The East Coast was the focal point today as very cool southerlies spread north bringing showers along the mainland, across into the Wellington region and then from Masterton to Gisborne, with also some heavy showers reported.

Tonight temperatures will be about average across much of the country, if not a little cooler, and tomorrow a similar story is likely with average to below average temperatures expected.

The top temperature today was 25 degrees in Kaitaia and Cantabrians shivered with Culverden and Darfield on 11, closely followed by Ashburton and Gore in Eastern Southland on 12.

Kaitaia : 25
Whangarei : 24
Auckland : 22
Tauranga : 23
Hamilton : 23
Whakatane : 22
Rotorua : 21
Tokoroa : 22
Taupo : 19
Gisborne : 22
New Plymouth : 22
Napier : 23
Hastings : 23
Wanganui : 21
Palmerston North : 22
Levin : 20
Kapiti : 22
Masterton : 20
Wellington : 18
Nelson : 22
Blenheim : 20
Westport : 19
Greymouth : 20
Hokitika : 19
Christchurch : 15
Timaru : 14
Oamaru : 13
Alexandra : 18
Queenstown : 16
Dunedin : 13
Invercargill : 14

Bay of Islands : 23
Murchison : 21
Kaikoura : 18
Hanmer Springs 13
Culverden: 11
Ashburton : 12
Darfield : 11
Lyttelton : 15
Milford Sound : 23
Haast : 19
Gore : 12
Dunedin Airport : 13
Manapouri : 15
Lake Rotoiti : 16
Molesworth : 15