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M/S culverden site is only -4 so a big gap to you Richard.
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melja wrote:-1.6 in Cromwell, bit less than -12 forecasted :lol:
It is concerning that Met Service got those temps so wrong. The -13C for Queenstown looked obviously wrong. There needs to some quality control processes with all forecasting.
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Bottomed out at -3.1 here.
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I see even Ricky went down to 3.1c
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melja wrote:M/S culverden site is only -4 so a big gap to you Richard.
Yes ,i see that,i know my temps are accurate now that i have both the digital and mercury gauges in a screen
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Low of 1.7C here with a light ground frost in open areas. My record for May is 1.0C.
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Down to -1.6 in Matangi, good frost in Te Uku as well.
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The very light breeze last night meant it didn't reach 0C until 1am - got down to -3.1C after sunrise.
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Below are some of this morn's lowest temps from NIWA and MetService...

-6.8C .. Hanmer Forest
-6.7C .. Pukaki Aero
-6.0C .. Waiouru*
-5.8C .. Lauder
-5.8C .. Middlemarch
-5.4C .. Queenstown Aero
-5.1C .. Tara Hills (Omarama)
-4.8C .. Ranfurly
-4.4C .. Cromwell
-4.3C .. Taupo Aero
-4.3C .. Timaru Aero
-4.0C .. Christchurch Aero
-4.0C .. Clyde

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We got down to 0.2 this morning, but frost on the roofs in the valley.
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Managed to get down to -3.6 here, was -1 with frost forming when I got home from work at 10.45pm last night.
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Not sure why the frosts were emphasized so much last nights news...is it because its the first cold spell? is it because its early (don't think so), or the scale of frosts??

Easily got down into double digit negatives in Clyde last few winters (bar the last), never remember those getting on the news/media attention, as well as the days that never got above 0 in Alexandra.

last winters good foot of snow in Hanmer seemed to be newsworthy while it was falling, but gosh the following two weeks were more problematic with heavy frost night after night with streets closed off and cars stuck left right and centre due to ice around the hilly streets...i remember...because i had to walk to work as many others did night or day (until the NW'r finally cleared off the large amounts of snow and ice in a night)

My conclusion...
...Its news until the country life and news novelty wears off for the city slickers
...or its news if it features city life and city slickers

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Should be another light frost here tomorrow morning. Looks like the breeze should completely die out tonight (unlike last night) so maybe 1C minimum. Already down to 8C.
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minus 3.7C here this morning.
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A moderate NW came up at about 6.00pm so maybe no frost here tonight,just hope it keeps up all night.
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Lots of ice already on the cars here. Should be a cracker in the morn.
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jamie wrote:Lots of ice already on the cars here. Should be a cracker in the morn.
It's more like a mid-winter night isn't it? I'm down to 4.9C already, at 9pm.
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David wrote: It's more like a mid-winter night isn't it? I'm down to 4.9C already, at 9pm.
We are only like 20 odd days away from the longest night. This sort of set up then would deliver some slightly colder temps but not by much I wouldn't think. My record for coldest temp is within days of the longest night.

I think a -4 is on the cards for here in the morn. Already at 0. This time last night it was still 4.
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have had a warming trend here overnight...4.6c here this morning...so no frost at least on the hill tops, unlike yesterday
so must be some air movement here
but waiuku is on -1.8C at 6:30
and grey lyn on 1.6C
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Currently FOG! And -3.8. Looks like a winter wonderland out there.
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NW wind managed to keep all night,so didn't go below 10deg
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Big range between Akld temps this morn from MetService, NIWA and ARC...

-2.9C .. Ardmore Aero
-2.3C .. Whenuapai
-2.3C .. Henderson N
-1.5C .. Pakuranga, ARC
-1.4C .. Warkworth
-1.3C .. Albany
-1.2C .. Pukekohe
-1.0C .. Waiheke Is, Awaroa
-0.4C .. Lincoln Rd, ARC
0.9C ... Auckland Aero
0.4C ... Mangere
2.6C ... North Shore, ARC
2.8C ... Penrose, ARC
5.4C ... Musick Pt, ARC
7.4C ... Whangaparaoa

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Low of 0.3C here. Ground frost is whiter than it was yesterday morning.
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even though 4.7C at 1.8m reading, here, due to a bit of air movement from the east, a better frost down in the valley
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