Much of the country are recording above average temperatures this afternoon in a mild northwesterly flow. 

Rain is heavy in some western and southern regions.

Warmest

Hastings 22

Lyttleton 22

Whangarei 21

Christchurch 21

Coldest

Queenstown 9

Milford Sound 10

Wanaka 10

Manapouri 10

Windiest

Mt KauKau- Northerly gusting 125 kph

Castlepoint- Nor’ wester gusting 105 kph

Paraparaumu- Northwesterly gusting 72 kph

Wettest

West Coast of the South Island

Main Centres

Auckland 20

Hamilton 19

Tauranga 19

Wellington 19

Christchurch 21

Dunedin 20