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Thick fog here this morning, so no frost.
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Frost again, colder this morning, -0.5°C at 6am.
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Another good frost. Down to minus 1.6C.
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Down to -3 here
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Down to -0.6˚C this morning (It's rising already), a nice crunchy frost and all the local car windows are covered too.
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First air frost of year at Hamilton aero, yet I have not gone below 4C overnight. SE wind corridor. Sometimes in a SW, the opposite occurs.
EDIT: Actually low 2.9 at 4:40am but was up over 4C by 7am when first looked.



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Down to -0.9˚C this morning, now up to 1˚C thanks to the wind. Still crunchy on the ground.
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A -3.5 air frost here this morning
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Wednesday was a chilly morning in the south. NIWA tweet gives a low of -6.6°C at Middlemarch and -6.3°C at Balclutha. A MetService tweet gives a figure of -5.5°C at Dunedin Airport. Was the air particularly dry?

https://twitter.com/NiwaWeather/status/ ... 8711742464
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I see 'Freezing Fog' mentioned in Chch Aero Metars around 6am this morn. Not sure if I've seen that on local Metars before?

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NZCH 191830Z AUTO 35001KT 0200 R02/0800D R20/P2000N FZFG VV003 00/00 Q1028 BECMG 7000 HZ TEMPO 0500 FG
NZCH 191800Z AUTO 35002KT 0150 R02/2000N R20/P2000N FZFG VV009 00/00 Q1028 BECMG 7000 HZ TEMPO 0500 FG
NZCH 191730Z AUTO 36002KT 0450 R02/P2000N R20/P2000N FZFG VV010 00/00 Q1028 BECMG 7000 HZ TEMPO 0500 FG
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Good frost here this morning, down to minus 2.4C.
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-1.6, I seem to be colder than surrounding areas this morning. Will see how the garden fares.

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A -3.7deg frost here
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Another good frost here this morning, down to minus 2.5C.
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Hamilton Aero's -3.3C this morning will be coldest since 2017, if not 2016. I only saw -1.3, and -1.2 the morning before. Even fully exposed pepper plants in the garden have not been killed yet.

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White this morning with a low of minus 0.6C.
Lots of frost in shady areas on the drive to Christchurch, this morning.
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Got as low as -2 this morning
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Frosting on truck window this morning. Down to minus 0.5C.
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NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: Sat 30/05/2020 16:52 Frosting on truck window this morning. Down to minus 0.5C.
Same low temp as here
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-0.1°C here at present, clear, sun's up, lawn white.
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Got as low as -3
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Minus 2.1C here.
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A hard frost overnight here in Hanmer...ground still white in sheltered places tonight...ponds with a good layer of ice 😃
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-2.1˚C frost here in Mosgiel this morning. Reports of crashes on the southern and northern motorways due to the frost.
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I see MS's Dunedin Aero and Tara Hills (Omarama) sites were down to around -7C and -8C respectively this morn, while NIWA's Middlemarch site managed -10.0C. 8-o

Middlemarch also recorded -8.2C yesterday morn, which is likely to be the coldest temp reported in this May's climate summary. However, I did see the MS/NZTA South Waiouru and East Rangitaiki sites in the central N.I. down to at least -10.0C and -9.3C respectively on May 23rd.
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