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We had ice for the first morning here. The low was 0.9 so i was impressed to see as much ice on the car as there was. We had fog though so there was a lot of moisture to freeze i suppose.
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I think thats why it so white here this morning as well,there was a fog early in the evening.
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Best frost of the year so far, -1.2C for a minimum...
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Bradley wrote:Best frost of the year so far, -1.2C for a minimum...
Minus 1.1C here :smile:
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lighter this morning -1deg
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0.2 with lots of fog here. Without the fog we would have dropped much lower.
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-0.2 in Matangi this morning with fog.
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Just a light one this morning with -0.5deg
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-2 here this morning
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Frosting on the decking this morning.
Down to minus 0.4C in the screen this morning.
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Going to be a savage frost tonight,5.00pm and there's ice on the car already >_< >_<
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Slight frost this morning as the thermometer in the 'battered' S. Screen dipped below zero. :smile:
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My Methven Spy reports -1.5 degrees there already.
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Already a lot of ice on the car and 2.3. Should be a -2 by korning
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Going to be a belter of a frost in places tomorrow morning! -12deg in places about Central Otago I would think, -5deg in Christchurch looks possible.
Metservice is forecasting -10 for Queenstown tonight, they are already at -0.5 according to their reading.
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Interesting.... I'm -2.6 right now (May record is -2.7 for me). So I should set a new record today for May. But Tim and the airport are only just dipping into negatives.
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not as cold as predicted this morning. got to -1.1°C earlier, and sitting on -0.9°C now.
the beloved Reefton fog has rolled in and kept a lid on things.
I guess the forecast was for -2°C so not that far off, but nowhere near my May record of -4.7°C from last year, not that that was ever going to be under threat....
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3.7C in Grey Lynn currently but there is ice on the roof of the car so ground frost here.

I see Queenstown on -3C. Maybe -13C up on the peaks!
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No were near as cold as some of the extreme predictions being made, chch looks the lowest with -4, down south looks to be only into the -3 range.
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-4.5 here at the moment only half what was forecasted!
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-0.6 in Waiuku and only 3C here
good frost around these parts :)
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-1.6 in Cromwell, bit less than -12 forecasted :lol:
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Down to -5.5 now
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Its -7.4deg in the screen and -7deg ground temp
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-1.5 here, and a lovely crescent Old Moon in the sky :smile:
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