Hey RW, Happy New Year to you! Thanks for the updates, much appreciated and tend to agree. But some weather stations in the cities are accurate but are around a fair amount of concrete and metal or tar seal. While not a ‘pure’ air reading it is very much an accurate reading for where they are and what they are feeling in the shade. Probably correct about the one specific station in the Sounds unless it’s further inland than we think. Looks like a hotter day tomorrow for some areas than today too. NW flow kicks in a bit later in the week which gives another surge of heat in new areas too.
Cheers
PD

Hi there, you can have a heatwave when temperatures are at freezing – it has nothing to do with simply how hot it is, it’s to do with a several day run of temperatures well above normal, which is the case in several parts of New Zealand. For farmers, growers and even some who are sensitive to heat this is significant, especially when temperatures are in the low to mid 30s. We can’t explain what other media outlets are running but we’ve been fairly clear (or have tried to be) in our news stories sand videos for several days about which regions will be affected and when. We’re a dedicated weather news website, the only one in the country, so we cover weather news and based on the demand from our viewers and readers many people are very interested in this event, even if a very large portion of the country is still experiencing fairly normal summer heat today.
Kind regards,
Phil D