How hot has it got: Delving into the record booksSTUFF We asked Niwa the highest temperatures towns and cities of New Zealand have hit. As our searing summer rolls into 2018, it seems like every week a record goes tumbling to force a rewrite of the record books. So we asked Niwa to delve into the record books and find the top temperatures from the country's main centres. In 1998 Mangere reached the record on February 3, and in 1999 at Auckland Airport on February 3. New Zealand's warmest year on record was in 2016, where above average temperatures throughout the country made it the warmest year since records began in 1909.

Source: Stuff January 15, 2018 21:07 UTC