Temperatures along the east coast of the South Island are unseasonably warm today, especially in Kaikōura. Kaikōura Airport is sitting at a tropical 24 deg C right now and temperatures on the peninsula are sitting around 20 deg C, according to MetService. However, the increase in temperature is just a lull in a week of wild winter weather which returns tomorrow. Mosgiel, the "pearl of the Taieri Plain"' south of Dunedin, noticed the sudden increase yesterday - from 4 deg C to 16 deg C in just one hour. Rain is spreading through lower parts of the North Island today and there was a chance of scattered showers again tomorrow.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 01:41 UTC