Video / Dean PurcellWinter showed its mighty hand early today, as temperatures in parts of the central North Island dropped to a teeth-chattering -11.2C. The coldest part of the country early this morning was in Waiouru, which felt the bite of -11.2C shortly before 6am. St Arnaud, in the Tasman district, was the next coldest place to be early today, clocking a temperature of -9.4C around the same time, while Pūkaki aerodrome came out in third place, recording a -7.7C temperature early on. MetService meteorologist Lewis Ferris said a high pressure weather system sitting over the country the past few days had resulted in the very cold temperatures. ^KY https://t.co/h3NWsIZHZL — Auckland Transport Travel Alerts (@AT_TravelAlerts) July 4, 2021A temperature high of 15C is forecast in the City of Sails, with an overnight low of 9C.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 04, 2021 18:37 UTC