the max in Culverden was 37C today. Now down to 19C in Chch with a gusty northeasterly.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Was a great morning today out fishing before the NE kicked up.
Sunrise at sea this morning.

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I saw that lovely sunrise this morning,Steve, when going for a 'Johny Riddle' about that time

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Compie]

Still hovering around 21 here, and way hotter inside - argh! Why is there no football on tv to keep me company?

[sw_windbow]

An average temperature of 23.4 in Dunedin yesterday, with 10 hours above 25.

[Dean.]

Light northerly and a warm 31 here in Ashburton today,just back from New Brighton (ChCh) where it was a lot cooler with the NE seabreeze.Enjoying the dry heat compared to the stifling heat and humidity of Cairns.Dewpoint only 9 here,better than the 25 dewpoints we are used to.
Great to be back home......if only for 12 days.

[Janos]

Looking at some of the local weather stations i notice Fairfield max hit 34deg today.
My station has been around the 27deg which incidently is not the station that hit the very high
temperature yesterday am (there are two in Macandrew bay). Went out for a fish down at Cape Saunders but just too hot with the radiation from the black bassalt rock.

[NZ Thunderstorm Soc]

Much warmer out here than in town with the temperature back into the thrities again, 4th day in a row.
Too hot to do much outside apart from watering.

JohnGaul
NZThS

[Nev]

Yes, MetService had Ashburton on 33°C at 1pm and Blenheim Aero, Timaru Aero and Masterton were all on 30°C. A bit cooler at Invercargill Aero today though with just 21°C.

[Janos]

Currently 31.2deg most Dunedin stations are suggesting similar temps.
Waiting for the cooler southerlies to come through.
4th day in a row when Dunedin has hit 30deg +

[CHCH Weather Chaser]

wow, very hot inland with 38.3 degrees being reached as a new station record in oxford. Link below
http://www.davidbuckley.name/weather/
Cheviot currently at 36.5 degrees. Very warm indeed

[Nev]

Interesting! Prior to all those new records being set on Feb 7, 1973, the highest ever official national temp recorded was 38.4°C at Ashburton on Jan 19, 1956.

Apparently, Darfield topped today's highest offcial temp with 35°C, followed by Culverden on 34°C and Ashburton, Blenheim and Molesworth all on 33°C.

A mere 27.3°C here at 2:50pm.

[Philip Duncan]

Hope you have a nice sea breeze out there on the Island Nev... it's so stuffy in the city today...looking forward to a gentle sou'wester tomorrow!